For this year’s Open Day, the English department relished the opportunity to make use of our wonderful library, while also celebrating Aotearoa NZ School Library Week (August 8th -12th) and looking ahead to National Poetry Day (August 26th).

Under the guidance of our fabulous librarian Dr. George, Year 9 students honed their poetic writing skills by taking part in a session of ‘Blackout Poetry,’ where a page of text is completely coloured over with permanent marker so that it is no longer visible, except for a select few words. When only these words are visible, a brand new story is created from the existing text.

The group surprised themselves with their own creativity as they repurposed a raft of old books into poetic masterpieces – Ka pai for your enthusiasm and efforts!

Stay tuned for updates regarding activities for National Poetry Day, and try Blackout poetry for yourself HERE.