Aelwyn’s Saga
Blog 15 I visited Sutton Hoo not long ago. The site has been updated and the visitor numbers have increased since the release of “The Dig”, the excellent film about the discovery of the buried Saxon longship. The on-site museum is very
Triskaidekaphobia
Blog 13 Triskaidekaphobia is not something I suffer from. The number thirteen to me is just a number. But many people do try to avoid it and think it brings bad luck. In Japan the number four is thought to bring
Disability
Blog 12 Children with disabilities face prejudice all the time. If they are at a mainstream school, their peers may never have encountered anyone like them before. The behaviour of children in groups can mean that, following their natural leader, the
Story Poems
Blog 11The subject of a poem can be as varied as that of a piece of prose. It might be purely emotional, descriptive, atmospheric or fanciful. I think a poem that tells a story is especially valuable for children. The
What exactly is a poem?
What is a poem? Today, this has become harder to define, especially with the increasing popularity of ‘Prose Poetry’. Prose poems have a long history and include many eminent poets amongst its proponents, though some, such T.S. Eliot, argued strongly
