Poetry Slam Workshops

On 27th April, Year 8 took part in a Poetry Slam Workshop run by performance poet Andy Craven-Griffiths. Over 20,000 young people have benefitted from Andy's workshops since he began running them in 2007. As a poet he has performed live on stage for Glastonbury and Latitude, with broadcast readings for BBC Radio and Television. Printed work also includes poetry journals such as Magma and Ambit.

The Poetry Slam Workshop is the first stage of an inter-Academy poetry slam event. The competition will see the best poets and performers from Leeds East Academy join other White Rose Academies Trust schools for a boot camp event, before 'slamming' it out in a final which will be broadcast live from Chapel FM.

Librarian Mrs Dingwall said: "The students always love working with Andy. He's such a brilliant performer and inspiration to our students. We had guest appearances from the winners of last years' Poetry Slam who were eager to pass on their advice and words of encouragement. Year 8 have produced some amazing pieces of work and can't wait to compete head-to-head in the final."