Student Writers

New Zealand
New Zealand is an island made of north and south islands. New Zealand lies in the South Pacific Ocean 1500 kilometres to the southeast of Australia.
New Zealand and English are two different languages of New Zealand. Maori was the language spoken until the country was settled by Europeans.

Bring me so much more than dust and sand, time is running short, the hands tick on the clock,

HELLO!

Why are you sitting here

Doing absolutely nothing?

When you should get out your gear,

And start some writing.

So be mature,

And act your age,

You can do this for sure.

So stop your whinging,

You have five minutes,

I’m already timing.

Alex & Brendan (year 8)

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OLD TIMES

When it is bed time

I consider it a dreamtime

I go back to my old life

When we didn’t use the knife

When we got in to strife

But when I awake

I get given the rake

While everyone else

Gets the stake.

Jayde (year 8)

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HARMONY

Harmony in our countries

Aboriginals and their land

Religion and Culture

Memories and beauty

Our land is our world

Nations together

Young hearts rejoice

Chloe (year 8)

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WARS
Worries gone to fight

At the shores of Gallipoli

Remember those who fought for us

Sore wounds and pain

Chloe (year 8)

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SPRING

Spring has come and winter is gone,

The flowers are blooming and the birds are chirping

The grass is green and the sky is blue

Lauree (year 8)

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HARMONY2

This place is filled with people whose hearts

Lie in the sand,

but the white man came, from across

The foreign land,

We destroyed their home,

And built our town comfort zone,

But now live together, and will in harmony

Forever and ever.

Not many people see,

This beauty in our land,

But it still ceases to amaze me

How much, people lend a helping hand,

But even when times get tough,

We still stand together,

Not as two,

but as one together forever.

Emma (year 8)

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BIRDS EYE - VIEW

“Look out there,

To the wondrous hills,

Out to the farm

Out to the mills.

Look out there,

On the beautiful sea,

As boats leave the docks,

And pull into the quay

Look out there,

On the lustrous grasslands,

Feeding all f nature,

At its command.”

Brendan (year 8)

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CANBERRA

City lights in the night

Always busy

National treasures everywhere

Busses and cars all the time

Everyone pushing and shoving

Rising sun blocked by buildings

Raiders for life

Ants roam around the streets

Jarrod (year 8)

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POEM

Professional writers making poems

Original poems are the best

Entertainment every night when you read

Magical words are spoken

Cody (year 8)

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WRITERS
Writing poems is great

Rewrite poems if they don’t sound right

Intelligence is the main key to success

Travelling through literature

Entertaining little kids

Rehearsing all the time

Shaping our future

Cody (year 8)

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QUEANBEYAN

Quiet people everywhere

Up town café

Everyone is nice

Annoying neighbours

Nice food is sold everywhere

Borrowing books from the library

Everyday is a nice day

Yummy food at restaurants

Any day come to Queanbeyan

Nice place to live

Ryan (year 8)

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LIFE

People

Beauty

Respect

Destruction

Fighting

Diversity

Peace

Will it ever

Cease?

Cassie (year 8)

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Together
To us they

are foreign people.

To them we are

Foreign people,

But together we

are the same.

We all fight,

We all Respect

This magnificent

Place we live!

Cassie (year 8)

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SAMOA The burning hot sun and blue skies

The beautiful palm trees shading your eyes

The wind around you blowing your hair

The mosquitoes biting you from everywhere

Everybody is ready to sweat

All the children love to play and get wet

Running on the rocks will leave your feet with a cut

And you have to love the taste of the coconut

You are always busy so you won’t have a seat

The best feeling in the world is the sand through your feet.

Nadia (year 8)

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CLASSICAL ITALIAN HOME

I smell the scent of pizza in the oven

I see the dim light of the candle

I hear the sound of the guitar in the other room

I feel the warmth of the fire

I taste the flavour of the gelato

Alex Robinson

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VIVA ESPANA

Spanish pride I will not hide

Spanish race I will not disgrace

I’ve got Spanish blood running though my veins

Barcelona’s raging bulls running at my face

The skill and thrills of the la liga

Makes me want to kick it like Raul

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AUSTRALIA 6
Driving in the outback

The smell of cow dung

Droughts roam the streets

The cafes smell of pies

Also with the smell of hot scones

People using lots of slang

Bogans roam around the streets

Everyone wearing flip flops

Flies irritating you

We love a VB on a hot day

Like to make a fire

All the do is salute the flies

Untitled (year 8)

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NEW ZEALAND 2

The land of the long white cloud

The snowy peaks

The hot thermal air

The chills off the hills

The green rolling hills

The summer thrills

The winter chills

Untitled (year 8)

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BEFORE I DIE

Before I die I’ll like to travel

Seek the world and feel the gravel

Before I die I’ll like to fly

Fly up high to see the sky

Before I die I’ll say goodbye

To say goodbye I must say bye

But when I die where will I be

Will I be in a coffin or under the sea

Nadia (year 8)

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ITALY

Monterosso Island is way up high

When tourists come they begin to sigh

The water in Venice is a beautiful blue

I’m hoping one day you can see it too!

