Last chance to enter School News writing competition

<h2>Last chance for students to enter the inspirational teacher competition&period; The winning student receives &dollar;500 worth of books for their school library&&num;8230&semi; not to mention the acknowledgement of being published in high school&excl;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<h4>Students will also enjoy honouring their favourite teacher&comma; so get your English teachers informed about the opportunity&period; Let&&num;8217&semi;s get those kids writing&excl; Entries close Monday February 20 at 4pm&excl; <&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4><strong>We published Baneen&&num;8217&semi;s winning composition in our <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;school-news&period;com&period;au&sol;education&sol;entries-open-now-for-writing-competition&sol;">January 25 newsletter<&sol;a>&comma; and the school has now received their books&excl; Thank you Scholastic&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><em><img class&equals;"wp-image-5650 aligncenter" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;school-news&period;com&period;au&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;MASTER&lowbar;SCHL&lowbar;MASTER&lowbar;SCHL&lowbar;MASTER&lowbar;SCHL&lowbar;REDBARLOGO&lowbar;CMYK&lowbar;STROKE-300x38&period;jpg" alt&equals;"scholastic logo" width&equals;"245" height&equals;"31" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine; <strong>School News<&sol;strong><&sol;em><strong> Term 4&comma; 2016  &&num;8211&semi; Oh Captain my Captain was sponsored by Scholastic Australia – committed to producing quality literature for schools&period; Thank you Scholastic from everyone at Holroyd High&excl;<&sol;strong> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Hachette Children’s Books are excited to sponsor <em>School News<&sol;em> Magazine’s<&sol;strong> &OpenCurlyQuote;Oh Captain my Captain’ competition for Term 1 2017&period; Entries now open&excl; So gather your budding writers and win &dollar;500 worth of books for readers aged 12-17 for your school library&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although we may have lost Robin Williams&comma; that phrase from Dead Poets’ Society will never die&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Oh Captain My Captain” will forever echo in the minds of educators around the world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Teachers matter&comma; and <em>School News<&sol;em> is interested in hearing from students about their most inspirational teacher&period; So we ask all high schools to engage with their student body&comma; and offer them the opportunity to formally acknowledge their most inspirational teacher in a piece to be published in national education magazine&comma; <em>School News<&sol;em>&comma; Australia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Not only will the winning student win &dollar;500 worth of great titles for their school library&comma; your budding writer will get published&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> The story will run in our print magazine&comma; and online&comma; where there will also be space dedicated on the <em>School News<&sol;em> website for highly commended entries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"box shadow ">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"box-inner-block">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"fa tie-shortcode-boxicon"><&sol;span>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;5644" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-5644" style&equals;"width&colon; 133px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignleft"><img class&equals;" wp-image-5644" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;school-news&period;com&period;au&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;Bone-Sparrow-192x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"The Bone Sparrow is among the titles to be donated by Hachette in Term 1&comma; 2017" width&equals;"133" height&equals;"208" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-5644" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">The Bone Sparrow is among the titles to be donated by Hachette in Term 1&comma; 2017<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure> <figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;5645" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-5645" style&equals;"width&colon; 137px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignleft"><img class&equals;" wp-image-5645" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;school-news&period;com&period;au&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;Memory-Book-198x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"The Memory Book is among the titles to be donated by Hachette in Term 1&comma; 2017" width&equals;"137" height&equals;"208" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-5645" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">The Memory Book is among the titles to be donated by Hachette in Term 1&comma; 2017<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<h4><em><img class&equals;"alignleft wp-image-5651" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;school-news&period;com&period;au&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;hachette&lowbar;childrens&lowbar;PASSION&lowbar;SHARED-300x126&period;png" alt&equals;"hachette&lowbar;childrens&lowbar;passion&lowbar;shared" width&equals;"207" height&equals;"87" &sol;><&sol;em><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4> <&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4> <&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4><em><br &sol;>&NewLine; School News<&sol;em> Term 1&comma; 2017 &&num;8211&semi; Oh Captain my Captain will be sponsored by Hachette Children&&num;8217&semi;s Books&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> Thank you Hachette&excl; <&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Entries should be emailed to Suzy Barry at <a href&equals;"mailto&colon;s&period;barry&commat;multimediapublishing&period;com&period;au">s&period;barry&commat;multimediapublishing&period;com&period;au<&sol;a>&comma; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>and must include&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul style&equals;"list-style-type&colon; circle&semi;">&NewLine;<li>Composition of no more than 500 words<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>a photo of student and teacher &lpar;not necessarily together&rpar;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>student name<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>age and year level<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>school name and contact details &NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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Suzy Barry is a freelance education writer and the former editor of School News, Australia.

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