At Woodend Primary School, we are fortunate to have students with such a wide range of strengths, talents and interests. Whether they are participating in sport, performing, creating, thinking, leading or entertaining, there are so many reasons to be proud of our students!
Over the past few weeks, our students have had the opportunity to put their imaginations and writing skills to the test through our school-wide Writing Challenge.
The challenge was to take two different characters from existing stories and bring them together to create an entirely new story. Students were encouraged to think creatively, develop original ideas and imagine what might happen when characters from different worlds meet.
It was certainly a challenging task, but hundreds of students rose to the occasion! Our teachers had the pleasure of reading an incredible collection of stories, filled with imagination, creativity and impressive writing skills. From unexpected adventures to wonderful new worlds, our students showed just how powerful storytelling can be. We even discovered a few stories that we think could make fantastic books!
A huge congratulations to every student who took part. Entering a competition takes courage, and we were so impressed by the enthusiasm and effort shown by all of our young writers.
Announcing our winners!
After lots of reading and careful deliberation, our teachers selected an overall winner and a second-place recipient from each year level.
While we would have loved to recognise every entry with an award, these students deserve a special congratulations for their outstanding storytelling. Each winning piece will be framed and displayed in our school library so that our whole community can enjoy and celebrate their work.
Reception
- Winner: Quinn – Room 18
- Second place: Noah – Room 18
Year 1
- Winner: Ivy – Room 20
- Second place: Delilah – Room 19
Year 2
- Winner: Hadley – Room 27
- Second place: Lucy – Room 4
Year 3
- Winner: Esther – Room 24
- Second place: Wade – Room 25
Year 4
- Winner: Ava – Room 15
- Second place: Zoe – Room 10
Year 5
- Winner: Lucy – Room 11
- Second place: Dorothy – Room 11
Year 6
- Winner: Lucy – Room 28
- Second place: Aria – Room 28
Congratulations to all of our award recipients! We look forward to displaying your wonderful stories in the library.
Most importantly, congratulations to every Woodend student who accepted the challenge, shared their ideas and created a story. Your imagination, creativity and willingness to give something new a go have given us yet another reason to be proud of our Woodend community.
We can’t wait to see where your imaginations take you next!
