Writing

As I pulled another small rotted potato from the dry soil, it reminded me of a time when famine wasn’t a thing, where everyone had food on their table. I pulled myself up and tossed the potato aside and moved Read more…

Bang! I seem my dad’s steel arms explode to the surface of the earth’s crust. “Gold”, I heard someone say, surprised, “It’s just my dad”, I groaned, “he told me before that he is pulling apart his cassette player for Read more…

Dad came home the other day with a nutcracker in the shape of a crocodile. It’s made from metal and its colour is gun-metal grey. It reminded me of a time when we went Airley Beach for a family holiday. Read more…

I walked into my room and saw a yellow cylinder-shaped foam bullet on the floor and it reminded me of the time when I had a Nerf war with Dash. It was in the school holidays and I was bored Read more…

It was my first day of work at the dog shelter. It was pouring rain and I wished my first day was tomorrow as it will be sunny. It reminded me of a time when my mum, dad, Stitch and Read more…

I was walking to school when I heard a man telling his dog to stop pulling on the lead. It reminded me of the time when I got my dog, Lucy. It was on Christmas morning and I had opened Read more…

Today I am going to the Melbourne Zoo. I cannot wait to go there, so excitedly I get in the car and Mum drives me. Finally, we are here and just from the looks of it, I can tell it Read more…

We were in New Zealand for the summer holidays but we hadn’t seen anything besides the boring roads and native trees for hours. I thought it would be more fun driving to the hotel, but it wasn’t. “Are we there Read more…

Olivia lived across the road from Maddy and since Year 3, the girls had always been ‘besties’. Over twelve years later, on October 18th, 2022, Olivia and Maddy went shopping at Greensborough Shopping Centre when, out of the corner of Read more…

Today I went to see the doctor because I had puss oozing out of my ear. We waited half an hour to get into the nurse’s office and another half hour to actually see the doc. We were placed in Read more…

I was excited about eating my favourite cereal. I opened up the box but there wasn’t any left. “We only bought this two days ago. How is it gone already? I’m going to the shops”, I yelled in frustration, stamping Read more…

As I read the contents of the letter, I was aware of the smile on my face. I had got into Marcellin College. It was the school that I always wanted to go to. That is because they have good Read more…

It is the last ten minutes of school and I can’t stoop day-dreaming about the cake my mum made yesterday, which she said I could have after school today. The bell goes and I run out of the classroom and Read more…

Wherever you step, underneath you live thousands of giants, doing the exact same things that you are doing; going to the shops, going home, running, skipping. The only thing that we can’t do anymore is eat because there is no Read more…

As I read the contents of the letter, I was aware of the smile on my face. I had won eight tickets to a basketball, netball, soccer and hockey competition. My face lit up with amazement . “Four matches”, I Read more…

I look behind the curtain and see a horse, a goat and a bull, but they don’t look like normal animals. They have human bodies, but they are standing dead still. Then they suddenly move towards the house, carrying bags Read more…

“My computer’s battery life is going up when I don’t charge it and down when I do. Great!” Edward thought. “This could save the world, no more battery usage.” Edward had been puting aside his battery life, little by little, Read more…

My font is sometimes blue when I’m feeling calm and relaxed but I use red when I’m energetic and hypo. Both of these colours mixed together makes purple. Purple is a colour that I write with if I am feeling Read more…

Systems online… Directives are to defeat the enemies of Hitler… Full power… Searching terrain… Power source found… Error… Error… Error… Voice module damaged… Searching terrain… Exit found… Searching… Searching… Power source found… Enemy law enforcement attacking… Engage… Plasma rockets offline… Read more…