Shakespeare’s Birthday Slam! He’s turning 457!

19th April 2021Miss A Masih

 

Shakespeare's Birthday Slam!, 23 April | Online Event | AllEvents.in

You’re invited to the party – will you be a guest or a performer? You can take the spotlight if you’d like to present your favourite scene or monologue from Shakespeare!

ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Friday, April 23, 2021
8 PM via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCraP3do3G40PoXaHMmAq40g

To be or not to be… a performer? It’s not required – spectators are welcome! Enjoy the performances, play some trivia, and have a fun Friday night on the couch.

If you’d like to take the mic, please register here:https://forms.gle/bez7vGUSiLotK32A7

Website Link: http://www.theatreatfirst.org/

For more information, email [email protected]

A Real Book Buzz

22nd March 2021Miss A Masih

Remote Reading Academy has become real! It has been lovely to see our Year 7 Reading Academy students in The Compass this week, meeting their Post 16 coaches for the first time in ‘real life’, as opposed to on a ‘Google Meet’. Around 70 students have been involved, and all have participated brilliantly in group reading and discussion. Massive thanks to our Post 16 students for their leadership, and Well Done to Year 7s for turning up and taking part during morning registration. The atmosphere has been superb!

 

Launch of Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2021

19th March 2021Miss A Masih

The 23rd Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award, one of the largest and most prestigious awards for young poets aged 11-17 writing original works in English, opens today for entries from young writers aged 11-17.

Run by The Poetry Society, with the generous support of the Foyle Foundation, the competition invites entries from both individual poets and schools anywhere in the world.  All entries are free and poems can be on any theme, and of any length. The deadline is 31 July 2021.

This year’s judges are poets Clare Pollard and Yomi Ṣode, who will read the poems submitted and discover the next generation of brilliant poets. To support entrants, they have recorded a video to detail what they’ll be looking for during the judging process alongside judges’ blogs here and here.

This year’s winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony in October 2021. The top 15 winning poets will have their poems published in an anthology in March 2022. Today also marks the publication of the current year’s anthology, entitled You Speak in Constellations. It features winning poems from the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2020.

Enter the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award

Read the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2020 anthology