On Tuesday evening 4 Balcarras pupils performed at the Cheltenham Education Partnership’s Poetry Slam. The pupils have been attending a poetry workshop and this event allowed all of them to perform their final poem. 7 other schools sent young poets to the event which was held at the Parabola Arts Centre. The evening started with a guest reading by the renowned poet Dean Atta. He read his most famous poem, I come From, as well as a selection of his other works. The Mayor of Cheltenham was in attendance also. Our four young poets, Isaac Hellier [8G1], Tilly Danaher [8G1], Ellen Smith [8G2] and Grace Young [8S1] were all brilliant. We would like to thank the Cheltenham Education Partnership for this fantastic opportunity and also thanks to Mr Sharkey and Mr Johnson for supporting the Balcarras team. Above is a photo of our poets at the event with our Head of English Mr Sharkey and here are some photos of them on the stage: