Touchdown
Touchdown is an adventure for independent readers in primary school 
and early high school. It corresponds to Stage 3 in the
NSW K–6 curriculum (year 6).
- Read a sample nonfiction article from Touchdown magazine, and its accompany teaching session.
Touchdown readers explore the highest quality literary texts, including:
- poetry
- stories
- plays
- articles
- activities and recipes
- word games and puzzles
Independent readers demand action, excitement, suspense and drama in their reading material, and Touchdown provides a feast of quality texts, all lavishly illustrated by leading Australian artists commissioned by The School Magazine.
Guiding them through the pleasures of independent reading are the Touchdown character mascots: the "Ed" and the team of three correspondents or 'stringers' who provide the content of the magazine. There's the dreamy Beyonce Horizons (stories and poems); the seasoned world traveller Phyllis Wong (nonfiction from near and far), and the slightly unreliable 'Pencils' Barrymore, who sometimes provides plays (jelly crises permitting).
In 2009 Touchdown readers are enjoying a new 10-part graphic novella, called The Nelly Gang, set in the Australian goldfields.
To support your classroom practice, Teaching Units, written by experienced classroom teachers, are available with every issue of Touchdown. To subscribe, click here.
To read the list of books to be featured in our book review section, Bookshelf, click here.
To subscribe to Touchdown, click here.
Authors wishing to submit material for consideration for publication in Touchdown 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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