2026 Year 5 Third Prize
Strike a Match = Light a Fire by Taskin and Jibreel
Should we fire the Bosses?
Maybe the boss should try living a day in our shoes?
Clean the environment and make it safe and maybe we will
stay and work.
Don't light the matches. light up the strike
Liar liar pants on fire
you said it's not poisonous
so now we will light a fire.
July 2026 saw the 138th anniversary of the Matchgirls Strike. On 10th July, to mark the occasion, The Matchgirls Memorial were hosted at the Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives to present prizes of the annual Schools Matchgirls Poetry Competition.
Prizes were presented to the winners of this years school poetry competition from both Blue Gate Fields Junior School and William Patten Primary School. Our judges this year were Dr Anna Robinson and Fawzia Kane.
Taskin and Jibreel won Third Prize in the Year 5 category with the poem, 'Strike a Match = Light a Fire'.