Literacy
Boroondara Writing Competition
This competition is now open to students in Year 5 -Year 12 who live, or study in Boroondara. Held in partnership with the Rotary Association, these awards offer cash prizes as well as the honour of having your work published in the Boroondara Literary Awards Anthology.
The Junior Section is open to Year 5 & 6 and has two categories.
Prizes- 1st $300, 2nd $200 and 3rd $100 in both sections.
Prose- The word length must be between 300-500 words
Poetry- The length must be less than 100 lines
Entries close at 11.59pm on Friday 17th of May 2024. There is no theme and the competition is free to enter however parents are required to upload the writing as permission must be given for publication in the Anthology if awarded a place. For more information, please see www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/literary-awards.
Solway Writing Competition
Solway will also be awarding local prizes to students wishing to submit their writing into the Solway Student Writing Competition. Submissions must match the length and genre of the Boroondara Writing Competition and be submitted to Mrs Dordevic and/or Mrs Watkins by Friday 17th of May. We have many great student writers and wish to acknowledge their achievements. We look forward to reading what I am sure will be fantastic writing pieces.
Bossy e- Students will often say that a silent e on the end of a four letter (cvcv) word is a ‘bossy e’. This can also be referred to as the ‘magic e’. In fact, there are five kinds of silent e’s. In short words such as me, she, he the ‘e’ says ē ( or it’s name). In longer words where a single ‘e’ appears at the end, the ‘e’ is silent. (There are very few exceptions).
Job 1 of e: ‘Bossy e’ or ‘Magic e’ | time | The silent ‘e’ is put there to let the ‘vowel’ say its name instead of the short sound |
Job 2 of e: | have2 blue2 | In English we cannot end a word with ‘v’ or the single vowel ‘u’. We add a silent ‘e’. (Very few exceptions). |
Job 3 of e: | chance3 charge3 | The silent e follows c and g so they can say s and j. Without the e the sound would be k and g. (Rules 2 and 3 show this). |
Job 4 of e: | lit tle4 | Every syllable in English must contain at least one vowel. ble, cle, dle, fle, gle, kle, ple, sle, tle and zle are the only syllables where neither of the first letters are vowels and the silent e is added in each so they can be separate syllables. All other syllables in English have a vowel sound. |
Job 5 of e: | are5 | This e is not needed for any of the above reasons. It has no job and we call it the ‘no job e’! House, come,and promise are other examples of silent e’s which perform no useful purpose in present-day English. |
Sarah Watkins
Acting Assistant Principal/Literacy Specialist