By Tahlia, Year 10

I look and see up high, Planes dropping bombs amid our cry, Bullets pierce our ears like animals tearing through prey...

By Olivia, Year 10

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By Lauren, Year 10

Shanghai, China, which is also known as ‘Oriental Paris’, is China’s biggest, richest and most popular city. Shanghai’s location coordinates are 31.2304° N, 121.4737° E and is in the continent, Asia. In 2018, there were approximately 24.24 million people living there in which there could be around 25 million people till this day.

By Larissa, Year 6

Once upon a time there were two children named Hansel and Gretly. Their mum was an evil witch who takes children from the woods and tricks them into coming into her candy home, to eat them like a potato.

By Shawn, Year 4

I like trees from root to leaf they produce oxygen also coat us with with shade

By Scarlett, Year 5

The Sumatran tiger is a mammal. Its size is up to 2.4m long and it’s 118kg. It is also a carnivore.

By Marianne, Year 6

The people say the world is turning Shining the way the moon does The people, the world Where do you stay? Neighbourhood, where do you turn to?

By Robert, Year 12

Fire rose throughout the buildings, reaching for the skies as a two story wooden building collapsed against the Earth and the ground shook. It spewed smoke into the air with its ember rushed into the wind, falling like rain, stinging my eyes.

By Lilli, Year 4

One day my friends and I went to the Halloween carnival. We went to the carnival at 6pm. We were excited! We saw a funny clown do tricks. We also saw some witches and cats doing tricks.

By Ella, Year 4

Warning sirens about to blow your ears off while you keep desperately walking to escape. While the sirens increase in sound every step you take you're in absolute horror.

By Utsab, Year 6

The headset flicks off my ears and bangs onto the table, where I eat my food and my computer is. Whew, another 2 hour recording session done! It’s hard being a YouTuber for my fans, even with a tonne of homework to do.

By Tahlia, Year 6

I was standing looking out the window to see the magnificent view of New York City. It was a cold, windy autumn day. I gazed out of the window again to see thousands of yellow taxis go up and down Maple Avenue.

By Saman, Year 9

I am awoken by the beam of light blinding my eyes. “Who turned on the lights?” I demanded. "Me", a plaintive voice responded from the doorway. It was Oliver, "I need to go to the bathroom," he continued, “Can you come with me?”

By Larissa, Year 6

As the wrinkles and smile lines hug her face the Zimbabwean lady stares down the camera lens with big, dull gray lifeless eyes.

By Lidija, Year 10

As Mateo Ashrina walked through the lonely valley, he wondered if he should ever return to the slums he called home. There had never been a mortal that went through the gates of Allah, and lived to tell the tale, but then again, Allah had never seen a half-breed such as him.