Winter Poem Videos

The Russley Writers' Club have taken up Paula Green's challenge to create some Winter Poem Videos. Keep an eye on our blog over the coming week or so as we will post our videos here for you to enjoy.

Here is the first one, brought to you by Emma Z.

Hanmer Springs - by Emma Z

Bump! As we go through the hills

as if we were on a flying carpet rodeo

Diving off the ends, splashing into pools

hopping into lazy rivers, like eagles, soft but fast

Off we go to the hot pools

because they are like gloves, small and warm

Sadly it’s time to leave Hanmer Springs

it fades away into the distance

on the way back home

Congratulations Emma!

Emma Zhen with judge James Norcliffe

Congratulations to year 3 student Emma Zhen, who was a finalist in a Christchurch writing competition.

The Blue Globe: Stories from Christchurch Art Gallery competition was designed to feed children’s curiosity, inspire them and challenge their creative side. Entrants chose an artwork from the Gallery's online collection and produced a short piece of writing inspired by it.

Emma wrote a poem based on the 1961 oil painting, Sunflowers, by Ivy G Fife which can be viewed at Christchurch Art Gallery .

Emma's poem was awarded highly commended from over 160 entries in her category (Years 3-6). Emma received a certificate and bag of books and stationery from one of the judges, author James Norcliffe at a prizegiving tonight at St Michael’s School.

Here is Emma's poem:

Sunflowers

One day I’ll see the sunflowers

swirling and whirling

wind blowing the sunflowers

all day long in the valley

along the green grass every day

swirling and whirling

all day long

as long as it grows

green and yellow

all day swirling and whirling

like grass

by Emma Zhen

Year 3

 (inspired by the art ‘Sunflowers’ by Ivy G Fife)