On 14 November Board of Studies Chief Executive Carol Taylor presented awards to Gold category winners of the Board’s annual primary school writing competition - WriteOn.

WriteOn encourages students to develop their creative writing skills by writing a short piece of up to 500 words based on a photograph – this year a dog with a red scarf

A total of 721 entries were received and a panel of primary school teachers selected 21 Gold, 48 Silver and 18 Bronze winners

The panel gives awards to winners in each stage - Years 1 and 2, Years 3 and 4, and Years 5 and 6.

WriteOn recognises the amazing creativity of our younger students and WriteOn is a great initiative to develop a life-long love of writing.

Winning entries are also published in an anthology which is a great resource for teachers and students to see quality writing at each stage of a student’s development.

The Gold award winners for WriteOn 2013 are:

· Daniel Whittaker, Berry Public School
· Ella Humphries, Castle Cove Public School
· Lachlan Campbell, Knox Grammar School
· Sunny Galluzzo, St Anthony’s Catholic School, Marsfield
· Chloe Xegas, Sylvania Heights Public School
· Jemma Simpson, Tara Anglican School for Girls
· Georgia Dunn, Tooleybuc Central School
· Erin Ringrose, Abbotsleigh Junior School
· Monique Youssef, Broughton Anglican College
· Natalia Pruszynska, Kincoppal-Rose Bay Junior School
· Cedar Maycock, Murwillumbah Public School
· Jasmine Robertson, Pomona Public School
· Xiao Sun, Roseville Public School
· Lily Betts, Anna Bay Public School
· Jordan Parry, Beresfield Public School
· Daisy Smith, Heaton Public School
· Douglas Woon, Lindfield East Public School
· Danielle Fenech, Ravenswood School for Girls
· Miriam Poyitt, Redeemer Baptist School
· Saleha Sehgol, Samuel Gilbert Public School
· Sarah Tadzik, Thornleigh West Public School

All Gold, Silver and Bronze winners are published on the Board’s website.