Year 8 Literacy News
Well done to all entrants for the 'This is Me' Poetry competition earlier in the year. All poems were anonymised and judged by a panel of staff and Sixth Form English Prefects. They are incredibly impressed by the quality of work and found it very difficult to decide on an overall winner.
Congratulations to Nibodh Shrestha (8GTG). Princess Otto (8ERR) and Nifemi Abimbola (8ERR) won the top awards! Please see Nibodh's winning poem below.
Ripples of Me
Looking into a pond, a reflection you will see
The ripples of water, consisting of me.
Appearing calm, with elegance bestowed
A piece of art, precisely composed
Full of aid, the guiding light,
Shining ever so bright,
Showing the way,
Among the excellence of my rays
Upon the gaze of a mirror, you will see
My soul’s reflection, still and free
Appearing calm, with elegance bestowed
A piece of art, precisely composed
Thoughtfully orchestrated, a euphonious tune
From all dissonance, it is immune
The thoughtful composition is of such fashion
My harmonies showing much compassion
Through a window, you will see
The echoed essence of me
Appearing calm, with elegance bestowed
A piece of art, precisely composed
A tree all full of ripe fruits
For only giving it pursuits
All the nourishment it shall provide
Every fruit eaten comes a bounteous tide
In my reflections I discover my core
As the world continues more and more
Guided by light, seen through art
I shall have presented myself by my heart.
Our next Young Writers Competition is 'Fright Club'. A ghost story is a timeless classic style of creative writing, and we're inviting Year 8 to write their own short story inspired by things that go bump in the night! They could be inspired by a real place that is rumoured to be haunted, choose a supernatural being to be the star of their story or even be a ghost hunter telling us of their experiences. We encourage them to use atmosphere, tension and suspense to create their own hair-raising tale. Please note that there is a 250-word limit with prizes being awarded at the end of Spring term assembly. The deadline for entries to be sent to Mrs Boulden is Friday 22nd March.
This week at KS3 Creative Writing Club, the English Prefects and Mr Griffin had the proud opportunity to award our following members with their certificates for “The Glitch” writing competition. They are all now published writers!
A Creative Writing Workshop took place on Monday 5th February in L6.
The author then addressed any questions that we had about the book she wrote and explained the publishing process and where she got inspiration to write the bestselling novel. Her second novel ‘The Thread That Connects Us’ comes out in July this year.