St Thomas More's Catholic School Newstead eNewsletter

Literacy News!

Every Wednesday, Lachlan spends time with his tutor, Miss Zoe. During this time, she assists him to deepen his understanding in writing and reading. As Lachlan is such an expressive author, Miss Zoe encouraged him to write a story and enter it into a National Competition, entitled the “Laura Literary Awards”.

The story Lachlan created is called “The Messerschmitt” and it is a gripping and mysterious tale, set in the time of World War II.

Lachlan’s story achieved third prize, out of all the stories written within his age group, in the whole of Australia!

“It is awesome to see my story published in the booklet, with all the other stories from around Australia, and I even got to be in The Examiner!”

We are all very proud of Lachlan’s achievement and we cannot wait to read more exciting tales from this talented young author!

MacqLit awards:

We also have some students who have been working very hard for a number of years to increase their reading fluency and comprehension skills. Sometimes this has meant coming out of class to complete work that is not always as enjoyable as what is being taught, yet they consistently take part in MacqLit with an excellent attitude and commitment to their learning. We congratulate Freya McArthur, Annika Johns and Dex Cassidy for the completion of MacqLit! Well done for all your efforts over the years.