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Blast Off

"Your mag is totally awesome, everybody in year 4 is a huge fan of yours!  Hope you keep making mags for another million years. from your number one fan! Quinn" (Blast Off reader 2008)

"I LOVE your mags !!!!! Since I went to year 4 I've loved your mags they're the only thing I read. The reason I like your mags is because it has lots of interesting stories and poems." (Amy, Blast Off reader 2008)

Looking for a magazine that will make kids as excited about reading as you are?

Let Hamlet the chameleon, and Little Squirt, his (very well behaved) stink bug companion, entice your 9-10 year old readers into the world of quality literature. Blast Off corresponds to Stage 2 in the NSW primary curriculum and is generally read (and loved!) by kids in year 4.

• Read a sample Blast Off story and teaching session here: Adoption by Jeni Jones, illustrated by Stephen Axelsen, published in Blast Off #4, 2009 

The texts in Blast Off are carefully chosen to appeal to contemporary Australian kids and include:

• poems
• a graphic novella and comic strips
• stories
• plays
• articles
• book reviews
• activities, recipes and word games

Each of the 10 issues of Blast Off are beautifully illustrated by leading Australia artists and also include striking photographs, making the magazines a valuable resource for visual literacy.

To support your classroom teaching, experienced primary school teachers produce Teaching Units, available with every issue of Blast Off. To subscribe, go here.

To read the list of books to be featured in our book review section, Bookshelf, go here.

To subscribe to Blast Off, go here. 

Authors wishing to submit material for consideration for publication in Blast Off can read our Submission Guidelines here.

The School Magazine welcomes feedback from subscribers. Please send your comments and suggestions to: school.magazine@det.nsw.edu.au

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