Primary Schools
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, acrostic, nonsense, alliterative, repetitive, rhyming/non-rhyming, epitaphs, limericks, step, simile, metaphor, personification, thin, shape/concrete, rap, recipe and group poems. These will cover a wide range of fun and serious themes of my or your choosing. I also run fun football poetry workshops for boy and girls.
Workshop outline
- NZ reads/performs own poems – some interactive
- NZ explains his 'how to write poetry in seven simple steps'
- NZ outlines poems for pupils to write on various themes or current school topics
- where needed NZ provides supporting frameworks and brainstorms content
- pupils (solo or in pairs) write poems
- pupils read aloud/perform with tips from NZ
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.
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