Paul Farley

Paul Farley visited the school on March 10th and 11th. On March 10th, he presented prizes for the poetry competition and then read his poems in the Drama Theatre. Afterwards he stayed to talk to everyone and to sign copies of his books.
On March 11th he led two creative writing workshops with pupils: in the morning, during periods 1 and 2, he worked with a group of approximately twenty key stage 4 students and in the afternoon, during periods 4 and 5, with a group of sixth-formers.
Some very interesting poems were written as a result although Paul emphasised that they might not be 'finished'. He often writes a poem then leaves it for a while so he can rewrite it a later date if necessary.The day ended with Paul reading a poem (Dead Fish from his book 'The Ice Age') over the tannoy ( a new experience for him, and for the school!). We really enjoyed the visit and hope to meet Paul again.

Prizewinners in the Poetry Competition

Key Stage 4 and Sixth Form

Rowan Lewis

Emily Cross

Key Stage 3

Harriet Layhe

Mary-Jess Leaverland

Josh Smith

Highly commended

Danielle Cook

Chris Organ

Francis Stirrup

We were delighted with the large number and very high quality of the entries.