Wonder : Creative Writing Competition 2013 – Tower Hamlets Schools Library Services

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Winners from a record number of primary and secondary schools in Tower Hamlets gathered in the hospitality suite of the Clifford Chance offices in Canary Wharf to collect their prizes for the 2013 Tower Hamlets Creative Writing Competition.

The competition, an annual event run by the Tower Hamlets Schools Library Service, is for poetry and short stories and is open to pupils aged 9 to 16.

First-place prizes, winning £50, were awarded to Niamh Bush from Guardian Angels Primary School, Priya Begum from John Scurr Primary School, Tahira Chowdhury from Central Foundation Girls’ School, Caitlin Finnerty from Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate School, Jaydeen Lee Kusi from Sir John Cass Foundation and Redcoat School and Tania Begum from Oaklands Secondary School, and were awarded by Josh Lacey, author of Island of Thieves and the Dragonsitter series, who judged the work this year.

Prizes were also collected by children from Bow School of Maths and Computing, Stepney Green School of Maths and Computing, Morpeth Secondary School, and primary schools Globe , Hague , Our Lady, Cayley, Lansbury Lawrence , Bangabandhu, Thomas Buxton, Osmani , St Paul with St Luke’s, Chisenhale and Canon Barnett.

Key Stage Two Short Story Winners

1st	Priya Begum	John Scurr Primary School
2nd	Syeda Inayah Zisha	Hague Primary School
3rd	Martina Irurita	Guardian Angels Primary School
Commended	Tullia Galizia	Globe Primary School
Commended	Sonny Bissessar	St Paul with St Luke Primary School
Commended	Emmanuel Lwanga	Our Lady Primary
Commended	Allegra Freeman	Chisenhale Primary School
Commended	Rahema Begum	Bangahandhu Primary School
Commended	Aakifah Ahmed	Chisenhale Primary School
Commended	Nusaybah Al-Mamun	Thomas Buxton Primary School
Commended	Yamin Chowdhury	Osmani Primary School

Key Stage Two Poetry Winners

1st	Niamh Bush	Guardian Angels Primary School
2nd	Inaya Zaman	Hague Primary School
3rd	Massammath Khadija Begum	John Scurr Primary School
Commended	Ellie Lowe	St Paul with St Luke Primary School
Commended	Saymon Mebrahtu	St Paul with St Luke
Commended	Shania Mahmood	Our Lady Primary School
Commended	Shuchi Quddus	Cayley Primary School
Commended	Thomas Dowden	Guardian Angels Primary School
Commended	Naifah Choudhury	Canon Barnett Primary
Commended	Alisha Ali	Lansbury Lawrence Primary School

Key Stage Three Short Story Winners

1st	Caitlin Finnerty	Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate School
2nd	Vicky Tham	Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate School
3rd	Michael Duke	Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate School
Commended	Sofia Heustice	Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate School
Commended	Kobe Mendoza	Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate School
Commended	Shaun Odili	Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate School
Commended	Adiba Borsha	Oaklands Secondary School
Commended	Soliman Rabie	Stepney Green School of Maths and Computing

Key Stage Three Poetry Winners

1st	Tahira Chowdhury	Central Foundation Girls’ School
2nd	Karimah Nuha Firdaws	Sir John Cass Foundation and Redcoat School
3rd	Naznina Begum	Oaklands Secondary School
Commended	Jadie Phillips	Sir John Cass Foundation and Redcoat School
Commended	Samiya Rahman	Central Foundation Girls’ School

Key Stage Four Short Story Winners

1st	Tania Begum	Oaklands Secondary School
2nd	Daniel Fisher	Bow School of Maths and Computing
3rd	Maryam Chowdhury	Sir John Cass Foundation and Redcoat School
Commended	Albert Wright	Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate School
Commended	Akashi Alam	Morpeth Secondary School
Commended	Tasrin Chowdhury	Oaklands Secondary School

Key Stage Four Poetry Winners

1st	Jaydeen Lee Kusi	Sir John Cass Foundation and Redcoat School
2nd	Meaghan Coughlan Leon	Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate Girls School
3rd	Beauty Ohlamini	Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate Girls School
Commended	Hamza Uddin	Bow School of Maths and Computing