I create workshops to share my love of writing and am always happy to develop new bespoke workshops groups, schools or organisations. I can work alongside group leaders, teachers or facilitators to prepare bespoke workshops and also offer audio recordings of the work produced by participants. Most workshops can be delivered via Zoom.

I have considerable experience of working with young people in SEND setting and supporting people with different needs. Workshops are usually over 2 hours but can be shorter for younger writers. In the list below I have indicated the appropriate key stages for schools.

For pricing, details and bookings please contact me on Email: seamus@onepoetsvision.co.uk

Workshops for younger people:

• At Home (KS1/2/3/4) – a poetry workshop that looks at our origins, where we live and the things that identify or define us
• Fun with words and poems (KS2/3/4) – using a mixture of classic and new writing along with simple interactive group exercises and role-play to inspire young people to create new writing
• Pyramid poetry (KS2/3) – have fun creating 3-dimensional pyramids of poems with an Egyptian theme in a specially created triangular poetry form
• Dinobirds (KS1/2/3) – fun and creative session looks at ever-popular subject of dinosaurs plus modern birds. Young people create imaginary pet creatures to make poems or stories. Lots of illustrations including a life size T-Rex footprint
• Dinosaur Adventures (KS1/2/3) – fun and informative creative dinosaur themed session with poetry, stories and art
• An Ocean Adventure (KS1/2/3) – fun and informative creative ocean themed session with poetry, stories, art with rocking boats, whales, monsters and screaming
• Wild wolf adventures (KS1/2/3) – fun and informative creative wolf themed session with poetry, stories, art and some howling
• Superhero insects and minibeasts (KS1/2/3) – fun and informative themed creative workshop. Young people create imaginary superhero insects to make poems or stories. Lots of illustrations including a life size biggest ever, prehistoric, dragonfly
• The Animal Olympics (KS1/2/3) – Fun and informative session looking at the amazing abilities of animals with poetry, stories and art
• Endangered (KS2/3/4) – Fun workshop to raise awareness of climate change and environment with creative writing, art, life-sized animal footprints stories or poems about endangered creatures

Workshops for the not so young

(Suitable for teenage upwards)

• Christmas ghostly tales – inspiration to create our own seasonal spooky tales
• The Raven – taking Poe’s Raven as a theme and inspiration for new ideas
• Fantastical – taking inspiration from the drawings of well known authors
• Taking flight – create new work inspired by the first flight of fledgling birds
• Birdlore – create new writing inspired by the folklore and mythology of birds
• Refuge – considering what refuge means to the writer and readers
• On the dark side – creating dark and scary tales and poems
• Rage – from Dylan Thomas to Michael Rosen, find out about angry emotion in writing
• Time – examine time with Heaney, Neruda, Shelley and H G Wells
• In their own hand – inspired by handwritten manuscripts by legendary writers
• Sitting with giants – inspired by the work of literary giants
• Play –  having fun playing a game and taking inspiration from all kinds of play
• Counting – counting has an important role in poetry from metre to stanzas and topics
• Introduction to poetic form – learn how to use some common poetic forms
• Rhyme, accent and language – a look at how the sounds of words are used in writing
• Free writing – learn about this technique that can generate new ideas and beat the block
• Concision – a fun session creating concise work
• Writing for teens and YA – how writers use language to reach teen and young adult readers
• Narrative for children – inspiration and guidance from top children’s story tellers
• In two minds – how we can combine different perspectives in our writing
• The worlds inside my head – create and perform poems/stories about the worlds inside our heads
• I’m not supposed to be here – seeing beyond personal experience using their own skills and personalities, broaden creative range
• Protest and conflict – using protest and conflict from the past and present day to inform, inspire and create writing with passion in any genre
• Kodachrome to monochrome – how colour and tones can influence your story
• A little bit of myth and magic – mythology and fairytales – create your own characters and stories
• The power of poetry – how poetry conveys stories, ideas and emotions with great power
• High Speed Haiku – introducing the Haiku form, its origins, history and “rules” and themes
• In my own voice – helping developing writers to trust and believe in their own voice
• Writing to order – focusing on techniques to be creative and productive meeting a brief
• Sketching with words  – tools and techniques used to record people, events, places and thoughts and creating new writing from those collected word sketches