May 2015 Issue 8
Primary edition
Creative Writing Competition
Many of you have been busy creating and crafting your ‘Somewhere Unforgettable’.
You have transported us to imagined lands and distant times. You’ve introduced us to the most
interesting people and awesome characters, and we’ve travelled the world with you. We are
pleased to announce the final winners for the Primary category:
Congratulations
to these chosen students.
Their work can be read online
on the Global Classroom,
and will be published
in the 2015 Creative
Writing Anthology.
JUDGE’S CHOICE
FINALISTS
Bird’s Eye View – Julia Primiero, Houston
Cobblestone Street – Grace French, Shanghai Puxi
Somewhere Unforgettable – Chloe Huang, Beijing Sanlitun
Terror – Emma Tang, Shanghai Puxi
The Cave – Alexandra Dmitrieff Mehta, Charlotte
The Encounter – Amia Guha, Washington
The Land beyond the Mountain – Lynna Cheng, Doha Rayyan
The Pisa Tower – Paulina Sielska, Warsaw
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Placeburg – Saul Arnow, Chicago
My Paradise, Jeju – Yejin Oh, Doha Rayyan
Check them out online
Global Orchestra
Well done to everyone who auditioned for the Global
Orchestra, we wish we could take you all!
The judging panel has now selected the 81 students
who will be invited to participate in the Global Orchestra
Summer School in New York, and a full list of the
chosen musicians can be seen online.
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Book Club
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Our new read for book club is ‘Journey to the River
Sea’ by Eva Ibbotson.
Follow the adventures of Maia as she travels to Brazil
and meets her new family, and makes all kinds of
interesting friends!
If you have ever imagined what it would be like to live
in the jungle, or paddle up streams with Indians, this is
the book for you. Check out the discussion forums
and activities online.