By FAM :: 5 September 2006
It is with some excitement, to put it mildly, but also a bit of stagefright that FAM will be off to a two-day residency (11 and 12 September) at the English-medium International School Bern. Apart from the regular ISB students, there will also be some pupils from the Freies Gymnasium and Campus Muristalden in Bern who are taught throught the medium of English in selected subjects.
This is a follow up from the yearly visits by poets to work with and to read to the children and youngsters at this school. Previous visiting poets included George Szirtes, Ian Macmillan, Benjamin Zephania and Roger McGough, who are all hard acts to follow. Still, it's nice to rub shoulders with such an illustrius bunch of predecessors, not to mention a challenge to come up with something the students will remember.
The first day will focus on the pupils in primary school, where the challenge will be to do a writing workshop that may include rather little writing. This is followed by a reading for the children in the afternoon. Monday will finish with a reading for the older students, who will be trying their hand at writing poems the following day.
Working with children and young people always is a challenge. This is mainly because it often gives you a first shot at trying to prevent students from developing their fear of flying, which is one way to describe the unease students often have when dealing with poetry in class. Clearly, the order of the day(s) will be to make that first also the best shot...
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