‘The school days are the best days of your life’, which is why Giles Academy invited primary school children to celebrate everything they love about school as well as inspiring them to use their creative writing skills.
Earlier this year, Giles Academy launched a poetry competition open to children in Years 3 to 6 from local primary schools. The theme of the competition was ‘My Primary School’ so children could write about anything they enjoyed about their own school.
Giles Academy have been overwhelmed with the number of children who have entered the competition, with nearly 200 entries from over 15 schools in the local area. Pupils wrote about their favourite subjects, teachers, school dinners, travelling to school, homework, being creative and playing sport. This has demonstrated that children in the local area have a passion for both enjoying school and poetry.
The competition was judged by Year 11 students at Giles Academy as well as staff from the school. After judging every entry, the school are delighted to announce the following winners: