This year’s theme was funny food, with students reading poems from Michael Rosen and analysed them. Students in Years 7 and 8 were challenged to write a funny food poem, whether it’s about spine-tingling spaghetti, carrots from outer space or monsters who eat marmalade! 

We also welcomed year 4, 5 and 6 students from Primet Primary to Colne Primet Academy to celebrate with us. Primary students were introduced to Oracle, a central hub for our school, worked with Year 7 and 8 students reading “Revolting Rhymes!” and took part in a Poetry Masterclass led by Mrs Roberts, Lead Practitioner. It was great to see how well the primary children worked with students in our school to produce some excellent poetry.

We also worked with our local feeder schools, Castercliff Primary Academy, Lord Street, Casterton Primary Academy, West Street and Nelson Marsden, inviting them to take part in activities within their school, including watching a live virtual author event at 10am with Michael Rosen reading some of his favourite poems and answering questions posed by the students. Primary students also took part in our competition to write a funny food poem, with the primary schools sending their favourite entries through to us to review. We followed up Michael Rosen Day with a poetry masterclass at Lord Street Primary.