Book Week

For Book Week earlier this month year 7 students were invited to write poems inspired by their experience of the events of 2021.

Do you hear our oval’s cries?

Do you hear our oval’s cries?

The spring’s pleasant shine caress

the blooming nature.

But this was not achieved.

Now it stands alone and abandoned,

The once lively energy is now withdrawn

A cloudy substratosphere brimming

with despair now stood in the

expected welcoming air.

On this plane, many friendships

were shaped, broken or dissolved.

As symbol of a-something marked

in each person's heart-

But now it stands, lifelessly and alone

In the cold air, rain and snow.

T’was supposed to be days of rich rays

T’was supposed with the promising

blooms of the wattle.

Alas, the clouds still gloom over

The wind still howls through the plane

Silencing, the longs and cries of a

place most beloved.

But alone it stands- silent and still

The once gloried space of fun and thrills.

For now, or two dozen days more-

It will remain a solitary field.

O yes I hear the winds howl, O yes

I hear the clouds weep.

But yet the cries of the oval is hushed-

Yet mysterious indeed.

Yes, I know you hear our oval’s cries.

by Elsa Yu (year 7)

Coronavirus spreading around rapidly

Obliging to lockdown restrictions

Remembering that we’re still in lockdown

Observing changes in the economy due to COVID

Not allowed to visit anyone out of our household

Another lockdown we’re stuck in

Vaccines helping everyone

I hate lockdown

Restrictions increasing as COVID cases increase

Updates from the Government everyday

Scott Morrison trying to calm down the pandemic

by Vicky Duong (year 7)