Hillhead Primary to represent Glasgow and the West at Scottish Youth Poetry Slam Live Final next month

After a 2-year hiatus, the Scottish Youth Poetry Slam Live Final is back on Wednesday 5th October at Perth Theatre with six schools across the country invited to take part.

Article Source: Scottish Youth Poetry Slam
Last Updated: 25 September 2022 14:13

Primary 6 and 7 pupils from Hillhead Primary School in Glasgow’s west end will represent Glasgow at the live final.

Scottish Youth Poetry Slam is a bi-annual event which sees Scotland’s most talented young wordsmiths go head-to-head in a fast-paced, good natured, highly inclusive competition. This year’s event will be hosted by poet, Tawona Earnest, and will draw a crowd of around 200 – including participants in the Slam and their families and guests. They will be entertained at the final by five brilliant young teenage writers from Scottish Youth Poetry Slam Digital Writing Group which was set up during lockdown. Members of the group are – Rhys Pearce, Tylar Gaizley; Rachel Roberts; Lauryn Veal and Shreemayi Kurup - who will be joining digitally from India. The group are working on an EP which is out in December and will be performing a preview of this work which is inspired by the culture of cities; their ecosystems; their character; their identity and their similarities.

This year’s schools participating in the live final are:
Central West – Hillhead Primary School, Glasgow
Grampian – Findochty Primary School, Moray
Central East – Cornton Primary School, Stirling
Tayside – St Ninian’s Episcopal Church, Perth
South – Moniaive Young Theatre Makers Workshop, Dumfries and Galloway
Highlands and Islands – Hermitage School, Helensburgh

Lois Lurinsky, Deputy Head Teacher, Hillhead Primary School, commented:“We are delighted to have been invited to take part in this year's Scottish Youth Poetry Slam. Our P6 and P7 pupils are really excited about it and we're looking forward to performing at the event and representing Glasgow at the slam.”

Rachel McJury from Confab, organisers of the event, commented: “We are delighted to have the Slam returning this year. Young people from primary schools across the country will be taking part and the Slam gives them the chance to express themselves freely and work with their fellow classmates to write and perform a poem for the final. We’re looking forward to hearing what they come up with and can’t wait to see them all perform!”

The last Scottish Youth Poetry Slam took place at The Beacon Arts Centre, Inverclyde in 2018. The 2018 winners were Kelso High School with their poem ‘Parents v Kids’. The individual winner was Cara Mather from Cults Academy in Aberdeen with her poem ‘Maybe’. 2020’s slam event was unable to take place due to COVID 19.

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