Poetry Outloud

Huge congratulations and well done to University High Schools participants in the 2025 Poetry Outloud Slam Day! You gave the winning teams from Clyde and Star of the Sea some hot competition. Kamari Abdi, Twinkle Raut, Lise Jensen, Lily Clayton Dowling, Elisha Kee, Ales Vu, Mae Bettinsoli, and Tyhia Karamzalis blew the audience away with dazzling poems that skilfully combined personal and political, intimate and global. There was rhythm, rhyme, insight and passion. Our contingent warmly embraced not only the brilliant efforts of their classmates but also those of the other school teams, making this a really special audience, occasion and day. We are so proud of you!!