Image Credit:
India Roper-Evans
The National Poetry Library has two programmes which are aimed at primary school children.
Children explore visual poetry, spoken poetry and poems about animals in this session. They also learn how to use an index in a book and how to find items in a library.
When: Wednesdays during term time, Tuesdays for Lambeth schools with combined gamelan workshop
Cost: free for Lambeth primary schools
Class size: 15 (but can be booked jointly with a gamelan workshop, so you can bring 30 students in total)
This interactive workshop is built around poems written during the First World War. It introduces students to visual poetry, sound poetry and typography. Students also write their own poems and complete other activities outline in our free Letters Home booklet.
Cost: £195. If you would like to take part in this activity and have budgetary restrictions please contact the library.