This poem was highly commended in our recent Year 7-8 Matariki: Reach for the Stars Poetry competition. The winning poems will be...

This poem was highly commended in our recent Year 4-6 Matariki: Reach for the Stars Poetry competition. The Sky Sisters by Eva Hunter,...

Thank you so much to the wonderful Year 1 writers from Otatara School for sharing their perfect leaf poems with us. My Perfect Leaf by...

The next issue of Write On magazine is due out during Matariki 2021 so it’s time to explore the stars, constellations, galaxies, nebula and

A winning Seaweek Poem from 2019 ( First published in Write On Issue 52) by Pieta Year 9 Palliser Bay The ocean whispers. The sound of a...

a winning poem in the 2019 Seaweek Poetry Competition. ( First published in Write On Issue 52) by Anna, Year 8. The Ocean Gallery We are...

Here is one of the winning poems from the 2019 Seaweek Canterbury Poetry Competition. For information on Seaweek 2021 see here:...

Teaching tip: Looking for some end of year fun and nonsense? Give groups an old nursery rhyme ( don't expect them to know them!) and a...

Our team had a marvellous two days guiding 48 young writers at The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora in Christchurch as part of...

ink webs pen-drawn across glass midget specks dust of dead stars scattered across a spun atmosphere veins weeding across the wing cracks...

Pine trees tower over me and through the branches small pockets of sunlight cascade...

I bite other people and turn them into werewolves like me.

In Gryffindor dorm you might find A talking red fireplace Ron’s shoe lace

Write a diary poem about 26 days in Lockdown.

An ode is a short lyric poem that praises an individual, an idea, or an event, so in this case you will be praising (or condemning) COVID 19

We love using lists to get ideas down quickly for writing. But did you know that a list can become a poem?

One of the flexible formats we love engaging with is the Instructional Poem. This allows you to play with language and ideas

this was all a rift in space time

We’re going on a walk along Breakneck Road

BY LEROY SLOAN, YEAR 10, HILLMORTON HIGH SCHOOL Commentary: this poem brings attention to the power that certain people hold in our...