P7 had a wonderful opportunity as part of National Poetry Day.  We got to work with Mr Milne’s Higher Advanced Poetry class. It enabled the S6 pupils to lead the learning and the P7 pupils were able to hear poems and try out some of their ideas with an older (more experienced) writer. 

Mrs Grant asked the P7s
“What did you enjoy about the session with S6?”

• Chatting to someone older and hearing their poetry was really good.
• Listening to someone else’s work, someone you don’t know, with experience.
• Hearing the S6’s poems gave me inspiration.
• Just chatting to them was great, I got lots of ideas. 
• Telling us to listen for that ‘feeling’ when reading. Ben (S6) said, ‘If you don’t feel something when reading your poem, then you need to change it’. 

The teachers witnessed an engaged group of young people from across the school working together creatively.