LEDBURY POETRY AND ACTION IN SCHOOLS

THIS CAME FROM LEDBURY AND IT SHOWS THE GOOD WORK THEY ARE DOING. I WANTED TO BALANCE IT OUT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT MY PREVIOUS POST.
Teacher comment of the week as an intensive period of works in schools, which started in March, continues: "The power of the day was very evident in the way all children responded...The vast majority of children went home and continued to write poetry in their notebooks that evening. This included a child with attachment disorder (meaning he can’t cope with challenge or failure) and a child who has been a school refuser and up until this year could not read or write at all. He went home and wrote 16 poems of his own!" (Ashfield Park Primary School, Ross on Wye)

The last few weeks have been jam-packed with poetry in schools! Val Bloom, Sara Hirsch and Mike Barfield have been performing in our Poetry Out Loud, Festival in a Day! events at Hellens Manor. Matt Black, Mike Barfield and James Carter have been visiting schools all over the county. Young Shakespeare have performed Hamlet. 16 schools and over 1,800 pupils are hearing, writing and performing poetry! Next week, another run of three Festivals in a Day with Rob Gee, Val Bloom and Matt Black. Wonderful poets. Days packed with energy, fun and creativity. Intense concentration, animated discussions and performances. Smiling faces! Rapturous applause. Singing! Enjoy these snapshots and read more on the Festival's Poets in Schools page.

NB. A writing friend commented "Encouragement in writing, in any form, is so important. Well done to the teachers"
I echo those words.