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The National Poetry Library has two programmes which are aimed at primary school children.
A class of up to 30 breaks into two groups with each group spending an hour doing Poetry Explorers in the library and a second hour doing the Poetry Word Search, an activity in which children find words across the Southbank Centre site to create their own poems.
In this session children explore visual poetry, spoken poetry, poems about animals and learn how to use an index in a book and find items in a library. They will also explore this iconic site by the River Thames to find words and write creatively.
When: Wednesdays during term time.
Cost: free for Lambeth primary schools
Cost: £105* + VAT for state schools
£210* + VAT for fee-paying schools
*transaction fee: £4 per booking
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.
Letters Home can be combined with our Word Search activity to accomodate a class of up to 30 children.
Cost: £105* + VAT for state schools
£210* + VAT for fee-paying schools
*transaction fee: £4 per booking
