Blackburn Festival

Westholme triumph at the Blackburn Festival of Speech

Yet again, pupils from Westholme School had great success at the Blackburn Festival of Speech. In the Group Speaking (9 years and under) category, the children from Billinge House came in first and second place. Pupils from both our Junior and Senior Schools also triumphed.

Group Speaking 9 years and under

1st Billinge House (Sorry group)
2nd Westholme Lower School (Experiment group)

Bible Reading 9 years and under

1st Emily Berry
2nd Madison Boyle
3rd Lucy Barrett and Isabella Hart





Prepared Prose 9 years and under

1st Emily Berry
3rd Madison Boyle and Zaahidah Patel

Verse Speaking 10 years & under

3rd Phoebe Waddicor

Prepared Prose 12 years & under

1st Phoebe Waddicor

Verse Speaking 6 years and under

1st Katie Backhouse
2nd Sophia Courland

Verse Speaking 7 years and under

1st Annabel Peers
3rd Freddie Pickford and Zaynah Lorgat

Verse Speaking 6 & 7 years – Own Choice of Poetry

1st Tilly Daley
2nd Freddie Pickford
3rd Zaynah Lorgat

Verse Speaking 8 years and under

2nd Isabella Hart

Verse Speaking 9 years and under

2nd Lucy Barrett
3rd Emily Berry

Verse Speaking 8 and 9 years – Own Choice of Poetry

1st Karim Majid
2nd Emily Berry
3rd Zaahidah Patel

Sight Reading 12 years and under

2nd Lucy Duffy

Bible Reading 12 years and under

2nd Lucy Duffy and Phoebe Waddicor

Comic Verse 12 years and under

1st Lucy Duffy

Prepared Prose 15 years and under���

2nd Annabel Steele

Verse Speaking 14 years and under

3rd Annabel Steele

Bible Reading 15 years and under

1st Natalie Buxton

2nd Isabelle Turner and Annabel Steele

Sight Reading 15 years and under

1st Annabel Steele

3rd Natalie Buxton and Isabelle Turner

Own Poem Competition 15 years & under

1st Annabel Steele

Verse Speaking 15 years and under

2nd Isabelle Turner

3rd Natalie Buxton

Shakespeare 15 years and under

1st Annabel Steele

Karim Majid went on to win a Championship finalist trophy for overall winner of Own Choice Verse Speaking.