Update - Yesterday (14th November) our finalists went head to head with students from QE Girls, East Barnet School, Mill Hill County, Totteridge Academy, Friern, St Mary's, St James at the Off by Heart Poetry Finals hosted by East Barnet School.The standard was extremely high and all the students deserve laurels. The winning pupil was our very own Rachel Price with The Tiger. Well done, Rachel!
The panel of judges included Catherine Gallagher, poet, who treated us to her poem - A Tree on the Underground, before sharing her wise saws on poetry recitation with the competitors.
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To prepare for the competion, we held heats in school and the finals of the KS3 Poetry Heats took place in October to celebrate Poetry Day.
A fiercely competitive afternoon was had and the quality of the recitals was extremely high...
The winners who went through to the Barnet Schools Final were: Rachel Price and Caity Shaw.
Caity recites Let Me Not
The runners up were:
Verity with Postcard from a Travel Snob
Miku with A Faerie Song
Robyn with Let me Not
Miku with A Faerie Song
Robyn with Let me Not
Congratulations to all and Thank You to the panels of Judges from both the heats and the finals!
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