I have worked with all age ranges and abilities, both as a teacher and as a children’s poet. I have a particular interest in working with Junior aged pupils but happy to work with Yr2 - Yr 8 pupils. I can give a performance of my poems or a presentation to larger groups at assembly time or work with classes or groups in creative poetry workshops.

Workshops usually involve an introduction, a warm up, working on a group poem, followed by individual writing (with writing frames for the younger/less confident writer). At the end, there will be a chance to read some of the pupils poems out, and a question and answer session. I find that shorter sessions (45-60 mins) work best with younger pupils and longer (75-90 mins) for older pupils.