It is National Poetry Day on Thursday 2nd October. The display is up and the junior classes have started thinking about poetry during their library periods.

Using ideas from and adapting resources produced by Forward Arts Foundation, in particular the National Poetry Day Remember Collaborative Educational Resource pupils carried out a group exercise over 5 stations (tables) thinking on a random five of the following themes using guide questions as a basis for discussion:

Remember

Evoke

Memories

Epitaph

Music

Blue Remembered Hills (Place)

Evolve

Recall & Record                                 

Pupils only had a short time to discuss and note down their thoughts on Post It notes before moving on.  (Lesson plan) This gave them a basis to get their creative process going for the possible creation of a poem to enter in the competition. Pupils were also given a chance to influence what the prize (a £10 gift voucher) would be by listing the type of voucher they would like to receive if they won.

 

Here are some examples of memories noted down: