In term 1, I told Room 11 about the
Wellington Writers’ Walk. The Wellington Writers’ Walk is a walk on
Wellington’s waterfront where 23 sculptures display quotations from some New
Zealand novelists, poets and playwrights. The walk promotes literacy to the people of
Wellington and tourists and visitors to the capital.
The tamariki and I decided that we would hold our own writing competition. So, in Term 2 we decided to use the theme of ‘Life at Russley’ and ask
people to write a poem, paragraph or story about our community. We created some
posters that we displayed around the school using some cool quotes and of
course, Gru’s Minions!
In Term 3 during the Pirate Story pandemonium (I love a bit of alliteration!) the competition ran. Initially we didn’t get to many people entering. So we decided to do some things to promote the Writers’ Walk. The tamariki,
- Jumped on the intercom twice a week
- Wrote messages in chalk on the concrete around the school
- Popped into classes to talk about the Writers’ Walk
Then before the Term 3
holidays, Mrs. Koster, Mrs. Sellier and Mrs. McCreanor went through all of the
entries. There were heaps, and they created a shortlist. Once the shortlisted was
created, the pieces of writing were sent to local authors Bill Nagelkerke and Jane
Buxton for judging. Then, they selected the winners. The winners were:
Ebony, Room 17
Emily, Room 17
Nathan, Room 17
Hollie, Room 15
Xavier, Room 11
Bridget, Room 11
Lucy, Room 11
Karim, Room 11
And the Team 1 & 2
Star Entry was…Michael Visser from Room 11
Izak, Room 5
Thomas, Room 6
Kara, Room 8
Mirette, Room 6
Monica, Room 3
Matilda, Room 3
Alisha, Room 3
Jayda, Room 3
And the Team 1 & 2
Star Entry was…Hannah Smith from Room 1
While all that was happening, Mr. Wilkin, Sacha’s dad, kindly offered to design the panels for the winning pieces of
writing to be displayed on.
And finally, we held a special assembly. Check out the photos that Mrs. Koster took today.
http://1drv.ms/1tiSVWu
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