We’re currently featuring some poem performances by younger children from recent competition years. Before 2019, the competition was only open to 14-19 year old pupils in key stages 4 and 5; but since then we’ve been charmed, delighted and impressed in equal measure by pupils aged 7-13 in key stages 2 and 3 too. The entries have also given us new food for thought about poetry, memory and performance and what happens when children and young people choose a poem, learn it by heart and perform it aloud.
Performance Gallery
Kirusha and Shahana - 2020 - Poetry Celebration - Little Trotty Wagtail (John Clare)
Kirusha and Shahana - 2020 - Poetry Celebration - Little Trotty Wagtail (John Clare)
Morgan - 2021 - KS3 - The Arrow and The Song (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
Esmerelda - 2021 - KS2 - My Brother Bert (Ted Hughes)
Hari - 2021 - KS3 - The Charge of The Light Brigade (Alfred Tennyson)
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