The Poetry Zone has been working closely with the Class Act Agency to set up an agency for schools that will take the stress out of booking visitors, that is inexpensive and that will offer only the very best writers and artists for schools. Check it out here. www.classactagency.co.uk Roger Stevens You look like a normal person but you're probably one of the best poets on earth! Alasdair. (Year 6) A super day for children and staff - Roger's performance really brought poetry alive for us all - Binfield C of E Primary School, Berkshire I laughed so much I had to re-do my make up - Teacher at St Margaret's Primary, Dover So much energy! Waterstone's, Reading Roger Stevens is a poet, author and musician. He has had over two hundred poems for children published in wide-ranging anthologies from The Secret Lives of Teachers (Macmillan) to The Works (Every kind of poem you will ever need for the Literacy Hour) (Macmillan). His solo collections include Why Otters Don't Wear Socks and The Monster That Ate the Universe (Macmillan) His other books include the anthologies The Secret Life of Pants and Let's Recycle Grandad (A&C Black) and an acclaimed verse-novel for teenagers The Journal of Danny Chaucer (Poet) (Orion) which was broadcast by Roger on BBC Radio 4 as the Afternoon Play. Roger is also a member of the Poetry Society's poetryclass initiative - for school INSET programmes and teacher training. For more details of poetryclass see the Poetry Zone Links Brian Moses Brian Moses writes and edits poetry and picture books for children, and resource books for teachers. He is the author of Able Writers in Your School (with Roger Stevens) (Brilliant Publications) and several best-selling collections of poetry. Brian Moses is available for the following activities in schools: Reading his own poetry These are presentations to the whole school, or to infants and juniors separately, in an attempt to show that poetry isn't something that just sits on the page. Rather it can be brought to life using a variety of voices, movement and instruments. Sessions last between 45 minutes and one hour. Writing Workshops Usually it is possible to arrange three such sessions and a reading in a one-day visit. Workshops last an hour and involve single classes or a class size group of children in writing their own poems. Follow up sheets are available. Other activities available are: Sessions for Able Writers In-Service Training Days The Work of a Writer Family Writing Evenings Establishing the Reading Habit Writers' Trails. Roger and Brian can both be booked through CLASS ACT AGENCY Give Kate a call and discuss your requirements today.   Back to the top, please