A Celebration in Rhyme

Working with up to 420 children to create and perform a School Poem in just one day!

A celebration in Rhyme has been developed to help celebrate the stories your pupils love in verse – by writing and performing a collaborative School Poem in just a single day!

Introduction

A Celebration in Rhyme helps celebrate the stories your pupils love in verse – by writing and performing a collaborative School Poem in just a single day! After a quick assembly sharing our love of poetry and issuing the overall challenge, children will participate in collaborative writing workshops, usually for a year group at a time.

Using our unique “RunAround” methodology,  classes will choose the themes and content, creating the lines as they go. 

And the outcome? A beautifully crafted poem extolling the wonder of stories that’s unique to your school – and that will get its very first performance at a second, celebratory assembly at the end of the day!

Year Groups

EYFS-KS2
P1 – P7

CurriculumPoetry
Pupil Numbers

Whole school!

Space

Hall Space

Workshop FAQs

How many pupils can take part?

Celebrations in Rhyme can accommodate up-to 60 pupils per workshop – that’s the whole of a two-form entry school in just one day!

What is the format of the day?

The day starts with a whole-school assembly where pupils will learn the ‘chorus’ of the poem. We will work with you to plan a timetable for the workshops, to suit the number of classes you would like to include – and around the specific timings of your school day. It might look something like this:

09.00 – 09.20: Whole-school assembly, to introduce the day…

09.20 – 9.55: Year 1 stay in the hall for their workshop …

9.55 – 10.30: Year 2 come to the hall for their workshop …

10.30 – 11.05: Year 3 come to the hall for their workshop …

11.05 – 11.30: One Reception class have a visit, in their own setting …

11.30 – 11.55: The other Reception class have a visit, in their own setting …

LUNCH

1.00 – 1.40: Year 4 come to the hall for their workshop …

1.40 – 2.20: Year 5 come to the hall for their workshop …

2.20 – 3.00: Year 6 come to the hall for their workshop.

3.00 – 3.15: Closing assembly where the finished poems are performed.

Are there any technical requirements?

Your visitor will need access to a laptop/ screen/projector set up in the working space.

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