Poets in Schools
“The poet gave us self-confidence to perform and creativity to write a better poem. Now I think poetry is exciting! You can structure a poem in many different ways and I like that! You can put word patterns, rhymes, repetition, onomatopoeia, similes and metaphors.” – KS2 student from Beatrix Potter Primary School, October 2019
“Students were incredibly engaged, with one student commenting ‘‘that’s made me want to be a poet that has’’ at the end of the session.” – Rachel Hockey, Librarian, Chorlton High School, December 2018
Inviting a poet into your school supports teaching of both reading and writing. It is exciting for pupils and teachers and encourages pupils to write and to see writing as worthwhile.
Teaching unions today blasted Boris Johnson s decision to start reopening schools in March as they warned that coming out of the third lockdown too early could ultimately lead to a fourth national squeeze.
The PM told the Commons this afternoon that schools will not reopen until at least March 8, in a devastating blow for millions of children and parents struggling with balancing work and home-schooling.
Though Mr Johnson also ruled out a phased reopening of schools after the February half-term, unions are calling for an even longer closure as they claim March 8 could be too soon for getting children back into classrooms without causing a spike in Covid cases.