On the Record Seeks Performance Poet / workshop facilitator to lead poetry workshops with children interpreting the history of the Traveller community in Hackney
Venue: St Dominics Primary School, Homerton / Hackney Wick, Hackney, London.
Participants: Up to 15 Year 5 and 6 students. (10 – 11 years old)
Skills required:
- To confidently lead engaging poetry workshops.
- To support the students to write their own individual poems in response to their historical investigation into Hackney’s Traveller community.
- To train the students in performance / slam poetry techniques.
- To support the students to perform the poems to their peers and to be filmed or recorded.
Time commitment: 3 x 1 hour after school sessions (exact timing to be confirmed), held weekly in late June and early July. Exact dates to be confirmed. Some time will be required to coordinate with On the Record before the workshops begin. All sessions will be supported by both the school and On the Record.