Lockdown Voices

 In the 2020 Lockdown, some of our Russley Writers wrote about their experiences and had their work published in the School for Young Writers' Lockdown Voices project.

You can not only read their work, but also hear the students read their poems at the links below:

Bryn | How Not to Wash Hands

Emma C | My Grandad's Spectacular 73rd Birthday

Lukas | How NOT to Do Your Class Zoom Meeting

Milla | Ode to the Supermarket DJ

Lockdown Voices - Now Live!

It was very exciting to attend the launch of the Lockdown Voices 2020 at  Tūranga this evening.

Bryn and Milla bravely took the stage to read their poems to the crowd. They did a wonderful job, and truly did Russley School proud.

You can hear their poems as podcasts on the links below, along with poems from Emma C and Lukas D. Their work will be broadcast on Plains FM Radio over the next few Saturday mornings. (Scroll down for the broadcasting schedule).

Bryn Devonald - How NOT to Wash Hands During Covid-19

Emma Cox - My Grandad's Spectacular 73rd Birthday

Lukas De Wit - How NOT to do a Zoom Meeting

Milla Ydgren - Ode to the Supermarket D.J.

and past-Russley-pupil, Monica Koster - Standing at Dawn.

Not only are these students published authors, but they are also recording artists. Thanks to Plains FM 96.9 their voices will be heard on the radio.  Tune in to listen here. They will be broadcast on the following dates:

Lockdown Voices – 1 – Saturday 19 September at 9am 

Lockdown Voices – 2 – Saturday 26 September at 9am

Lockdown Voices – 3 – Saturday 3 October at 9am

Plains FM will also repeat these broadcasts several times for different audiences.

Episode 1 includes: Monica & Milla

Episode 2 includes: Emma & Lukas

Episode 3 includes: Bryn

Congratulations to all our talented authors!

Lockdown Voices Launch!

 

We are so excited to have FOUR Russley students sharing their amazing poetry in this special project.

Emma Cox

Bryn Devonald

Lukas De Wit

Milla Ydgren

Their poems were selected for the Lockdown Voices Project and have been recorded as podcasts for Plains FM. The launch is on Friday 18th September 5pm-6pm at Tūranga. If you're interested in attending and showing your support for our students, please rsvp to schoolforyoungwriters@school.nz or talk to Mrs Koster for more information.

Red Room Poetry Object Results!

 

Congratulations to Kayla and Milla! 

Achieving two out of the four placings in this prestigious competition is incredible!

Read Kayla's poem here

Read Milla's poem here

Red Room Poetry Object Shortlist!

I am thrilled to announce that from over 2,200 submissions, Russley School have NINE students shortlisted in this prestigious Australian competition.

Congratulations to:

Oliver Peters | My Special Shell

Willow Rentoul | Hottie, My Toy

Bryn Devonald | Karate Trophy

Milla Ydgren | Nana's Opal Ring

Kayla Raadgever | Silver Owl

Olivia Whitelock | Caramel

Hollie Anderson | My Pounamu Necklace

Michaela Everest | Seal

Sophie Hoglund | Mother of Pearl

This means these talented writers are in the running to win some exciting prizes, including mentoring with a professional poet and more. Their poems have been published on the Object Poetry Shortlisted Poets webpage.

The winners will be announced online on Thursday 20 August, so keep an eye on the Russley Writers'  blog.

You can read their poems on the Red Room Poetry website here:

Red Room Poetry Object Shortlist

Celebrate Matariki 2020

Some of our writers have been busy crafting poems about Matariki. The following students have had their poetry published on the Christchurch City Library Canterbury Stories, digital heritage repository.

Well done to Bryn, James, Alice, Samuel, Oliver, Amber, Isaac, Milla and Emma.

Click HERE to go to the Canterbury Stories website