Short Story Writing Competition

At the end of Term Two, children from Grade 1, 2 and 3 entered the national Kids News Short Story Writing Competition. They all worked hard to write interesting stories that they were proud of. There were over 400 entries into the competition, and it was judged by the famous children’s author, Jackie French.  The news article and children’s stories can be found on the Kids News Website. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e-mBu1jUFEy-_O_Eu5Rs3Q4DgsmWeR5a/view 

Congratulations to everyone that entered the competition, especially to Finn in Grade 2, who won his age group category, Adeline from Grade 2 who was highly commended, Gilly from Grade 1 and Rosie from Grade 2 who were shortlisted.

Grade 1:  Bea 1AA, Zara 1AA, Ruthresh 1AA, Lucia 1AB, Michaela 1AB, Maya 1AC, Maggie 1AD, Gilly 1AD, Nina 1AE. Ethan H 1AE, Walter 1AE, Molly 1AE, Violet 1AE

Grade 2: Dior 2AA, Adeline 2AA, Owen 2AA, Rosie 2AA, Wolfie 2AA, Joe 2AA, Riley 2AA, Estelle 2AA, Joan 2AB, Amelia 2AB, Lucy 2AD, Finn 2AD

Grade 3: Ella 3AA, Aliza 3AA, Violet 3AA, Maria 3AA, Sofia 3AB, Maria 3AB, Grace 3AC, Ruby 3AC, Adrian 3AC, Vivienne 3AD, Helena 3AD, Aria 3AD, Serene 3AD

You should all be very proud of yourselves!

‘I really liked my story because I worked hard on it and I’m proud of it. 

I really liked how I described the setting of my story.’ Bea 1AA

I really like using alliteration, adjectives and personification in my story. 

It was really good to spend time on my work.’ Maria 3AB

‘I really liked choosing my own topic for my story and using 

figurative language’. Sofia 3AB

‘It’s really fun to tell your own story because it can be whatever 

you want it to be’. Helena 3AD