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Poetry in Motion Schools

Poetry in Motion Schools is New Belfast Community Arts Initiative’s innovative literary programme for primary, secondary and special schools.

30 June 2010 - Poetry in Motion Schools is about to enter its ninth year as we move towards a new academic term in September.

This year the programme will link in with the theme of the Poetry in Motion Community programme as we encourage participants to create a new Belfast map, a map made of words.

A number of poets, who work in a variety of poetic and spoken word genres, visit schools for a series of poetry workshops.  Participants have the opportunity to create their own poems and develop their performance skills.  At the end of each programme an anthology is launched at which participants have the opportunity to share their work with all other participants on the programme.  In November 2009, almost a thousand young people attended the launch of our previous anthology “Re:New Belfast” at the Waterfront Hall.

The programme is offered to schools across the BELB region.  There are thirty places available and this year has seen a huge response to this opportunity.  Schools are offered places on a first come first served basis – so those who respond soonest to our email invitations are allocated places on the programme.  If your school is interested in participating in future programmes we’d advise you to contact us early (around May 2011) as places are taken up quickly and inevitably there is some disappointment when we are over subscribed. 

If your school has not received email communication from us previously regarding the programme please email chelley@newbelfastarts.org to be added to our mailing list and to receive information regarding forthcoming programmes.

You can listen to the streaming audio from last year's PIM Schools project (Re: New Belfast) here.

Poetry in Motion School’s poetry collections are featured in the Publication page.