Well done on Task 1!

Well done on such fantastic writing for Task 1.

Your metaphor poems were wonderful - and full of such creativity and originality I often couldn't believe they were written by such young writers. Congratulations!

The best poems were those which followed EVERY rule I set in the task itself, but ALSO managed to take some risks with language and rhyme too. Like all the best art (poetry, music, paintings...), the most wonderful work often comes out of the STRUGGLE to wrestle with rules and guidelines without ending up being ordinary as a result.

You MUST read your moderators' comments carefully. They are FULL of useful nuggets of advice and guidance which will help make your writing even better every time you post. You might also want to read the comments written about some of the other pupils' work; in fact, if you are REALLY keen, you would do well to read EVERY other post AND its comments - as this way you are likely to make massive progress and improvements yourself EVERY fortnight.

You are also welcome to respond to your moderators' comments with a comment of your own. Perhaps you would like to thank them for what they wrote; or explain something they didn't understand? Maybe you could ask them to expand on one of their suggestions; or give you some more examples of how you could do things differently? Whatever you do, your moderators would, I am sure, be delighted to discuss your work with you further - and the comments tool is the perfect way for this to happen.

Now on to Task 2...