COBIS Poetry Competition 2022/23

Writing in any language is an excellent tool for bringing people together while providing a valuable avenue for creative expression. Poetry writing is used to express thoughts and emotions and is a good way to expand both written and oral vocabulary. Reading and writing poetry also helps one to become more aware of the ways in which language can be used.

The High school students at BMIS once again joined writers from all over the world in writing poems for the 2022/23 Cobis Poetry competition run by COBIS.The theme of the Competition this year was, ‘Who am I’ and all students wrote their own original poems reflecting the theme. They spent time over the past few weeks working on their poems that were all entered in the annual Braeburn Mombasa Inter- house competition usually run to select 3 top entries in the various age categories.

Finally, winners of the competition were selected last week and announced at the High school school assembly on Wednesday. They will represent the school in the 2022/23 COBIS Poetry Competition.

Winners for each category are as follows: -

Category B: Key Stage 3

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Category C: Key stage 4

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We congratulate the winners of the Braeburn Mombasa Inter-house competition Renisa and Lilly-May who will represent the school in the 2022 / 23 COBIS Poetry Competition.

Entries from participating schools submitted using the Zealous platform will find a global audience with parent’s permission.

Thank you to all the students who participated by writing a poem and best of luck to Renisa and Lilly-May.

By L Mkok