Working in Schools
I have been doing quite a lot of new residencies this year -both with animation artist Jack Lockhart and by myself. A lovely primary school in Wetherby called Lady Elizabeth Collingham employed me to work over a number of days with their pupils on the theme of the second world war - which was quite a challenge. A year three class wrote fantastic poems on the theme of evacuation and a creative teacher called Pauline Ross came up with the idea of putting these poems inside suitcases made of paper:
I have also been working in a primary school in Oldham on the theme of encouraging boys to read more books where the boys have worked separately from the girls. This process was interesting, as the boys freely admitted they were keen readers without the girls present!
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About
Anne Caldwell is a poet and literature consultant. She works for NAWE and the Open University, Bolton University and runs workshops in schools and community settings.
Contact Tel. 07818 052108
email a.caldwell@nawe.co.uk
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Read This
'A Wilder Vein' edited by Linda Cracknell
