Year 3 and Year 4 Poetry Recitation
New event for junior Prep school pupils Monday 23 January 2012
The finalists in Chapel
Last Friday morning we held a new event during morning chapel time. All of the children in Years 3 and 4 had been challenged to find and learn a poem of their own choice over the Christmas holidays. In the first few weeks of term their English teachers checked that all was in order and then heard performances in English lessons. Twelve children (three from each Section) were then chosen to take part in the final performing their recitation in front of the whole Prep school.
There were some exceptionally good performances from Year 4 pupils - Ana MacEvilly, Scarlett Parfitt, Henry Liu and Ben Skinner all deserve honourable mention. All of the Year 3s did well, spoke clearly and remembered their lines.
The winners were: Year 4 - Iona Foster-Gandey with 'The Magic Cat' by Peter Dixon, Year 3 - Teddy Carr with 'Sardines' by Spike Milligan. Points were awarded by Miss Spink and Mr Hitchings to each competitor so that there was an overall Section result:
1st Crusaders 44
2nd Musketeers 41
3rd Templars 37
4th Vikings 30
Well done to all of those selected for the final and also to all of the children who learned their poems over the holidays.