Bourne student is a winner in Schools Poetry Competition
Bourne student is a winner in Lincolnshire Schools Poetry Competition
The Lincolnshire Schools Poetry Competition has been taking place in primary and secondary schools throughout Lincolnshire since it was first established in 1996.
We are pleased to announce that Year 9 student Raven Flowers was awarded second place in the KS3 category and was presented with a certificate and cash prize by Daisy Bland, Assistant Headteacher at Bourne Academy.
The theme for this year was ‘Choice’ and there were over 140 entries submitted from all secondary schools so for Raven to have the poem chosen as one of the winners was a fantastic achievement.
This year’s competition was judged by Rob Elks, who the current Stamford Poet Laureate. When judging Raven’s poem, he said “This poem is well written, highlighting how choice can present an emotional dilemma. The poem flows and for me has an excellent structure. I find the final verse to be most poignant.”
The competition was promoted across all of the in the South Lincolnshire Academies Trust, where students from Spalding Academy finished in third place in both the KS3 and KS4 categories.
Daisy Bland, Assistant Headteacher at Bourne Academy who promoted the competition in the schools said “This is a fantastic result for our incredibly hardworking and talented students across the Trust. I am so pleased that their abilities have been recognised and that their work is amongst the very best in all of Lincolnshire – they really do deserve that commendation. Our entries into the Lincolnshire Schools Poetry Competition this year are part of our ongoing ‘communications’ agenda which includes a high focus on literacy skills, fostering a love of reading and honing effective speaking and listening skills which is a primary focus across the Trust this year.”