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River 94.9 Award - 5-7 Years
Ipswich District Teacher Librarian Network Award - 8-10 Years
The Queensland Times Award - 11-13 Year
The Broderick Family Award - 14-15 Years
Ipswich City Council Award – 16-17 Years
River 94.9 Award - 5-7 Years
1st Place: The Under Water City by Mya Smith from St Joseph’s Primary School, North Ipswich, Qld
The sea is clear and blue
So many baby fish in the underwater zoo
l see yellow angel fish swimming too.
Mermaids passing in the sea weed.
Here come jellyfish to feed and feed.
Coloured coral make a little door.
Starfish are lying on the bottom floor
The sun is shining on the sandy shore.
Deep below, the under water city,
fishes swim and swim by the score.
2nd Place: The Frilled Neck Lizard by Henry Blackledge from Ipswich Grammar School, Ipswich, Qld
The frilled Neck Lizards are so frightening
And they can run like lightning.
But when they choose, they stay quite still
And then they open up their frill.
3rd Place: Summer by Ella Tronc from Rosewood State School, Rosewood, Qld
Summer is a season of fun -
Sleep-ins, holidays and time in the sun.
lce-cream sundaes and pools and the beach,
Christmas, togs, drinking lemonade with peach.
My birthday, with presents and friends. It's hot!
Summery summer, I love you a lot!
Highly Commended: I want to be a Palaeontologist by Ethan Peno from Walkervale State School, Bundaberg, Qld
If l was a palaeontologist l would look for fossils all day long.
It wouldn't really matter if I got the skeleton wrong.
I would travel around the world looking for new breeds,
Learning about how a dinosaur lays eggs, lives and feeds.
What made the dinosaurs all die?
No-one really wonders why.
Maybe an explosion or lack of food?
If l find out I’ll be a cool dude.
I hope one day my wishes come true,
Being a palaeontologist is what I want to do.
Highly Commended: When I Grow Up by Chloe Goodingham from Tivoli State School, Tivoli, Qld
When I grow up,
I will be a Princess,
And have a princess dress.
With sparkles and Diamonds
And also big hi heels.
I will wear red lipstick,
To kiss all the princes!
Highly Commended: Koalas by Carmen Oxenford from Citipointe Christian College, Carindale, Qld
Koalas like to climb up trees
So they can eat some green gum leaves
They carry babies on their backs
And let them play to share their snacks
The babies always have a rest
In their very special nest.
Highly Commended: Tim Tams by Jessica Gray from Citipointe Christian College, Carindale, Qld
They are better than the rest
They are always very yummy
They can’t wait to get in my tummy
Melting quickly in the sun
They’re the food for on the run
They are not a healthy treat
But they’re very hard to beat.
Highly Commended: The Platypus and the Croc by Harrison Rapmund from Ipswich Grammar School, Ipswich, Qld
The platypus was eating his lunch.
He was eating weeds with a crunch.
Then he saw a freshwater croc,
So he quickly hid behind a rock.
Highly Commended: Our Trip to Girraween by Kailani Clifton from Urangan, Qld
On our trip to Girraween,
there were many kangaroos to be seen.
The Pyramid and granite rocks so high,
I felt they could almost touch the sky.
And in our camper trailer at night,
we were very snug and tight.
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Ipswich District Teacher Librarian Network Award - 8-10 Years
1st Place: Tiny Seed by Sarah Bown from West Moreton Anglican College, Karrabin, Qld
Tiny seed, still, round and flat
Everything quiet, everything black
No light, no noise, no sun or breeze
No petals, or roots, no smell or leaves.
I need to be free, I need to get out
I need to push up, I need to sprout
Up, up, up I go
Into the world, hello, hello.
Now in spring there's freedom, flowers and bees
There’s light, there's noise, there's sun and breeze
Going up and up into the air I grow
I can feel the breeze and wind blow.
My petals are bright with colour and glow,
My petals flow high and low
I’m now a flower I'm beautiful in every way
The kids will play and I will sway.
