Kate Williams

Hello teachers!

I’m all geared up and ready for a summer of poetry writing with your classes!

But not just writing – acting, miming, sounding out, stepping outside (weather permitting) to feel, look, listen and breathe in the summer air. We’ll be racking our brains for exciting, expressive words to enrich our poems, not forgetting imagery too, and perhaps a sprinkling of alliterative magic to set our lines flying.

Choose your theme for the day from my options:

SEASIDE, UNDER THE SEA (Juniors), JUNGLE, or FLYING HIGH.

One theme per day please, except for sea ones which can be mixed, and could also include a Stormy Sea for Juniors!

I provide my own optional writing sheets, illustrated and graded for all ability levels. I also bring a stack of theme-inspiring pictures to blue-tack to your board or wall, and a bag of artefacts to add to the fun.

My ukulele is always a highlight for the children, even Year 6s, though it’s just one of many spurs along the way to poetry-crafting.

Everyone is invited to read out, with support as needed, and every effort is celebrated.

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Details on my Workshops page (please click here), or visit my page at Authors Abroad (please click here), who handle preliminary enquiries, pricing and bookings.

Happy Spring and Summer, all, meanwhile!

Kate