Poetry in Motion

Pupils from Years 9 and 10 enjoyed a Poetry Slam event at the end of March. The event was run by Bristol based group, Poetry Slam, who specialise in this whole body form of poetry.

The event was part of King Edward’s PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education) programme. The Poetry Slam was designed to encourage pupils to work in small teams and to  develop their creativity and performance skills. 

 

Poetry slamming originated in America when a construction worker and poet called Mark Smith held the first Poetry Slam in August 1986. A Poetry Slam is a competitive event where the audience judge the poems. The competitive nature of the event encourages poets to engage with their audience and develop their performance skills in order to impress them.

 

Lisa Bowman, Librarian and PSHE Co-ordinator at King Edward’s School, said:

 

 “I wanted to give the pupils a chance to develop their creativity and performance skills. The event was a good opportunity to try something completely different and very original. Pupils will be encouraged to express themselves with elements of comedy, music and dance. Years 9 and 10 will be in mixed teams which will help pupils to get to know other year groups and pupils in other form groups. It’s a great team event.”