Grace Cameron came 2nd in the Year 11 Category of the 2025 Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook Student Poetry Competition. Grace receives $300 from the University of Waikato, and her poem ‘Big People Don’t Cry’ will be published in the Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook.
Here’s the link to the poem. Congratulations, Grace, on this wonderful achievement!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kt7DDzXOOCrP8TQqNLZBaDx644UfuQh-BmUYyCHyzaw/edit?usp=sharing
Also, we are happy to announce the following prizewinners.
Winners of the Year 9 Speech Competition:
1st – Martha Haycock – ‘Why Teenagers Should Face Their Fears’
2nd – Harriet Boyens – ‘Part-time Jobs Are Important’
3rd – Trilby McElroy – ‘Slang is Ruining Our Lives’
Winners of the Year 10 Flash Talk Competition:
1st – Charlotte Murphy – ‘Global Progression or Destruction – It’s Up To Us’
2nd – Sarah Attraqchi– ‘The Butterfly Effect’
3rd – Sarka Langton – ‘Seize the Day’.
Well done, everyone!
L-R. Photo 1: Year 9 Speech Winners – 3rd place – Trilby McElroy, 1st place – Martha Haycock, 2nd place – Harriet Boyens
Photo 2: Year 10 Flash Talk Finals – Sofia Brandolino, Sarah Attraqchi, Madison Schroder, Charlotte Murphy, Sarah Patel, Sarka Langton, Kayla Wilkins
Photo 3: Year 9 Speech Finals – Jasmine Cate, Karma Sarhan, Trilby McElroy, Izzie Burge, Harriet Boyens, Martha Haycock, (Absent: Maddie Symons and Joud Zahar).
Main image above:Year 10 Flash Talk winners – 2nd place – Sarah Attraqchi, first place – Charlotte Murphy, and 3rd place Sarka Langton.