You may remember that back in October 2024, St Bede took part in a World Record attempt to be involved in the largest ever poetry lesson. I received the following message from the organiser last week:

 

I am VERY excited to inform you that Guinness World Records has APPROVED our record attempt for Largest Poetry Lesson (Multi Venues).WOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!! The formal record is for 43,516 people (from around 500 schools), which is enough to fill a football stadium! More than 125,000 young people from over 1,000 schools took part in the lesson, but many couldn’t be counted due to the VERY strict Guinness World Records requirements. But every single person counted in terms of creating the poem, and being part of our record-breaking event and community.

 

What an incredible result- so we are now co-holders of a world record! Well done to all the children who took part and thank you to the wonderful St Bede staff who followed the rules and submitted evidence and helped achieve this!