Poetry Festival

In March 2020 Wisbech Reads held it's first poetry festival. This included a poetry roadshow, a team from Wisbech Reads visited 10 primary schools and held three sessions with year 2 children. The children, listened to poetry, choose poetry and wrote poetry.

The poems written by the children will all be put into a Wisbech Reads poetry book. Links to the poems are further down this page.

On the 16th and 17th March Thomas Clarkson students from all year groups worked with professional poet and rap battler Mark Grist. They watched Mark perform and then produced their own poetry.

Sadly the poetry festival came to a stop due to the Covid-19 lockdown, however due to its success Wisbech Reads aims to run this again in 2021.

Poetry Competitions

Wisbech Reads are running
two poetry competitions.

Year 2 Poetry Competition

Following on from the Year 2 Poetry Festival, Year 2 children have been invited to produce some artwork to accompany their poems. The winners will receive a Michael Rosen Poetry Book and the winning artwork will be included in the first Wisbech Reads Poetry Book.

Year 2 children in schools that were unable to take part in the Festival are invited to write and illustrate a poem about an animal.

Links to the poems written by the children can be found further down this page.

A short video on writing poems can be found here.

Key Stage 2 & 3 Poetry Competition

All Key Stage 2 and 3 children are invited to write and illustrate a poem about an animal, preferably a silly or funny animal. The winners will receive a Michael Rosen Poetry Book and the winning artwork will be included in the first Wisbech Reads Poetry Book.

A short video on writing poems can be found here.

Closing date for entries is Friday 31st July, winners will be announed on 10th August.

send entries to poetry@wisbechreads.co.uk

Poetry book will be launched on National Poetry Day 1st October 2020