During Term 2 in Global Connections, each student in Year 7 wrote a poem that was inspired by a special object.
Written Competition
Teachers selected three poems from each class to form a shortlist for a final round of judging.
All staff at Marist Regional College were invited to read the poems and submit their votes. These votes formed the ‘Teacher’s Choice’ Awards.
In addition to this category, we had the ‘Poet’s Choice’ Awards, judged by local poets, Dr Mary Kille and Ms Veronica Mullins.
The following students were awarded prizes.
Written Competition Shortlist Prize:
Campbell Dobbie – “Memories”
Carly Weston – “OJ”
Louis Shelton – “Light Bulb”
James Reilly – “My Last Song”
Aerin de Haan – “Snowflake”
Harper McIntyre – “My Tree”
Rose Welsh – “Feathers”
Keaton Cook – “The Perfect Piano”
Sarah Spencer – “The Shining Sunflower”
Eliza Fleer – “Lucky Cat”
Teacher’s Choice Awards:
Runner’s Up
Ineka Beaumont – “Message in a Bottle”
Campbell Jones – “Soccer Ball”
2nd Place
Triston Crawford – “Spitfire”
Equal 1st Place
Sana Shrestha – “Pearl Necklace”
George Weeks – “Typewriter”
Poet’s Choice Awards
2nd Place
Veronica Mullins Award
Liam Tassicker – “Dainty Dandelions”
Mary Kille Award
Finnegan Type-Farrell – “Netsuke”
Overall 1st Place
Both Poets
Jesse Turner – “Crash Dummy”
Poetry Presentation Challenge
The following students volunteered to present their poem as an extra challenge in the Year Level Assembly on Thursday 30 June.
Participants:
Cam Dobbie
Sophie Holmstrom
Sanuli Karunaratne
Charlotte Bugg
Indi King
Toby Loring
Rose Welsh
Nate Kingston
Neo Yennakula
There were some great performances which were judged by a random selection of students and Deputy Principal of Learning and Teaching, Mrs Emily Sass. Congratulations to the following students on their success in this competition:
Runners Up
Toby Loring – “The Hike”
Sanuli Karunaratne – “My Brother’s Telescope”
2nd Place
Neo Yennakula – “Plants”
1st Place
Sophie Holmstrom – “Ode to Schmackos”
Mrs Carolyn Winchcombe
Middle Years Learning Area Leader: Global Connections