The Junior SLAM is run by the Schools Library Service and The Poetry Society and has engaged primary school children in Tower Hamlets for several years now. It is a project that will focus not only the participants’ literacy and oracy, but also crucially on their emotional literacy.
The 2023 Slam is supported by Arts Council England and the Samuel Butler Educational Foundation
Schools taking part received :
- INSET training for up to 3 staff members
- 2 days of workshops with a poet in your school
- Performance day at the SLAM Finale
For more information about the slam, email : schoolslibraryservices@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Slam performances 2023
Following their coaching, pupils took to the RichMix stage putting on solo and group performances. Performance poet Kat Francois returned as our MC on the day.
Hermitage School : Winner ‘Most supportive school’
Osmani School : Winner ‘Best Performance (Solo)’ for Faathema
St Annes & Guardian Angels (class 1) : Winner ‘Best Line (solo)’ for Sophia “Patchiness and scratchiness”
St Annes & Guardian Angels (class 2) : Winner ‘Best attitude’
Thomas Buxton School : Winner ‘Best Line (group)’ “Take the pain, wash away, like the rain”
St Johns School : Winner ‘Best Performance (Group)’
Chisenhale School : Winner ‘Best Performance (Group)’
St Saviours School : Winner ‘Best Line (solo)’ for Dahlia “On plain paper, we need to change”
William Davis School : Winner ‘Best attitude’
Olga School : Winner for ‘Most supportive school’ and ‘Best Performance (solo)’
Permissions were not given to film Olga’s performances
Cayley (Maple class) : Winner ‘Best Line (solo)’ for Hannah “Long blue river, big wide mountains, tiny towers, actually big”
Cayley (Ash class) : Winner ‘Most supportive school’
Clara Grant (class 1) : Winner ‘Best Performance (solo)’ for Safaa
Clara Grant (class 2) : Winner ‘Best Line (group)’ “Meditating monks”
St Paul with St Luke School : Winner ‘Best Performance (Group)’
St Pauls Whitechapel : Winner ‘Best attitude’
