This course provides activities that will help students enrich their creative writing skills. Although some time will be spent on the mechanics of grammar and punctuation, the focus will be on skills and techniques that will make a piece of writing stand out – in a good way!
Students will complete an in-class writing task on days 1-4. There is no homework in this course.
ICAS Writing assesses either Narrative or Persuasive. The genre for each cycle will not be released until test day. In this course, students who wish to participate in ICAS will learn the skills that are needed to succeed in a creative writing task. A course in persuasive writing will be held in the winter holidays.
| School | Offered | Reserved |
|---|---|---|
| James Ruse AHS | 0 | 0 |
| North Sydney Girls HS | 0 | 0 |
| Baulkham Hills HS | 0 | 0 |
| North Sydney Boys HS | 0 | 0 |
| Normanhurst Boys HS | 0 | 0 |
| Sydney Boys HS | 0 | 0 |
| Hornsby Girls HS | 0 | 0 |
| Sydney Girls HS | 0 | 0 |
| Fort Street HS | 0 | 0 |
| Girraween HS | 0 | 0 |
| St George Girls HS | 0 | 0 |
| Hurlstone Agriculture HS | 0 | 0 |
| Penrith Selective HS | 0 | 0 |
| NBSC Manly Campus | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 53+ |
| School | Offered | Reserved |
|---|---|---|
| James Ruse AHS | 0 | 0 |
| North Sydney Girls HS | 0 | 0 |
| Baulkham Hills HS | 0 | 0 |
| North Sydney Boys HS | 0 | 0 |
| Normanhurst Boys HS | 0 | 0 |
| Sydney Boys HS | 0 | 0 |
| Hornsby Girls HS | 0 | 0 |
| Sydney Girls HS | 0 | 0 |
| Fort Street HS | 0 | 0 |
| Penrith Selective HS | 0 | 0 |
| Girraween HS | 0 | 0 |
| NBSC Manly Campus | 0 | 0 |
| St George Girls HS | 0 | 0 |
| Hurlstone Agriculture HS | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 14+ |
| School | Offered | Reserved |
|---|---|---|
| Beecroft Public School | 0 | 0 |
| North Rocks Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Ermington Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Artarmon Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Pearce Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Dural Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Waitara Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Hurstville Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Summer Hills Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Lindfield Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Ryde Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Ironbark Ridge Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Chatswood Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Greystanes Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Neutral Bay Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Wahroonga Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 27+ |
| School | Offered | Reserved |
|---|---|---|
| Beecroft Public School | 0 | 0 |
| North Rocks Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Ermington Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Artarmon Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Pearce Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Dural Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Waitara Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Hurstville Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Ryde Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Ironbark Ridge Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Chatswood Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Woollahra Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Neutral Bay Public School | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 25+ |
| School | Offered | Reserved |
|---|---|---|
| James Ruse AHS | 0 | 0 |
| Baulkham Hills HS | 0 | |
| North Sydney Girls HS | 0 | |
| North Sydney Boys HS | 0 | 0 |
| Hornsby Girls HS | 0 | |
| Normanhurst Boys HS | 0 | 0 |
| Sydney Boys HS | 0 | |
| Sydney Girls HS | 0 | 0 |
| Penrith Selective HS | 0 | 0 |
| Girraween HS | 0 | 0 |
| NBSC Manly Campus | 0 | |
| Fort Street HS | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 16 |
| School | Offered | Reserved |
|---|---|---|
| James Ruese AHS | 0 | 0 |
| Baulkham Hills HS | 0 | 0 |
| North Sydney Girls HS | 0 | 0 |
| North Sydney Boys HS | 0 | 0 |
| Hornsby Girls HS | 0 | |
| Normanhurst Boys HS | 0 | 0 |
| Sydney Boys HS | 0 | |
| Sydney Girls HS | 0 | 0 |
| Penrith Selective HS | 0 | |
| Girraween HS | 0 | |
| NBSC Manly Campus | 0 | |
| Fort Street HS | 0 | |
| Others | 0 |
| School | Interview | Scholarship |
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| Abbotsleigh | 0 | 0 |
| Arden Anglican School | 0 | 0 |
| Barker College | 0 | 0 |
| Brigidine College St Ives | 0 | 0 |
| Cranbrook School | 0 | 0 |
| Danebank School | 0 | 0 |
| Hills Grammar School | 0 | 0 |
| Kambala School | 0 | 0 |
| Knox Grammar School | 0 | 0 |
| Meriden School | 0 | 0 |
| MLC School | 0 | 0 |
| Monte Sant'Angelo | 0 | 0 |
| Newington College | 0 | 0 |
| Northholm Grammar | 0 | 0 |
| PLC Sydney | 0 | 0 |
| Pymble Ladies' College | 0 | 0 |
| Queenwood | 0 | 0 |
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| Ravenswood School | 0 | 0 |
| Reddam House | 0 | 0 |
| Santa Sabina College | 0 | 0 |
| SCEGGS Darlinghurst | 0 | 0 |
| Shore School | 0 | 0 |
| St Andrew's Cathedral | 0 | 0 |
| St Catherine's School | 0 | 0 |
| St Joseph's College | 0 | 0 |
| St Luke's Grammar | 0 | 0 |
| Sydney Grammar School | 0 | 0 |
| Tara Anglican School | 0 | 0 |
| The King's School | 0 | 0 |
| The Scots College | 0 | 0 |
| Trinity Grammar School | 0 | 0 |
| Wenona School | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 0 | 0 |
| Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6/7 | Year 8/9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Cynthia Ko | Adalyn Xiong | Allen Wang | Richelle Lam | Joyce Lee |
| Second Prize | Rohit Buchi | Matthew Cheung | Joanna Li | Francis Yang | Zachary Jiang |
| Third Prize | Aditi Jethwa | Avyaan Jethwa | Irina Sui | Irene Sun | |
| Highly Commended | Allen Lu Jason Choy |
Olivia Liu Jeffrey Song |
Isabella Choy Adam Wang |
Chloe Liu Elva Li |
Alice Yang William Wang |
| Year 5/6 | Year 7/8 | |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Rose Asgari | Aditya Paul |
| Second Prize | Ian Jung | Indraneel Jishnu |
| Third Prize | Richelle Lam | Cynthia Cai |
| Highly Commended | Jaithra Vasani Anooushka Vijay Anand Lehan (Olivia) Xu |
Anna Crowley |