The Poetry of Joseph Coelho

26 Nov Actor Interruptions another tool for creative literacy

Posted at 22:10h in Childrens poetry, Creativity, On writing, Poetry, Schools workshops, Uncategorised by Joseph Coelho

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Teachers take part in an Inset at Discover Children's Story Centre where they got to taste an Actor Interruption first hand. I have been running quite a few teacher insets of late through @Discover_Story sharing some practice that we've developed through the Catching Words project and...

18 Oct A short documentary about creating children’s theatre for libraries

Posted at 15:58h in Children's theatre, Childrens poetry, Creativity, On writing, Performances, Plays, Poetry, Schools workshops, Uncategorised, Workshop ideas by Joseph Coelho

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Here is a short documentary about the behind the scenes process of working on Tree Child with The Spark Children's Arts Festival. I feel very passionately about encouraging people to use their libraries and so was so pleased to be commissioned for this project. Theatre makers...

02 Oct Latest Poetry Video about the pains of Puberty

Posted at 12:04h in Childrens poetry, Creativity, On writing, Performances, Poetry, Schools workshops, Uncategorised, Workshop ideas by Joseph Coelho

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[vimeo http://vimeo.com/75914556]...

01 Oct Resources for running poetry sessions in the classroom

Posted at 23:59h in Childrens poetry, Creativity, On writing, Poetry, Schools workshops, Uncategorised by Joseph Coelho

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For all those interested in engaging young people with poetry - there are some amazing free resources with links to the curriculum up for grabs here...

26 Aug The language of recipes

Posted at 07:53h in Creativity, On writing, Poetry, Schools workshops, Uncategorised, Workshop ideas by Joseph Coelho

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The language of recipes is incredibly rich in verbs and nouns, ingredients are peppered, shaken, and pinched mixtures are whisked, blended and beaten, concoctions are steamed broiled and baked. This last week I've been running writing workshops @discover_story summer school. We're using 'The Unforgotten Coat'...

03 Aug Creating Literacy interventions with actors at Discover Children’s Story Centre Summer School

Posted at 12:26h in Children's theatre, Childrens poetry, Creativity, On writing, Schools workshops, Uncategorised, Workshop ideas by Joseph Coelho

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It has been a truly inspiring 1st week for the Discover Children's Story Centre's (@discover_story) summer school. Inspired by a CP project I worked on years ago with John O'leary and Laura Frankland we decided to create a series of "character interventions" for...

04 Jul Celebrating Difference

Posted at 21:22h in Children's theatre, Childrens poetry, Creativity, On writing, Plays, Poetry, Schools workshops, Uncategorised, Workshop ideas by Joseph Coelho

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I had a fantastic time today discussing ways to raise and work with difficult issues as practitioners and teachers in schools. There were some great provocations from Yellow Earth, Kazzum Theatre, JW3 and myself all brought together by Vicky Ireland (Thousand Cranes) and Ben Buratta...

04 Jul New Children’s Poetry Collection

Posted at 10:22h in Childrens poetry, Creativity, On writing, Poetry, publications, Schools workshops, Uncategorised by Joseph Coelho

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I am thrilled to share that I have my first children's poetry collection coming out with Janetta Otter-Barry books of Frances Lincoln next year. It's been a real pleasure collating and writing the poems for this collection and I can't wait to be holding a...

18 May Poetry Judging

Posted at 12:56h in Childrens poetry, Creativity, On writing, Poetry, Schools workshops, Uncategorised, Workshop ideas by Joseph Coelho

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I spent the yesterday morning judging poetry at St Anne's church in Limehouse. On arrival at this magnificent building I was presented with the daunting task of reading through 130 poems from seven different year groups (reception all the way to year 6) in five...

13 Jan The Writer’s Notebook

Posted at 22:02h in On writing, Uncategorised by Joseph Coelho

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"Keep a notebook" that's what they tell you at the writers classes - "keep a notebook and write everyday" good advice, I'm not denying that it is good advice and that a writer, no matter what their chosen form, should keep a notebook. But what...