Are you a primary or secondary school teacher living and/or working in the North East of England?

Are you interested in poetry?

Would you like to train to teach poetry in the classroom using the Winning Words Generator Game?

 

If you answered yes to any of the above you may be interested in applying for a place on the Generator training evening at Teesdale School, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham.

North East poet Jeff Price will deliver the training in the school’s I.T. suite on Wednesday 23rd May from 4.00 – 5.30p.m.  Places are free but must be booked in advance.

Generator is the new online interactive poetry game designed to help you and your pupils make your own Winning Words inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The site is suitable for all ages.  You can select a level and genre and start to create your own poems straight away.

You can share your work and upload it through a range of online platforms.

Teachers’ notes at primary level are available on Haiku, Shape and Performance Poetry.  Those for secondary cover Sonnets, Raps and the Imaginative Voice.

Each set of notes covers the history and background of the genre  as well as providing creative exercises, inspirational videos and a poetry glossary.

For further information about twilight training sessions or how you and your school can become involved in the Barnard Castle Winning Words project e-mail: judith@barnardcastlenest.org.uk or mobile: 07808 063944.