Photo – Jemima (Year 3)

Mrs Whomsley (Junior School Eco Coordinator)

Last term, to mark Earth Day, we invited pupils in the Junior School to participate in the Girls School Association (GSA) Creative Writing Competition 2022. We were delighted that Jemima from Year 3 was announced as the Key Stage 2 entry earlier this week. In addition to this, Elaina in Year 6, and Lia in Year 4 were awarded with a Highly Commended.

The national competition invited pupils to write a piece of prose or poetry entitled Dear Earth and to share their hopes and vision for the Earth’s future. The writing was judged on their creativity, imagination and originality. All of the teachers were so impressed by the quality of the writing for this competition, in which their passion for the environment shone through. The recognition from the GSA is a testament to the standard of their writing.

Jemima recorded the reading of her winning entry, which was played to GSA Headteachers and colleagues during the GSA Summer Briefing earlier this week. View Jemima’s video here. 

Jemima’s teacher, Mrs Thomas, said: “I feel so thrilled that Jemima’s poem has been selected as the winning entry. She worked so incredibly hard on her poem and I am very proud of her achievement.”