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Closing 14 Sept: The Fishy Stories 2024 Writing Challenge!

3 September 2024

Does your child love to write? Are they a hidden author? Students from Years 1 to 8 are invited to enter a story of their own choice (no more than 350 words) online for this year’s “Fishy Stories Writing Challenge”.

Closing 14 Sept: The Fishy Stories 2024 Writing Challenge!

The winning stories will be professionally performed at the upcoming “Festival of Stories” in Fish Creek on Sunday, 17 November 2024. All stories will be published in the Fish Creek eBook and displayed at the festival!

Important Dates

  • Entries close: 14 September 2024
  • Final selection (20 entries): October 2024

Judging Guidelines

  • Captures imagination of the reader
  • Interesting, brave, innovative use of words (vocabulary, etc)
  • Story makes sense
  • Dialogue – sounds believable (not wooden)
  • Description and Imagery – makes scenes and characters come to life
  • Characters – feel real and three dimensional
  • Action – reader feels part of the action
  • Something unique about the story
  • Punctuation, spelling and grammar – NOT the most important aspect

  • Cheryl Becker Pedagogical Leader (Years 3 - 6)Year 3 Hifz Class Teacher Cheryl Becker Send email Read profile

    Cheryl Becker

    Cheryl Becker

    Pedagogical Leader (Years 3 - 6)Year 3 Hifz Class Teacher

    Dip Ed (Melbourne) B.Ed (RMIT)

    My name is Ms Cheryl and I have been teaching at Al Ƶ Ƶ since 2011. I am pleased to announce that I have accepted the position of Team Leader for Year 4 and HifzA. As Team Leader, my responsibilities include looking after the pastoral care of all Year 4 students and ensuring that everyone behaves in a dignified and positive way.

    I graduated with a Diploma of Teaching in 1986 and a Bachelor of Education in 1991. I started my teaching career at the Australian International Academy (AIA) in 1988. During my 12 years at the Academy, I taught all Primary levels and held a wide variety of positions of responsibility. After leaving AIA, I taught at a State school in the Inner Melbourne suburbs, I ceased work for a short while to raise a family.

    I believe that I bring a variety of skills and many years of experience and knowledge to the classroom and enjoy playing an important role in guiding students towards being life – long learners. I look forward to working with you and the Year 4 and HifzA teachers to ensure that 2021 is a rewarding year for us all.

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