Our country is valued for our soccer

And also our delicious mocha

The pasta from Italy is very tasty

But you can’t forget the pizza pastry

I love this country with all my heart

I’d want for you to become a part

Jess (year 8)

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WHERE I LIVE
I live in Michelago

A quiet little town

Very little people

Like lots of sound

My friends live nearby

The quiet little town

They love to hang out

And play with the sound

When it is night time

I will have to go home

To the place I like to roam

Steff (year 8)

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GREECE 3
Rich land filled with beauty

Glorious mountains covered with wildflowers

Swiftly rushing rivers

Graceful olive trees blowing in the wind

People visiting Acropolis

People watching soccer matches

Magnificent ancient architecture

People fishing for dinner

Traditional foods and dances

The church bell sounds

Blue and white flags waving in the wind

Revisiting their ancient glory

By night the city sleeps

Tomorrow is another day

Cassie (year 8)
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THE LAND NOT OF MY OWN

The peaceful plains

Spread far and wide

Sprouting and green

Growing and waving with pride

The monstrous mountains

With aerie peeks

Icy mountain caps

Which the eagle seeks

The lustrous lakes

Crystal clear

Where creatures live

Without their fear

The fragrant forests

With ripe fruit

Where the birds tweet

And the owls toot

It is a mysterious and wonderful place

It is the land not of my own

Brenden (year 8)

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GOOD OLD AUSTRALIA

This land is filled with people

Whose hearts lie in the sand

They live all over Australia

And they love their old Aussie land

And I should know

Because this is my home

The most spectacular place to live

And when I lay my head on my pillow

I’ll rejoice for this land I live in

Emma (year 8)

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POOR AND HEALTHY

The poor and the healthy are different but the same

We all have the sun and sometimes the rain

We all share the same pain whether we are poor or wealthy

But all that matters is to be healthy

Jayde (year 8)

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AUSTRALIAN together

Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi

Together we are one and as one we are

Stronger than anyone in this world

Raising up the flag together

Australian we are one

Land filled with a beauty and light

Different religions and cultures

Australians let’s all rejoice

Hear combined

Different faces and features

But still we come as one

And being as one we know we can do it

And that’s the greatest thing

Australians we are

Chloe (year 8)

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PEOPLE 2
People big people small

People short people tall

All so different

Yet so much the same

All have enemies and

All have allies

We have the same features

And the same feelings

Yet everyone is different

Different looks different strengths

We don’t have the same hair

Or the same skin

But under all fighting

Everyone has two feet and the same heart beat

Natasha (year 8)

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My Life
I have a gnome

who sits at the front of my home

His name is Winnie

he’s not very skinny

That is my gnome

I have a bike

which is the size of a trike

I like to ride inside

because it is cold outside

I ride and smash

and jump and crash

That is my life
Brad

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Friends

Best time of your life

Everyone is friendly

Sticks by you in hard times

True Friends are friendly

Following you every where

Rules the world

Interpretable people

Everyday is so cool

Never leave your side unless they are playing with others

Dividing and helps make decisions

Supports you in hard times

The City Anthony, year 7	Faces Helen, year8	Australian 6, year8
Guilty or Not Guilty Rhys year 7	HELLO Alex & Brendan, Year8	New Zealand2 year8
Aboriginal Culture -Land Reeion, year 7	OLD TIMES Jayde, year8	Before I Die Nadia,year8
Cars Matt M, year 7	HARMONY 2 Chloe, year8	Italy Jess, year8
Untitled1 Tiarna, year 7	WARS Chloe, year8	Where I Live Steff, year8
To Mum Courtney, year 7	SPRING Lauree, year8	Greece3 Cassie Cassie, year8
Untitled2 Anthony, year 7	Harmony2 Emma, year8	The land not of my own Crystal, year8
Sun and Earth Rayna, year7	Birds eye-view Brendan	Good old Australia Emma, year8
La Bella Italia Olivia year7	Canberra Jarrod, year8	Poor and healthy Jayde, year8
New Zealand Tui, year7	Poem Cody, year8	Australia together Chloe, year8
Australia JR, year7	Writers Cody, year8	People2 Natasha, year8
France 2 Mikala, year7	Queanbeyan Ryan, year8	My Life Brad, year7
Top Gear Daniel, year8	Life Cassie, year8	Friends Alisha
The Isles of Scotland Kelly, year8	Together Cassie, year8	Bananas Alison
Cricket Erik, year8	Samoa Nadia , year8	Friends Forever Abby
Everyday Kaycee, year8	Classical Italian Home Alex, year8	Queansland Nicole
The Country Italy Annalise, year8	VIVA ESPANA year8	Passed On Jarred

Away in the Wind by Kayla S. – age 9 Away in the wind, there it goes. There goes that little leaf. It won’t stop until it’s gone. I follow it down the little red lane Through the woods, over the bridge. It blows so far I’m chasing it still. #TOP
The Winter Days By Logan R. – age 9 The winter is so fun. The kids make snowmen, climb snow mountains. They drink hot cocoa. Deer running around, Dads are hunting ducks and birds. My Dad and I make lots of snow Angels. Then spring comes. #TOP
Those Wintery Days By Shayna – age 9 When I was six I went outside and I saw some White Stuff Hanging on the tree limb. I picked some up and ate a little But it did not taste so good. When I am 14, I will try some more. #TOP
The Woods By Saai’anye W. age 9 In the woods there were Deers Rabbits Cats Dogs They all live there. There was water and food and sometimes Four wheelers Big rocks, small rocks, and tracks.
In the Forest By Dee M. age 9 The trees are so high in the sky Birds are singing Frogs are croaking Deer running, fish swimming. What a nice day in the forest! Snakes slithering, rabbits hopping Rivers so loud What a noce day in the forest! #TOP

Olivia (Year 7)