Michelle Tham

We were in New Zealand for the summer holidays but we hadn’t seen anything besides the boring roads and native trees for hours. I thought it would be more fun driving to the hotel, but it wasn’t. “Are we there yet ?” I kept saying repeatedly, much to everyone’s irritation. Read more…

Olivia lived across the road from Maddy and since Year 3, the girls had always been ‘besties’. Over twelve years later, on October 18th, 2022, Olivia and Maddy went shopping at Greensborough Shopping Centre when, out of the corner of her eye, Maddy caught a glimpse of a new cafe Read more…

Today I went to see the doctor because I had puss oozing out of my ear. We waited half an hour to get into the nurse’s office and another half hour to actually see the doc. We were placed in a room and it reminded me of a time when Read more…

I was excited about eating my favourite cereal. I opened up the box but there wasn’t any left. “We only bought this two days ago. How is it gone already? I’m going to the shops”, I yelled in frustration, stamping my feet. “Get milk, please”, said Mum. “Ok”, I replied Read more…

As I read the contents of the letter, I was aware of the smile on my face. I had got into Marcellin College. It was the school that I always wanted to go to. That is because they have good sporting grounds and a lot of them too. They have Read more…

It is the last ten minutes of school and I can’t stoop day-dreaming about the cake my mum made yesterday, which she said I could have after school today. The bell goes and I run out of the classroom and meet my friends that I walk to the park with Read more…

Wherever you step, underneath you live thousands of giants, doing the exact same things that you are doing; going to the shops, going home, running, skipping. The only thing that we can’t do anymore is eat because there is no more food. You’re the lucky ones. You don’t need to Read more…

As I read the contents of the letter, I was aware of the smile on my face. I had won eight tickets to a basketball, netball, soccer and hockey competition. My face lit up with amazement . “Four matches”, I thought, ‘What should I choose?” Finally, I dashed into the Read more…

I look behind the curtain and see a horse, a goat and a bull, but they don’t look like normal animals. They have human bodies, but they are standing dead still. Then they suddenly move towards the house, carrying bags and bottles. I run and hide behind the door. As Read more…

“My computer’s battery life is going up when I don’t charge it and down when I do. Great!” Edward thought. “This could save the world, no more battery usage.” Edward had been puting aside his battery life, little by little, every day and finally it had all added up. He Read more…

My font is sometimes blue when I’m feeling calm and relaxed but I use red when I’m energetic and hypo. Both of these colours mixed together makes purple. Purple is a colour that I write with if I am feeling imaginative. I would not use black because it’s so ordinary Read more…

Systems online… Directives are to defeat the enemies of Hitler… Full power… Searching terrain… Power source found… Error… Error… Error… Voice module damaged… Searching terrain… Exit found… Searching… Searching… Power source found… Enemy law enforcement attacking… Engage… Plasma rockets offline… Particle shields offline… Z-6 rotary gun online… Engage… Power source Read more…