Lossiemouth High School hosts successful National Poetry Day event
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PUPILS and staff members at Lossiemouth High School enjoyed a special National Poetry Day event on Thursday.
The event was organised by the school's English department, which is currently being led by acting principal teacher of English Mrs Forster.
A poetry competition was organised during the week – with finalists and winners for both pupil and staff poetry competitions announced on the day.
The day started, however, with senior music pupils, led by Ms Mullford, playing Scottish music, before maths teacher Mrs Marie Annand – who recently became a published poet with her book The Doodle Dodger & Other Likely Highland Tales – recited some of her work.
Mrs Forster said: "The day turned out really well and the hall was busy. The only downside was that we had to restrict the hall to just 50 kids, where in previous years it would have been packed.
"In the lead up to the day, we asked pupils to submit a poem for the S1 and S2 poetry competitions. All pupils took part so it's a big achievement for the winners.
"A staff competition was run through the week. This was taken incredibly seriously and we were pleased with the amount of staff who participated as a means of promoting literacy at Lossie.
"The current advanced higher English pupils judged this which was a nice role reversal as they got to be the critiques of their teacher’s work for once.
"Overall the day was a success. It was a great celebration of poetry, as well as creativity and merit from the pupils of Lossiemouth."
All finalists were given certificates, while the winners were presented with trophies. Poems were judged by Mrs Petrie the acting depute head.
The S1 winner was Josh Whitefoot who wrote a comical poem about the inconvenience and challenge of tying his school tie every morning.
The S2 winner was Kieran Lambie who wrote a poem which celebrated the beauty of autumn.
And the staff winner was Mr Andrew Kelly, who was inspired by Halloween approaching and wrote a chilling piece about apparitions in the night.
