Young Poet Laureate

Our Young Poet Laureate finalist, took part in the second stage of the competition. As the youngest of the 20 London shortlisted competitors – ranging from Year 6 to Year 9 – he represented the school brilliantly and did immensely well. We are incredibly proud of his achievement.

Yesterday, I travelled to Central London, very close to the magnificent Shard to be a part of the Young Poet Laureate competition. The hall we entered had a wall full of poetry books and I read some of them. They had some great poems about the author’s life. There were twenty children, from different year groups. We also had a session where we had a go at reciting our own poems. I got a chance to read my poem out loud, which I had practised and memorised. One of the poems that I really liked was about a cat; it had cool rhyming words. After I recited my poem, I was given a certificate signed by the famous poet Simon Armitage. At the end of the day, I felt very proud to represent my school with my poem, “The Borrowed Planet”.