Coming up on the 24th April is 'Poem in your Pocket' Day. This is a US based day and is part of National Poetry Month but could be something to get students involved with poetry and words, even in a small way. Check out the link below.
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5643
Another festival involving poetry - and Australian this time - is the Ipswich Poetry feast. The link is below for this one.
http://www.ipswichpoetryfeast.com.au/
The Ipswich Poetry Feast is an initiative of Ipswich City Council, supported by the local community.
Since its humble beginnings in 2003 as a national poetry writing competition, the Ipswich Poetry Feast has grown and evolved to become in important part of Ipswich's cultural identity. The Ipswich Poetry Feast now features an annual international poetry writing competition and other significant literary events aimed at developing, advancing and showcasing poetry and poetry writing skills across all ages. The competition covers all levels and has prizes to be won, so maybe something our students would be interested in having a go at.
Hoping you all had a nice relaxing time over the mid-semester break and are planning more of the same for the Easter break. Not sure mine could be called relaxing as I was one of the First Aiders at a Guide Camp for about 100 girls in Alice Springs with very unseasonal pouring rain for most of it. I am not looking for sympathy however, and the girls had a ball, aside from goanna bites (!) so all was good.
Enjoy your Easter break and make sure you get some of that work/life balance happening.
