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Contents

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Ms Danielle Cooper, Acting Dean of English - Editorial

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Year 7

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Philippa Danks - Then She Fell...

6

Molly Furey - Saying Goodbye

8

Rosie Graham - Raspberry Swirls

10

Ellora Kelly - Lizard Encounter

12

Angela Lin - Blueback

13

Angelyn Neoh - Practice Makes Perfect

15

Grace Chenxin Wang - Last Summer Night

17

Hillary Wang - Opening A Door Of Memories

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Leyla Yucel - Metaphor Poem

20

Year 8

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Ciara Brennan - To Be Loved

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Jessica Clarke - Equal Pay

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Ella Crosby - The Monster

26

Pollyanna Dowell - The Colour Of Fire

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Jessica Hepworth - The Ballad Of Blackbeard

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Jessica Hepworth - Letting Go

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Emma Lee - Darkest Africa

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Emma Lee - Flight 370

39

Maeve Luu - My Grandma

40

Florrie McKay - Oh, Order Is A Lovely Thing

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Rosie Roberts - Recalled

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Claudia Schonfeldt - Brothers

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Claudia Schonfeldt - Hell’s Fire

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Claudia Schwarz - Dying Embers

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Sindhu Velaga - Gran’s Red Diary

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Year 9

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Natasha Borash - True Friends

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Sarah Cheang - Into The Darkness

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Calida Evans - But Home Is No More

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Sophie He - The Home Of The Homeless

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Carissa Lau - Cemetery

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Rachelle Papantuono - A Seasonal School

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Charlotte Rodway - The St. Regis

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Meredith Rule - One Floor Below

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Millicent Trigar - Human Rights

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Angela Yan - Civilians In Armed Conflict

72

Year 10

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Rachel Baillie - Redheads Anonymous Activist Fighters (Raaf)

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Sally Chao - Statue Of Ribberty

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Imogen Feder - Searching For The Stars

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Annie Gleisner - Motel Hell

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Louise Monsell-Butler - Audacious

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Madeline Nolan - Procrastination Station Aka The Internet

91

Claire Smart - Asylum Seekers

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Hannah Winspear-Schillings - Dusk Falls

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Anita Ye - Let’s Play Four Square!

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Year 11

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Laura Aldous - Aliyah Remembered

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Marina Altson - Ghosts Of The Past

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Marina Altson - It’s Time To Kill Capital Punishment

106

Sarah Billings - The Quest For Freedom

109

Nicola Bonin - The Dome

113

Georgia Evans - Twin Towers

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Nicole McAuliffe - Turbulence

116

Niamh McCarthy - The Race

119

Charlotte Wirtz - Un Majeur

122

Grace Yuan - Negative

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Year 12

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Charlotte Armstrong - Sacrifice

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Isabella Beischer - Refuge

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Joanna Cookson - Love And Memory

134

Mi-Tu Kieu - The Lambs Of War

138

Gillian Lim - Glorification Of Crime

141

Gillian Lim - The Fight For Power

143

Annabel Loane - My Story, His Story

146

Carla Mileo - Il Silenzio E Il Sentimento, L’mozione E La Paura

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Pearl Paguio - A Problem We Shouldn’t Have To Watch Any Longer

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Lauren Sibree - Cuts To Foreign Aid? What’s Going On, Australia?

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Dyan Taylor - Seig Heil 2

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Sarah Watling - Slacktivism

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