SPIRITED POETRY - Winners of the 2011 competition

A NATRE project to link creativity with Religious Education for schools

SPIRITED ARTS - SPIRITED POETRY

Spirited Poetry: A competition for creative RE - From the Professional Council for RE

Winners of the 2011 Spirited Poetry competition:

Being Human
Winning entrant	Poem title	School	Age
Madeleine Ireton	I Am Not An Animal	West Bridgford School, Notts	5
Zayn Hussain	Being Human Is and Isn't	Gearies Junior School, Ilford	7
Patrick McNicol	The Flickering Lights: Being Human	Teddington School, Richmond	13
Maryam Anaba	Being Human: What can I do?	King Edward VI High School, Birmingham	15
Where is God?
Winning entrant	Poem title	School	Age
Patrick Corley	Searching for God: Hide and Seek	Kibworth CEPS, Leicestershire	8
Daniel Barrow	Just Like You	Nutgrove Methodist Aided School, St Helens	8
Luke Broughan	Everywhere, Anywhere	St John's RC Primary, Banbury	9
Alice Brewer	Where God Is!	Bristol Cathedral Choir School	11
Chris Turner	Where Is God?	Queen Elizabeth Hospital School Bristol	12
Jacob Schafheutle – Evans	The Grand Old Overseer	Priestnall School, Stockport	13
Path of Life
Winning entrant	Poem title	School	Age
Sergio	My Path of Life	Selwyn Primary School, Plaistow	9
Tomos Turtle	Destination GOLDEN Station	Ysgol Botwnnog, Llyn, North Wales	12
Evalyn Usher	A Lifetime	Ysgol Botwnnog, Llyn, North Wales	13
Reflections
Winning entrant	Poem title	School	Age
Aidan Tompkins	My Beatitudes	St Mary's Clophill, Bedfordshire	8
Daru Muralitharan	Looking at my Reflection	St James Junior School, London	10
Andreas Richardson	Wise, Wise Man	Queen Elizabeth Hospital School, Bristol	11
Ciara Regan	Imago Dei	King Edward VI High School, Birmingham	13
The Promise
Winning entrant	Poem title	School	Age
Anna Beresford	Keep a Promise	Jesse Gray School, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire	5
Caitlin Nolan	The Promise	Priestnall School, Stockport	12
Charlotte Fletcher	A Mother's Promise	Wodensborough City Technology College, Sandwell	15

The winning poems from the 2011 competition are available on one printable sheet >>
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SPIRITED POETRY: A competition for creative RE - from the National Association of Teachers of Religious Education

Nearly 100 entries (from the 2006 competition) have been selected for publication, and appear in a book of Spirited Poetry, jointly published by NATRE and Religious and Moral Education Press. Many more were excellent in their own way as well.

Judges: Penelope Wilcock, published poet; Lesley Prior, RE lecturer and chair of the Shap working party on world religions; Lat Blaylock editor REtoday and NATRE project worker.

"The judges' task was difficult because the quality of entries was high and impressive. We looked for originality, insight and good use of language in the interpretation of the theme pupils made. We wish to thank all teachers who enabled pupils to take part as well as the pupils – judging spirited poetry has been a wonderful experience."

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