Assemblies, Sessions and Workshops

This fun and interactive session is great for the younger learners

Content: Phonics, rhymes and spelling children are able to identify words which rhyme even though they look very different or are represented by an image then create their own poems

Duration: 60 minutes Groups size: 30 approx

Skills: Listening, identifying sounds, reading, spelling, team work, writing and reading out loud

A creative and productive session for the young learners

Content: Listening to poems about monsters in everyday situations then creating monsters to describe or write poems about with a wide range of language

Duration: 60 minutes Groups size: 30 approx

Skills: Listening, identifying information, creativity, spelling, team work, writing and reading out loud

Challenging and intriguing sessions for enthusiastic learners

Content: Listening to poems and limericks about gadgets, the way they can help and the problems they cause. Children then  work together to  create limericks about gadgets and comical problems

Duration: 60 minutes Groups size: 30 approx

Skills: Listening, identifying sounds, creative thinking, spelling, team work, writing and reading out loud

A chance to prepare, plan and perform a themed poem

Content: Listening to themed poetry before preparing content for pomes based on a theme then put the ideas together. Poems are performed in groups

Duration: 60 minutes Groups size: 30 approx

Skills: Listening, identifying themes, planning together, poetic performance, writing and reading out loud

Entertaining and engaging session including theatre skills

Content: Listening to poems about emotions. Using intonation to express emotions then performing their own poems in a more dramatic way having created verses in teams

Duration: 60 minutes Groups size: 30 approx

Skills: Listening, identifying sounds, performance, drama skills, team work, writing and reading out loud

A look at the language used to describe and create poems

Content: Following an example driven introduction to the terms  used in poetry as well as different varying forms of verse, learners are asked to create their versions before performing them in groups

Duration: 60 minutes Groups size: 30 approx

Skills: Listening, identifying terms and forms, reading, spelling, team work, writing and performing poetry

Professional Poetry Performances

Assemblies can last from 20 minutes to 60 minutes and be for the  whole school or a combination of year groups

There is always  lots of learner participation, question and answer sections and silliness, however, more thoughtful content is offered as well as.

Assemblies can take place on the same day as class workshops