Writer of the Month - April 2023

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All about Writer of the Month Welcome to the very first issue of ‘Writers of the Month’. ‘Writers of the Month’ was created to celebrate the wonderful writing skills displayed by pupils in our classrooms on a daily basis. It aims to recognise and commend the efforts of pupils who are striving to improve their vocabulary, perfect their punctuation or improve their overall presentation.

Children can submit a piece of writing they have worked on, in class, during the month. It could be a piece they are particularly proud of or a piece that shows they have achieved their current writing target.

Ms Hope - Head of English

This Month's Winning Writers Esther - Form I

Audrey - Form I

Cian - Form II

Ashton -Form III

Emma -Form IV

Harriet - Form VI

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Esther, Form I

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Audrey, Form I

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Cian, Form II

My Easter Holidays - Tuesday 18th April 2023 On my holiday I went to London. My family and I went to our hotel. Our hotel was called the 'Royal Lancaster Hotel'. After my family and I saw our hotel, my family and I went to London City Center. I went to a shop that had Prime. I bought a bottle of Prime. Afterwards my family and I went to a huge shopping centre.

In the shopping centre, I went inside a gigantic toy store. When I went inside the store I saw all the lovely toys inside. Later I went out of the shop. When I was in the store my mom bought me a jumper and I was very happy.

Eventually my family and I went back to our hotel. And the man said our hotel room was ready. My family and I saw our room and it looked amazing. It had automatic blinds and a giant bed. On the last day my mom brought me and my sisters to a giant shopping centre. I went inside Nike and she bought me Nike tech. In the end I had a great time.

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Ashton, Form III

Athletic, funny, calm Lover of amazing football and basketball Who wonders about life and large space Who fears big scary spiders and getting a really bad injury playing fantastic football with my really fun friends Who would like to wear an Ireland football shirt in the future Who wants to be one of the best footballers

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Emma, Form IV Joey Vespucci Joey Vespucci is 35 years old. He is a muscular man. Joey lives in the outskirts of Italy in a rundown garage with blocked windows and a toilet that dates back to the days of Thomas Crapper. As you opened the door you could see a muddy river and on the other side you could see a dark wood covered in leaves.

Joey Vespucci's eyes are as brown as oak trees. His bald head has a tan as dark as sand. His face is as smooth as a polished piece of wood. He has a beard as long as a pencil. He has a tattoo in the shape of a snake coming down his left arm.

Inside his house the walls are so chipped that you could hit them with a hammer and you couldn't break them. Joey's room is so small that he has to duck when he stands up. His kitchen is as long a a metre stick. He has a secret staircase leading down a basement. Now within this basement he keeps his famous paintings he stole in there. His friends also live there.

Joey Vespucci is a thief. His next heist is to go to an art gallery in the centre of Italy. To steal the most famous painting in Italy, the Mona Lisa. Which is guarded by a team of 5 to 10 guards and they are heavily armed and dangerous.

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Harriet, Form IV

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How can you become Writer of the Month?

ISSUE 1 - APRIL 2023 Work towards your personal writing target.

Take some time to read over your writing and correct any mistakes.

Think about the words you are using; could you use a better word?

Look at the success criteria for your piece of writing; have you worked to add all of this to your writing?

Read. The more you read, the more you will be exposed to new vocabulary in context and the more words you will learn.

Write at home. Create your own stories and write for enjoyment.

This will help you with your next piece of writing in class.

“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” — Frederick Douglass