Junior Almanac

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Welcome to the Junior Almanac.

We’d love to publish your stories – about anything.

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School Visits – The Almanac community includes many established writers, artists, musicians, comedians, thinkers, historians, journalists, broadcasters, film-makers, a mathematician or two, spin doctors, a couple of meteorologists and many others. You are welcome to dip into this pool of talent and pluck out someone to visit your school or organisation. To find out more click here.

Josh Barnstable: The Facebook Interview

Interview with Josh Barnstable Josh Barnstable started writing for the Footy Almanac at 14 years of age. He covered his first match in the book in round one 2009 which resulted in a win for his beloved North Melbourne. He has since written many engaging reports for both the book and the website. He is [Read more]

USA to Australia- A young boy’s introduction to footy.

    My boys were born in Melbourne we moved to California when they were 2 and 3, they have spent the majority of there short lives in the USA. After living there for a little over a year there was a heartbreaking moment when I realised that my kids now sounded more American than [Read more]

From the US to Australia: a young boy’s introduction to footy

  My boys were born in Melbourne, we moved to California when they were 2 and 3, and they have spent the majority of there short lives in the USA. After living there for a little over a year there was a heartbreaking moment when I realised that my kids now sounded more American than [Read more]

My first running race

  I remember I entered my first and ever running race when I was just five years of age. I was with my school St. Mary’s Primary at Monivae College oval and I was wearing a yellow t-shirt to represent that I belonged to Loreto, a sports house. I felt excited because I was only [Read more]

Third time unlucky

The air-raid siren blares through the oval, signalling the end of the game. The players in navy blue scream ‘yes!’ in a state of euphoria, pumping their arms and sprinting to their fellow players to celebrate with them. The 2011 Northern Football League Under-12’s Grand Final has just been won. On this side, jubilation is [Read more]

Cadel!

Cadel!   by Oscar O’Brien Year 4A, Gray St Primary, Hamilton, Victoria.     Did you hear about Cadel, racing through the Arc de Triomphe? He’s been in and out the papers for round about a month His teammates, friends and family think him a pretty nice bloke Don’t think any Aussie would think him [Read more]