Echuca East Primary School students have been featured in a new quarterly magazine, showing their creative writing skills.
Five of the students’ work featured in the magazine that Ryan Gow created.
Mr Gow, a primary school teacher from Bendigo, created the magazine, hoping to ensure all Australian students in primary and secondary schools could express their creativity.
Year 5 student Finlee was over the moon when he saw his submission published in the magazine.
“It was a big surprise. I didn’t know it would be in the magazine,” Finlee said.
Ava says she plans on making further submissions to future editions.
“I like writing because I can express my creativity, and the same with drawing,” Ava said.
“Hopefully, I will be able to do another project.
“So far, only my mum has seen the work, and she was impressed with the work.”
Tilly was pleased about her articles being printed so that students from other schools could enjoy her work.
“I was shocked because I didn’t know it would go in. I just did it for fun.”
Gus, who is in Grade 3, also made an incredible contribution to the magazine.
“I submitted five projects to the earlier editions, and I was surprised when all of them were accepted.”
Fellow student Lucy was happy to have seen her work in print, and the work of other students who also attend Echuca East.
“I was proud to see my friends’ work in there as well as my own,” Lucy said.
Echuca East Primary School principal Lindy Burke has been a teacher for the past 20 years and was thrilled to see the students’ positive response to a locally produced magazine.
“It’s fantastic that the kids are eager to be a part of their magazine,” Ms Burke said.
“We purchased subscriptions for the kids so they can access the magazine; a few of the students also won a subscription to the magazine as part of the Book of the Year competition.”
While many of the students produced their work during structured class time, some also made tremendous contributions in their own time.
“I did the project during my free time as I only had 25 minutes,” Tilly said.