RECENTLY, Bosworth College entered the Poetry By Heart competition with the regional heat for Northamptonshire and Leicestershire being held at Melton Mowbray.
Competition organiser Andrew Motion’s aim is for young people to connect and understand the value of good literature and with the competition now in its third year the standards are increasing year on year.
The brief was to bring the poems to life and truly connect with the stories being told. With this in mind, students had to memorise and then recite two poems from the anthology.
RECENTLY, Bosworth College entered the Poetry By Heart competition with the regional heat for Northamptonshire and Leicestershire being held at Melton Mowbray.
Competition organiser Andrew Motion’s aim is for young people to connect and understand the value of good literature and with the competition now in its third year the standards are increasing year on year.
The brief was to bring the poems to life and truly connect with the stories being told. With this in mind, students had to memorise and then recite two poems from the anthology. At Bosworth, it was a closely fought school heat with Odera Bob-Osamor winning first place and Stephanie Reynolds coming in a close runner up.
English teacher Mrs Ferrarz, said: “It was a pleasure to see our students, from a range of countries and academic courses, devoting some of their spare time to really engage with a variety of poetry. It was the first time that we had run this competition and we look forward to doing it again next year.”
The regional heat was attended by eight local schools and colleges. For this heat the students were asked to recite the two poems that had won their school heat and then add a third poem selected from the WWI poetry section. On the night all participants excelled at bringing the poems to life, the spectators were provided with a thoroughly entertaining evening.
Odera did herself and the college proud by winning the regional heat with her recitation of Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning, Dusting the Phone by Jackie Kay and There Will Come Soft Rains by Sara Teasdale. Odera joined the other 41 regional winners at the National Semi-Finals at the end of March at Homerton College, Cambridgeshire.
If you would like to see the selection of poems that students could choose from go online to www.poetrybyheart.org.uk
Find out more about Bosworth Independent College on 01604 235090 or visit the website www.bosworthcollege.com