Last term, the English department ran a competition during Literacy Week for all boys in Year 7, 8, 9 and 10. They needed to complete a 50 word short story and they had to use the stimulus word “Cerise” as part of it.

Although short, this is far from easy and boys need to be able to write succinctly while showing a good use of the English language and grabbing the reader’s interest.

These stories were judged by Mr Lee MacMaster (Year 7 boarding staff member & the Director of Teaching and Learning) with a first, second and third place being awarded. On Thursday, our Head of English, Mr Matthew Bentley, joined us at our Division Meeting to present the three place-getters with a certificate and prize.

In third place was Jack Renshaw (Northbridge). His story which is below was entitled “William’s Amazing Fight”.

William the Knight embarked on his journey to the lands of the dreaded Klashkalar and arrived there in two days. When he arrived the Klashkalar was waiting for him. William fought to the death with his enchanted cerise sword against the fire breathing monster. He was eventually victorious against the beast.

Lachlan Boyle (Longueville) was awarded second place with his short story entitled “Imagine”.

Imagination is something people underestimate.
It’s something one can not abbreviate.
Imagine cerise toadstools decided to awaken,
And attack and destroy all the bacon.
But the bacon awoke, and in one single stroke,
The toadstools flew away.
But the toadstools returned
And with all glory earned
They fought to victory

And a big congratulations to our Year 7 winner, Harrison Fricot (Glebe) who wrote a wonderful short story entitled “The Coming of the Mediator”.

During the final days on Earth, cerise light glowed through the dying air of the atmosphere. Earth’s clock was ticking. The Redeemer came. For he would be the salvation for humanity. He was a flood of light and evil washed off the Earth and into the void.

Well done to all the boys who contributed stories for this competition. They certainly have shown an enthusiasm towards their writing and without any doubt – plenty of talent!

Pictured: Harrison Fricot (Glebe)