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Bridging EAL Poetry Competition
In Term 3, Bridging EAL students learned about figurative language to reflect on and write poems about their experience of the pandemic. This culminated in a virtual poetry reading competition with a live audience. Congratulations to all the students who participated. The judges were amazed by both the creativity and delivery of your poems. Thank you to Miss Dewhurst for being our special guest judge. Here are the winning entries.
Ms Duyen Vo and Miss Summer Bao
Bridging EAL teachers
Another Chance
By Ahmad Yasin Al Akza
The nights are becoming so nostalgic
While the days are so tragic
Some, desire of those old days
While others beg for the new one with new ways
It’s neither too late nor unchangeable
Hold the conditions as they are
COVID have left us blind
We should be aware of who we are
Which will create a better humankind
It’s neither too late nor unchangeable
The virus itself is the earth’s doctor
While on earth we are the destructor
Not one single of us can live alone
Yet the earth is not our own
It’s neither too late nor unchangeable
If love can ease unbeatable obstacle
If the COVID itself, “a virus” is profitable
Why we as the greatest creature can’t be constructive?
Why we as the supreme creature can’t at least be appreciative?
Yet, it’s neither too late nor unchangeable
From the tears, we are learning
From the past, we are standing
COVID needs to be defeated
Perhaps once we should all change our fate
Because it’s never too late nor unchangeable
My Sadness
By Daisy Nguyen
Sunlight shines through the window,
The birds sing and try to wake me up,
I sigh and turn my face to the pillow,
No, I don't want to get up!
Reach out and connect the cables,
Every moment becomes boring to keep daylong,
Turn on the computer and sit at the table,
I haven’t seen my friends for so long.
Refuse to exercise during PE class,
Try to stand up and spin around,
My head is empty like a brass,
Play the music and turn up the sound.
No longer hear the teachers complain,
You must be at school on time,
Get it all out of my brain,
Leave everything behind and enjoy lunchtime.
Hospital Staff
By David Chea
Help me! Help me! patient said
Doctor and nurse rush to help
They are heroes better than superman
Destroy all the beast that our body have
Oh no our heroes said we’ll try our best
No matter what it might take.
We don’t have superpowers but
We’ll try to keep you safe.
Saving people is a hero’s duty
Not just superman but also the angel of mercy.
they are Doctors and caregivers of a nursey
They’ll be there whenever you need
Praying and hoping for help
Frontline workers are on the steps
They’re trying to get ready,
With all their the power, they will prep
ICU that’s where they’ll keep you
To keep you safe from that menacing flu
Nobody wants to lose you
Because you are precious and loved too
Testing, waiting for the result
Negative, got no virus, you’ll be exult
The answer will be on a call
The whole process is quite professional
Angst, you feel, do I have it or not?
How would I know what I’ve got?
Runny nose, sore throat, temperature is hot
The doctor said don’t worry, looks like the virus hasn’t caught
Lack of rest, lack of sleep
Doctors and nurses are getting weak
Some of them caught the virus too
It happened because they just want to save you
Sacrifice their lives to help you
But if only you knew
Because you are flouting, didn’t follow the rule
No distancing, handwashing or masking, just being cruel
iCreate Construction & Technology
The iCreate Construction and Technology students have been busily completing products that address a design brief. During remote learning, the students were exploring a range of design and drawing tools such as Tinker CAD and freehand drawing skills to plan for a range of products. As unrealistic as it was working in a virtual space at home, the products began to merge in the classroom over the last three weeks. The students worked collaboratively on projects that required mapping out ideas, selecting appropriate timber and assembling the work. Many students skilled up for the first time in learning to use power tools, machinery as well as basic and complex equipment. The products were finished in 'Pop Art' and 'Memphis Designs', using spray paint and acrylic paint.
Congratulations to the iCreate class, they mastered one semester's work in three weeks which is an extraordinary effort!!
Ms Helen Ifandis
Arts Coordinator and iCreate Teacher