Once again, KS2 will be entering the national Poetry by Heart competition this year and we would love to see your entries.
https://poetrybyheart.org.uk/for-parents
Poetry By Heart is a national competition in which young people aged from 7 to 18 choose one or two special poems they love, learn them by heart, and video themselves performing them. We then send the best entries from each year group to the Poetry By Heart judges. They watch them and provide feedback and certificates then select the best performances from each region of England to be invited to the Grand Finale, at Shakespeare's Globe in London in summer term.
If your child is interested, there are two routes to enter.
Classic is...
... performed solo
... 2 poems from the Poetry By Heart website, one published before 1914 and one published in/after 1914
--- judged on voice, understanding, performance and accuracy.
Freestyle is:
... performed solo or in a pair or group
... with combination of voice, movement, action, image, setting, costume, music, sound, dramatisation or dance – as long as the poem is spoken out loud and by heart.
.... can be any poem from a published book, as well as those on the Poetry by Heart website.
Learn your poem or poems and either film them at home or ask Mrs Cresswell to film you at school! Entries must be received before the Easter holidays,
Some suggested poems:
https://poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/instructions-for-growing-poetry
https://poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/an-emerald-is-as-green-as-grass
https://poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/roger-the-dog
or look at https://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/timeline/7plus .
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Once again, KS2 will be entering the national Poetry by Heart competition this year and we would love to see your entries. https://poetrybyheart.org.uk/for-parents Poetry By Heart is a national competition in which young people aged from 7 to 18 choose one or two special poems they love, learn them by heart, and video themselves performing them. We then send the best entries from each year group to the Poetry By Heart judges. They watch them and provide feedback and certificates then select the best performances from each region of England to be invited to the Grand Finale, at Shakespeare's Globe in London in summer term. If your child is interested, there are two routes to enter. Classic is... ... performed solo ... 2 poems from the Poetry By Heart website, one published before 1914 and one published in/after 1914 --- judged on voice, understanding, performance and accuracy. Freestyle is: ... performed solo or in a pair or group ... with combination of voice, movement, action, image, setting, costume, music, sound, dramatisation or dance – as long as the poem is spoken out loud and by heart. .... can be any poem from a published book, as well as those on the Poetry by Heart website. Learn your poem or poems and either film them at home or ask Mrs Cresswell to film you at school! Entries must be received before the Easter holidays, Some suggested poems: https://poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/instructions-for-growing-poetry https://poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/an-emerald-is-as-green-as-grass https://poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/roger-the-dog or look at https://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/timeline/7plus .
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