Year 7 & 8 Essay Competition

By Jacinta Clark | Posted: Tuesday December 1, 2020

During Term 3, Room 13, Room 16, and a writing extension group wrote essays about an event marked by adversity. From these groups, 18 students (9 from Year 7 and 9 from Year 8) were chosen to be entered into a national competition.

Year 7 students whose essays were submitted:

Lucas Thomas

Max Brazier

Leon Greig

Elliot Aitchison

Zara Muirson

Cate Donaldson-Scott

Kaitlyn Banks

Emma Harden

Samantha Waters

Year 8 students whose essays were submitted:

Jake Holmes

Huntyr Poultney

Jemma Creed

Alex Wallwork

Travis Fairley

Aidan Sandys

Gafatasi Ierome

William Brown

Adam Ibrahim

These essays were not successful in the national competition but we decided to hold an in-school competition with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places in each year level.

Year 7

3rd: Max Brazier (Student Volunteer Army)

2nd: Leon Greig (One-legged Wonder)

1st: Lucas Thomas (Desmond Thomas Doss)

Year 8

3rd: Jake Holmes (NBA Players and Black Lives Matter)

2nd: Alex Wallwork (How 9-11 Brought America and The World Together)

1st: Adam Ibrahim (The Christchurch Mosque Shooting in the Words of a Young Muslim)

See their essays attached! Some very impressive writing!