Eighty schoolchildren came together at St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury, on Thursday, November 27, to perform spoken word pieces and songs they had created with care home residents and older people. It was the culmination of a two-month programme, run by Pentabus.

Anna Mullock, class teacher at Newcastle CE Primary School near Craven Arms, commented, “It was wonderful to see the intergenerational conversations and connections. The older members of the community absolutely loved coming into school. On the day of the show, I watched pupils transform from nervous, shy children into confident performers who owned their place on the stage. It was amazing to watch this happen.”

Participants were invited to explore friendship, community, storytelling, wellbeing, and what it means to call Shropshi

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