2nd Place: The Wolves are Howling by Hannah Johnston from Cooloola Christian College, Gympie, Qld
I stand in front of the moonlight.
I hear the wolves howl.
I wonder where they are.
I wonder where they are now.
When I look up in the sky,
I see the twinkling stars
So I think of you.
But when I do that I begin to cry
So I just walk away,
Into the darkness and close my eyes,
And, and, and....
I begin to get scared,
So I run through the scary woods.
Then I tripped on a branch,
And I hurt my knee.
I think I’m having a heart attack.
That’s when I think of you.
I stand in front of the moonlight.
I hear the wolves howl.
I wonder where they are.
I wonder where they are now.
The end.
“You may get scared sometimes if you have a heart condition.
That is when you look up to God Your Lord.”
3rd Place: Little Brothers by Grace Finlay from Bethany Lutheran College, Raceview, Qld
Little brothers pinch
Little brothers scratch
Pinch scratch
Pinch scratch
Look out I’ll get you back!
Little brothers bite
Little brothers punch
Bite punch
Bite punch
Look out I’ll get you after lunch!
Big sisters scheme
Big sisters scare
Scheme scare
Scheme scare
Look out if you go in there!
MUM!
Highly Commended: Aussie Nature by William Rea from Mount Marrow State School, Mount Marrow, Qld
Crimson rocks stand there watching time go by.
Dingoes roam the bush catching wallaby, koala, emu and other things they can savage or hunt.
Kangaroos jump too fast to avoid the predators of the bush.
Uluru holds remarkable secrets; spirits of the Aboriginals come out of the earth.
Tears from the sky fall down and washes the dry desert and the core of Australia.
Aboriginals do their traditional dances and slowly the land grows thicker, happiness floats through the land.
Goanna lie in the sun lazily and eat the delicious insects that go past.
Crocs float over the surface of the clear crystal r
ivers and the mother ferociously protects her eggs.
Cries and the songs of the Aboriginals echo through the trees and the birds squawk noisily.
Stories of the Dreamtime told by the elders flow through the air and I stand there listening, and now I say goodbye.
Highly Commended: Family Tree by Astrid Cahill from West Moreton Anglican College, Karrabin, Qld
Grow family tree grow
Big ones, small ones,
Skinny ones and cuddly ones
Grow family tree grow
Hairy ones, bald ones
Curly ones and straight ones
Grow family tree grow
Wrinkly ones, pimply ones
Soft ones and whiskery ones
Grow family tree grow
Funny ones, grumpy ones
Kind ones and annoying ones
Grow family tree grow
Arty ones, sporty ones
Fishing ones and cooking ones
Grow family tree grow
Every one my loved ones
Grow family tree grow
Highly Commended: The Turtle Race by Aedyn Duffy from West Moreton Anglican College, Karrabin, Qld
Deep in the sand
White eggs hatch.
Awakened from
a growing sleep.
Tiny turtle hatchlings
stampede to the top.
Life has begun
there is growing to be done.
A race to the waters
wet and wild.
Some make it here
so many not.
A chance to survive
to grow old.
A hardened shell
to protect from the swell.
Go turtle, grow turtle
Live long and happy.
Go turtle, grow turtle
Your life has just begun.
Highly Commended: Painting Peace by Grace Finlay from West Moreton Anglican College, Karrabin, Qld
In the silence
The images bloom
Peace is found
Within my room
Worries fly
As bristles spread
Painting flowers
From my head
Flooding the paper
With colour and passion
Everything else is
Just a distraction
Purple for peace
And red for love
Yellow for happiness
And white for a dove
Brushing colours
Warm and cool
Every stroke
Elegant and graceful
You’re in a world
Of your own
Where happiness and peace
Are forever grown
Highly Commended: Lucas by Riley Granzien from West Moreton Anglican College, Karrabin, Qld
l went to see my little brother
On the day he was born
l held him for the first time
And he was nice and warm
He had tiny little fingers
And tiny little toes
He had a tiny little bed
And a tiny little nose
He never ate any food
All he drank was milk
He slept most of the