Day 1 Ahipara School

Creative Coaching
Ahipara School

Day 1

Exercise 1
Began lesson with the statement ‘Writing makes us strong’
Students drew and described what this meant and what it means for them.

One student said “writing allows me to express how I feel and boosts my self-confidence.” Another student drew a picture of himself being praised by their teacher for awesome writing.

Exercise 2

Students listened to a series of words and then wrote down the first thing that came to their mind
mountain, rain, fire, heart, tree, war, star, love, sea, lightning, bird, moon

Here’s an example of what they wrote…
triangle, dribble, blistering, love, paradise, emotion, wish, family, surf, storm, window, yellow

The students used their words to write a poem (they are not allowed to take their pen off the paper).

Apirana discussed the importance of reading their poem aloud to make sure it makes sense
When you write something it is important to read it aloud because our ears hear how it should sound and therefore be written.

Here is what one student wrote…Branches of yellow snow splatter on the soaring loud waves pumping emotionally onto the foot printed sand.

This activity challenged the students because they had to use all their words and write without stopping. It was neat for the kids to get such positive feedback from Apirana (it really boosted their self esteem).

We finished with a neat verse…
Thank you poet
For your wonderful poem
May you grow taller
May you grow stronger
May you grow wiser than your poem

Thanks Apirana for a fantastic-already some great poetry being written
Jody Curran