​​Pupils at a Droitwich school took part in a special Creative Arts festival that saw them take part in a range of literature, music and performance events over a five week period.

Youngsters at Westacre Middle School enjoyed their school’s second Eisteddfod Festival – a tradition dating back to 12th Century Welsh culture that is now popular with many schools.

For four weeks, all of the 9-12 year old pupils at Westacre were given the choice of a range of tasks to complete for homework that linked to the theme of Nature.

These included speech writing, film making, artwork and science inventions and all gave the children opportunities to earn themselves and their respective school house some Eisteddfod points.

The best work was revealed during the school’s Eisteddfod Festival Day, which celebrated the culmination of everyone’s efforts and a range of live performances.

Pupils took part in cake making, singing, dancing, poetry performing, acting and instrument playing competitions during the day in front of a live audience of Westacre pupils and staff.

At the end of the festival, Emmie Clarke and Cotton Hennessy were crowned overall female and male Eisteddfod champion, while the school’s Turing house came out on top securing over 2,700 Eisteddfod points over the five weeks.

This year, Westacre also held a special celebration evening that gave parents the opportunity to watch some of the winning acts.

Dozens of parents watched in awe as they saw the gymnastics, drama and skipping routines, as well as many other incredible performances.

Sarah Hennessey, whose son was the overall male champion, said: "A lovely evening spent at Westacre tonight watching the Eisteddfod performances. So many different and amazing talents. Well done all- you are amazing!"

Sharon Dey, mum of Year 5 girl champion Sophie, added: "An amazing night. Such fantastic talent. Took my breath away.​"

Phil Cotton, the school's Eisteddfod organiser, said: “The talents of the children have again surpassed all expectations of the staff.

We saw every aspect of the arts throughout the festival and there are no doubts in my mind that these children will go onto perform on a much larger stage. From Swan Lake to a lifesize model of Leonardo Caprio turned into a timeline, without a doubt, this year's Eisteddfod had it all.​”

Paul Barber, deputy headteacher, said: “The Eisteddfod festival has been a huge success – truly inspiring our pupils to think carefully about the environment around us as well as giving them the opportunity to shine and show off their amazing talents."

"A massive thank you to all staff for the role they played in organising this and particularly thanks to Mr Cotton for the hours spent preparing and for ensuring the festival day itself was so successful! Well done to our pupils, who all took part in the festival, and congratulations to the six winners who have yet again set the standard for next year!”​