The Theme: World
War I
A selection of lines from the children’s poems
Behind me the
ghost of my friend,
they’re
breaking people’s hearts with bullets.
All I hear is
his voice
I smell sweat
Reflections in
my mirror won’t leave my head.
Have I been
shot or am I having a dream?
Seeing rats
made me think of a barbeque.
Glory, now
death and glory.
War doesn’t
deserve me.
The feeling of
fear is skipping all over me.
I’m letting the
death come in
and letting the
hope go out.
Our room seems
old and dusty.
We have waited
for months
and I wonder if
you have died
He was once in
my dreams
but now he is
my nightmare.
Comments from teachers (Mattt Collins, Nina Grayson, Adreinne Amos)
As always
working with James Nash has brought about the most awesome effect on our Yr. 6
children at IWPS. Their writing has developed in an extraordinary manner – and
they are chuffed to bits! A. Amos
An incredible
opportunity – our children have written incredible poetry,
The children
have grown in self belief and created great poems.
Vice-chair of the Governors
An outstanding
event. The inspiration from James and the resulting poems was amazing. The
empathy was quite emotional.
The Children were asked what they thought about the
project. Below is a summary of their answers.
What was the best thing about the project?
Being able to
write all our poems
Helping others
Giving out
ideas
What have you learnt?
To write your
poem.
Listening and
getting ideas
How to look at
a picture.
Why is it good to share your work with other children
in the school?
Leads to growth
in confidence.
To believe in
yourself.
What will you remember about this project?
The poems we wrote
– the topic
The five
questions
The inspiration
of working together.
Comments from the Audience
A wonderful
opportunity for the children to experience poetry. My child has really enjoyed
working with James and is happy with what she has learnt. Thank you for
providing this experience.
Nadia has asked
me to write for her that she is so grateful to hear the poetry and to
understand World War 1 through the children. She had no idea before.
Children learn
about WW1 and me also (written for me)
Really enjoyed
listening to what the children had wrote! Brilliant!
An absorbing
topic which ignited genuine interest from my daughter who enjoyed every moment.
Some great work produced at the end.
A great event,
being taken through a poetry workshop stage by stage was very insightful. Good
to see confidence it has already brought the children to express themselves.
It was such a
privilege to hear the children read their poetry today. What an incredible
opportunity they have had having James Nash teach and help and inspire them to
write such rich and beautiful poetry. A big thank you to Headingley LitFest.
Long may these opportunities continue.
It gave me food
for thought too. All the children did a fantastic job, I really enjoyed the
thought and time and effort that went in.
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