Benefits
CCCP Workshops are ideal for literacy booster sessions (series), National Poetry Day, National Children’s Book Week, World Book Day, school literacy/book weeks, activities weeks, 'Meet the Poet' Q&A sessions etc. Regular classes, G&T, EAL, SEN, hard to engage, low confidence pupils etc will:
- improve creativity, literacy skills, self-expression, self-esteem and confidence through writing and reading aloud/performing their own poetry
- gain an understanding of poetry styles and structures
- improve listening skills through interactive poetry
- learn new words and sounds
- have a 'live' experience of a performance poet
- learn about rhyming, non-rhyming and rhythm
- have fun with poetry and words.
Poetry styles
Depending on age and ability,
these traditional or original poetry styles may be used: interactive,
blank verse, alliterative, repetitive, rhyming/non-rhyming, epitaphs,
limericks, step, simile, metaphor, personification, thin, rap, group
poems and more. These will cover a wide range of fun and serious themes
of my or your choice - I have over 50 different workshops to chose from
e.g. Superheroes and Supervillains, War & Peace, Places, Emotions,
Food, Dreams & Nightmares, My Neighbourhood, Body Bits, If...,
Music, the Moon Landing and many more - just ask me!. I also run fun
football and Olympic poetry workshops for boy and girls as one-offs or
as a series that are ideal for literacy booster.
Workshop
outline
- NZ reads/performs own poems – some interactive
- NZ
explains his 'how to write poetry in six simple steps'
- NZ
outlines poems for pupils to write on various themes or school topics
- where
needed NZ provides supporting frameworks and brainstorms content
- pupils
(solo or pairs) write poems
- pupils read aloud/perform with
tips from NZ
- IT or art materials are used where possible so pupils create a higher quality poem and a greater sense of achievement
- NZ closes with a poem
FAQs
Q: How many pupils per workshop? A: One class size but less for more needy pupils.
Q: How long is each workshop? A: 60-90 mins, depending on age, ability and aims.
Q: Do you run workshops for the youngest infants? A: Yes – shorter 'on the carpet' readings for those who cannot read and/or write.
Q: Do you perform on whole school assemblies? A: Yes – and in each workshop.
Q: What do you need? A: Pens, paper and board/flip chart.
Prices: 1hr/£100, 1.5hrs/£130, 2hrs/£160 OR £315/day + travel
