Writing Competition 2021
This year the Trust was very pleased to be able to hold its annual Writing Competition once again.
Pupil were invited to submit personal written responses in the form of a short story, poem or song about life during lockdown and we received over 650 entries from 18 of our schools!
All of our winning and highly commended entries will be displayed in full in the KCSP Writing Anthology 2021, which will be available on each winner's school website and also on the Trust website from autumn 2021.
We are very pleased to announce this year's winners are as follows:
Category: EYFS
Winner: Daniel
School: St Joseph's Primary, Northfleet
Judges' comment: "A beautiful piece of writing and an exceptional standard. The writing was long and meaningful and captured a lovely point of view, whilst it was sad, it was honest."
Category: KS1
Winner: Rudi
School: St Simon of England Primary, Ashford
Judges' comment: "The sense of hope that was created with this poem made the judges smile."
Category: Lower KS2
Winner: Charles
School: St Mary's Primary, Deal
Judges' comment: "Wonderful descriptive language used to help the reader visualise the poem's hero."
Category: Upper KS2
Winner: Charlotte
School: St Margaret Clitherow Primary, Tonbridge
Judges' comment: "A poem experience of lockdown. Effective use of vocabulary. Mature use of language moving from sadness to the position of the nation during lockdown."
Category: KS3
Winner: Ethan
School: St Anselm's Secondary, Canterbury
Judges' comment: "Ethan's writing was very reflective and really told us what it felt like for them during lockdown."
Category: KS4
Winner: Lola
School: Ursuline College, Westgate on Sea
Judges' comment: "Succinct writing, beautifully capturing a unique time."
Category: KS5
Winner: Adeniyi
School: St Simon Stock Secondary, Maidstone
Judges' comment: "A brilliant and exceptional piece of writing."
Category: Overall school winner
Winners:
St Margaret Clitherow Primary, Tonbridge and Ursuline College, Westgate on Sea
Both schools have each been awarded £200 for submitting the widest ranges of high-quality entries in the competition; each school will use their prize to purchase additional library resources.
and now for our highly commended entries.....
Category: EYFS
Isla Mae, Stella Maris Primary, Folkestone
Rose, St Edward's Primary, Sheerness
Category: KS1
Olivia, St John's Primary, Gravesend
Elissa Louise, St Peter's Primary, Sittingbourne
Category: Lower KS2
Ethan, St Mary's Primary, Deal
Isabella, St Mary's Primary, Deal
Theo, St Mary's Primary, Deal
Category: Upper KS2
Olivia, St Mary's Primary, Deal
Riley, St Mary's Primary, Deal
Kiaa, St Mary's Primary, Deal
Millie Darcy, St Mary's Primary, Deal
Iona, St Joseph's Primary, Aylesham
Oscar, St Joseph's Primary, Aylesham
Category: KS3
Daniel, St Anselm's Secondary, Canterbury
Niah, St Simon Stock Secondary, Maidstone
And a special mention to Joel, St Anselm's Secondary, Canterbury for recording his own lockdown song!
Category: KS4
Ella Mia, Ursuline College, Westgate on Sea
Annalise, Ursuline College, Westgate on Sea
Jamie, Ursuline College, Westgate on Sea
Thank you to all of our academies that entered this year's Writing Competition, the quality of writing was really impressive.
And to all of our brilliant pupils, thank you for the time and effort that you put into your entry, feel proud of what you wrote and the work that you put in to your entry!
We are already looking forward to next year's competition!