In my role of Literacy Coordinator I delivered 2 in-service sessions based on a course I had attended, "Nourishing the Imagination".
Each session, one on poetry and the other on writing, gave staff practical ideas that could be used in the classroom and literacy lessons.
The training covered Primary 1 to Primary 7 and staff were all enthusiastic to use new techiniques and ideas in their classrooms.
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The poetry lessons were inspired from the poetry training I had received at an EDA training week in Chester.
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Deserted area
Blue sky
Clouds
Dry… Hot… sunny
Rocky land
Gentle wind blowing
Salt water, small boat travelling
Gentle waves crashing for miles
The sound of an eagle’s cry
A boy sliding down hills
Then climbing back up
That boy
He looks happy
Also safe
He is walking home
Who is he?
Walking home on a dirt track
That boy, who is that boy?
That boy is me !
(A poem written by a boy in P7 based on the training given on Poetry)