Poetry Performance Competition - The Judges' Feedback

presents…

District’sPerformance Poetry

Competition

Our Judges:

Joshua SeigalPoet and performer.

IanBlandProfessional children's poet.

Brian MosesPerformance poet and percussionist, writer in schools, picture book writer, editor of many poetry anthologies.

Judges’ Thoughts on the competition:

Many thanks for sending me your choral poems, they were a delight to watch!

Keep up the good work, poetry is obviously alive and

well in your wonderful school!

Ian Bland

Wow, how amazing!!

I can see that loads of work went into all of these, and everyone should be really

proud of themselves!

Joshua Seigal

Great to see schools trying something different as you did this year, a pleasure to

have been involved.

Brian Moses

Y4…performing…

From a Railway CarriageBy Robert Louis

Stevenson

Judge Feedback:• All the children in this poem were

obviously having lots of fun! I enjoyed watching their actions and I was impressed how confident they were in reciting their lines.

Y5…performing…

The Highway RatBy Julia Donaldson

Judge Feedback:• I really enjoyed watching this poem!!I

loved the clear diction and varied use of expression. The pace of the poem was carried off really well and the excellent use of props made it very exciting. The children changed the volume very well and obviously had a lot of fun doing the performance!

Y6WC…performing…

I Don’t Like PoetryBy Joshua Seigal

Judge Feedback:• The children worked very well as a

team in this poem and I was especially impressed with their use of percussion. They were confident in reciting their poem and did well in getting the humour across to the audience.

Y6S…performing…

I’m Addicted to ChickenBy Joshua Seigal

Judge Feedback:• The actions and attention to detail in

this poem were very slick. The children worked well in their groups and really got the fun and sense of the poem over to the audience!!