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The poem's main message signifies that a memory, no matter how simple, can hold a special place in your heart if it fills you with happiness or pleasure Thus, whenever the feeling of forlornness or boredom infects your heart, the special memory can wash away those feelings and replace them with the happiness and pleasure reminisced in the memory.

Sam Thanasongtrakul, Year 8

The kindhearted, keen kids gobbled up their snacks like wolves, begging for more while the parents exchanged their influential, integral ideas and thoughts. Immediately after, everybody flew into the crashing, crunching, current of the waves. The sea was a mother rocking their cheerful, contented child.

Clayton Serfleck, Year 7

Novels almost ubiquitously have an ultimate purpose, the pervading vehicle of choice by which authors choose to deliver said purpose is through triggering involuntary emotional responses – regardless of our prior standpoints, a successful book will be able to overcome what we previously deemed rationality by exploiting our most fundamental infirmity.

Dexter Power, Year 13

Golden chains dangle from his ears and multicoloured beads are tangled in his long, fair locks. He seems to blend in with the masses of shelves protruding from the walls; save for his coal-black eyes peering out from his sallow, waxy face

Ember Hewison , Year 11

The sound of clanging metal pierced the air, causing me to wake from my fitful sleep. I opened my eyes to see a strange figure standing in front of me, a hooded figure with a pendulum in one hand and a torch in the other The pendulum was swinging steadily, hypnotically back and forth like an ancient clock counting down its last moments before eternity.

Eleonora Kokotiukha, Year 12

I hope this letter provides you with some sense of closure. If my life was repeated a thousand times, it would still be you, you and once again, you. I would choose you in every lifetime and if, in some bizarre circumstance, I wasn’t able to, I would spend my entire life wondering what it would be like with you by my side

Katie Leon, Year 9

And as the day slowly shifted into night time, those same fatigued eyes subtly stared, through their peripheral gaze, at the lethargic clock fixed to that white wall they face all day However, now instead of violently charging towards machines or answering useless phone calls, they all stalled.

Ana Wang, Year 11

Tangled in the trees

Slithering emeralds thrive

Hiding in plain sight

Lia Kunz, Year 7

Fear enveloped me, rodents scurried about around the pit reciting their experience from the last Seven Six Five Four

Time seemed to be slowing down But even death will I falter - no - even in the face of death time still decides what will happen.

Rithwik Chokkalingam, Year 12

The other trope, perhaps even more common, is the cartoonish representation of Mr Trump’s figure: the familiar mop of blonde hair, the fixed facial expression, the double chin and his familiar black suit This is perhaps a concession to the considerable weight of feeling against him within liberalism and also can be interpreted as the real feelings behind the subsequent careful and balanced analysis

Yi Won Tang, Year 13

Her quick glimmering eyes, darting around as if she had a tail on her did not match her serene and polite smile. There was an air of desperation around her. Ultimately it was her fingernails which gave her away. They were not extravagant or painted. But they were taken care of. Clean cut, short, not a thing out of place It was obvious her clothes were meant to dissuade observers from identifying her Celia de Rocher de la Baume, Year 10

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Cross-curricular project: Languages + Art + Music = Cultural enrichment

In June 2022 during the penultimate week of school, Year 12 Spanish and French students had the opportunity to experience an artistic and linguistic immersion where they enhanced their knowledge about culture and demonstrated their artistic skills. These wonderful days of learning and entertainment were concluded with a delicious lunch at "Little Paris", where we enjoyed the delights of French cuisine. This interdisciplinary experience, in addition to allowing students to enrich their knowledge of other cultures, also provided them with a space for fun and relaxation where art, language and music shared the stage.