Writing Masterclasses

By Anika Hall | Posted: Monday June 19, 2023

Students have had the opportunity to experience a writing masterclass.

There have been three sessions this term. All at different locations around Christchurch. Tūranga library, Kaiapoi library, and Te Ara Ātea Rolleston. 

This year they collaborated with the team at the Christchurch Archaeology Project, using artefacts found after the earthquakes beneath the now Te Pae site.

The young writers responded to the idea of artefacts/taonga in different ways.

They made list poems about their possessions from childhood, wrote odes to the artefacts, created a persona story or poem for one of the artefacts and finished by reflecting on the taonga they treasure or regret having lost.

Click this link to view some of their gorgeous work: https://www.schoolforyoungwriters.org/post/artefacts-and-taonga-2023-3

The students involved in the masterclasses were: Jesse Brouwers, Isaac Lane, Holly Ryan, Mitchell Oldfield, Akila Walikumbura, Elsie Earle, Jacob O'Connell, Arlia Wing, Bella Bowkett, Millie Brownlee, Jai Sree Akilandeswari Jai Sabarinath, Patrick Woodnutt, Zara Anderson, and Katie McFedries. 

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