Authors Published in Toitoi

Riley, AJ, Izak, Emma & Lana

Congratulations to these outstanding authors, who have had their poetry and prose published in the Autumn and Winter editions of the Toitoi journal.

White - by Izak

I am white

I am a snowball flying at a house

I am a paper plane zooming through the air

I am salt sprinkled on rice

I am a silver birch - home to a tree house

I am chattering teeth discussing the daily news

I am white. 

Russley Authors in Nor'West News

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Russley Writers Published in Toitoi

WAHOO! What a brilliant way to start 2016...

The following four Russley authors have been published in Toitoi - a journal for young writers and artists. Their writing was selected from hundreds of submissions from all over New Zealand and each piece has been illustrated by students from other schools. Congratulations to:

Fergus Hollis-Barnard 'Black Beard Dad'
Manaal Farrukeh 'Blue Sea Dancing'
Ollie Morris 'The Shimmering Moon'
Izak Koster 'Stargazing With My Dad'

From L to R - Manaal, Fergus, Izak, Ollie

Army of 3 Sumo Champs!

Army of 3 (Dominic, Izak and Alex) were the Sumo Kings in the sumo robot competition at last weekend's Robofest. Congratulations boys!

Sumo champions!

Some of our Russley Writers showed just how multi-talented they are, by competing in the 2015 Robofest at Russley School. Here's a little clip of one of the Russley teams in the Sumo Contest.

Paula Green's Favourites

Congratulations to Raevyn, Izak, Josh T, Takeru and Sophia. These five authors were among Paula Green's favourites in the Poetry Box Moon Poem Competition, which was open to schools throughout New Zealand. All five were shortlisted in the competition and have been published on the Poetry Box website. Sophia McMahon's poem Albatross Moon was selected as one of the winning entries. Sophia will receive a book prize courtesy of Paula Green.

Paula was impressed by the very high standard of entries from our Russley Writers; this is what she had to say:

"I adore all the moon poems. Tell the students I loved them so much. It was hard to pick just a few but I got so many moon poems in my box. I love the language, the similes, the images. These poems made me smile and feel good as I read them."

So congratulations to you all.

Albatross Moon

          by Sophia McMahon (year 3)

The moon is a big albatross

on the lookout.

The moon is

red as blood.

The moon sets

the sky on fire.

Happy Moon

        by Takeru Oki (year 3)

The Shadow

        by Josh T. (year 4)

The moon is a sad face

shining light down to us

The moon is a yellow banana

It is a rugby ball

flying through the stadium

The moon spins really fast

The moon shining silver shadows

on the world

Space Poem

            by Izak Koster (year 6)

Space has a silver sliced peach that floated away from the sun

it turned cold and froze, it became our moon

there was a clear view of earth from that ancient peach

it was where aliens watched it rolling around

they wonder if we see them as they see us

I wish I had a telescope, a shining metal tube

I wish to see Jupiter and explore space,

to ask people as many questions

about things I am interested in

or to find out myself                                                                                                                       

                                                      

Pounamu Moon

        by Raevyn Hohaia (year 7)

The moon is a pounamu ring

worn by one of the Gallipoli men.

It is a beaming flashlight

flickering through the night.

It is a memory

dragging me back to my Loved Ones.