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EnglishCreating an interest in reading andcreativity in writingQueensland Reader’s Cup ChampionsEarlier in the year Ormiston College teams enteredthe fierce, highly competitive Reader’s Cup and weresuccessful in winning their Regional Round, a first forOrmiston College.This took them on to the State Championships wherethe competition was even more rigorous. The Year 8/9Reader’s Cup requires the teams to read five novels andwork through five rounds each with ten questions. TheOrmiston College Team was made up of Georgia Dawson(Captain), Lily Greer, Helen Walker and Yasmin Akhtar.The four girls were extremely diligent in their preparation,meeting twice a week for two hourly sessions and alsoreading individually at home.Their hard work paid off, the girls were victorious,returning home as the 2010 Queensland Reader’s CupChampions. On congratulating our winning students,the Compare noted the outstanding scores the girls hadachieved in their Championship win; out of a possible15 points per round the team had scored 14, 13, 15 (aperfect score), 14 and 12, well ahead of the runner-upteam. Congratulations to the girls and to their mentor andcoordinator, Mrs Jo Waller-Brown.International English CompetitionEnglish offers many opportunities for students to displaytheir creativity, one being the International EnglishCompetition, undertaken by our Year 4 to Year 7 students.This Competition tests skills in Reading Literacy, ReadingFactual, Textual Devices, Syntax and Vocabulary. Thisyear our students received three High Distinctions, 35Distinctions and 75 Credits.Junior Literary AwardsOur upper primary children have the opportunity to testtheir writing ability and their creative skills in the JuniorLiterary Awards which are held annually. The entry mustbe their own work with the stipulation that is written,edited and corrected at school.This year’s winners were Joshua Burton for his workentitled The Wolf War, runner up Annaliese Maslen for ThePocketwatch and third, Kyla Bailey, The Leopard’s Journeyto Freedom. A great effort by all.Senior Literary AwardsThe Steve Littleton Literary Prize is aprestigious Ormiston College awardpresented annually to encourage thecreative writing talents of our Senior Schoolstudents. This year student entries werejudged by professional author Pat Flynn,who has written many successful novels foradolescents.The first place was awarded to SiobhanReynolds for her short story entitled ‘PleaseDon’t Take My Sunshine Away’. Runner-upwas Jake Longton for ‘There Again, OneLast Time’. Third was Amber Preiksa for herwork ‘The Divide’. Two Highly Commendedstudents received recognition, Nick Walkerfor ‘Let There Be Light’ and Ashley Stewartfor ‘Mian-Jin’. Well done to our authors.Semester Two Edition 2010 The Oracle 11