Bablake Pupils Sparkle and Shine!

The performances of Bablake Junior School pupils were amongst the highlights of the recent Coventry Festival of Speech and Drama.

Building upon previous successes, they won no less than seventeen major prizes. Fifty children form the school took part and showed tremendous commitment and dedication, learning and rehearsing their pieces with enthusiasm over the term.

First places with distinction were awarded to Joseph Robson and Imogen Harmston in Verse Speaking, Classes C and D, beating almost 30 competitors in each section. First places also went to Manav Jaspal in the Humorous Verse Class C, Amelia Shaw in Prose Speaking Class C and Bryony Camwell and Anna Williams for their Choral Speaking duo. First place with highly commended was awarded to Priya Fensome in Prose Speaking Class D. In all, Bablake pupils won six categories and thoroughly enjoyed the experience, gaining great confidence and bravely sharing the spotlight, the accolades and the tension!

Second places with highly commended were won by Libby Harrison, Bertie Hancock and Tom Dewes in Humorous Verse and Lily Harmston in Verse Speaking, both Class D.

Third places were awarded to Imogen Pemble, Arjun Thandi, Theodore Hutchinson-Hayes and Oliver Spencer in Humorous Verse Class D, Archie Burdett and Giacomo McGibbon in Verse Speaking Class D and Eleanor White for her Verse Reading Class C.

Many congratulations to everyone who took part, this was a super effort in challenging circumstances.