We have decided to run this year's Year 9 only Poetry by Heart competition in a different way to usual.

We are asking Y9 pupils to send in video recordings of their recitations of one of six poems- see below- to their English teacher by Friday January 29th.

There will then be a school prize and a chance to enter the national competition which promises a trip to the U.S.A. for the winner!

Here are the key details:

• Choose one poem from the six in the attachments below.
• Learn the whole poem off by heart.
• Record yourself reciting your poem in full, and send this to your English teacher via Google Classroom by Friday 29^th January at 15:30.
• Take part in this whole-year competition with your peers to become Silverdale’s newest poetry reciting champion!
• The national winner gets the chance to travel to the US to compete there- all expenses paid!