16 July 2022
Posted by Beth McKeeman
The Universe and Everything...
Juniors - 8 Young - 4
It’s up, up and away into the summer holidays this session. Our Writers blasted off into space with the James Webb Telescope, which has just sent back its first images.
These pictures, giving us views back in time 13 billion years, are being heralded as the start of a new space age, and speculation is running wild about what we might find. One of the eternal questions that could be answered is are we alone in the universe.
predominantly we seem to be siding on yes, we are alone. Though if not, maybe it would be on a microbial level or lifeforms we wouldn’t even recognise.
It’s a good starting point for speculative of science fiction. Our Young Writers suggested aliens might have gills, or look just like us with only one variation, or maybe be a living planet with no consciousness but still self sustaining and thriving.
If you look at how vast space is and what we already know or assume of it, it makes for a great playground for creativity. There’s diamond rain on Saturn, an endless storm on Jupiter, days which last years - how would life exist in these environments?
Using the new photos as inspiration, and with Cheryl Moskovitz’s poem Roll up, Roll Up as a prompt, we wrote universe poems.
The Young Writers then went on to watch Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye’s Origin Story - a performance poem. We thought about body language and tone of voice as we evolved our universe poems into 4 or 5 lines of spoken word. Although we may not be performers (yet?) the Junior Youth Theatre did a fantastic job performing The Birthday Party - the piece we wrote all the way back at the beginning of term. It was good to see something we had written live and a great way to finish the term.
Sadly, Susmita is now moving on, but we won’t forget the great times we’ve had with her and we look forward to having many of our writers back with us next term. Happy holidays!
Galaxy by Rumaysa
Universe by Arsh
Cosmos by Rafsan
Space by Rebecca
Telescope by Yusif
Stars by Eva
Poem inspired by James Webb images by Jessica
Space by Salsabeel
Archive
Young Writers - Week 10 (The Art of Writing) – Final Week Showcase
Junior Writers - Week 10 (The Art of Writing) – Final Week Showcase
Young Writers – Week 9 (The Art of Writing) – Choose Your Own Adventure
Junior Writers – Week 9 (The Art of Writing) – Choose Your Own Adventure
Young Writers – Week 8 (The Art of Writing) – Sequel Stories
Junior Writers – Week 8 (The Art of Writing) – Sequel Stories
Young Writers – Week 7 (The Art of Writing) – Picture Prompts
Junior Writers – Week 7 (The Art of Writing) – Picture Prompts
Young Writers - Week 6 (The Art of Writing) - Script-writing & Dialogue
Junior Writers - Week 6 (The Art of Writing) - Script-writing & Dialogue
Junior Writers – Week 5 (The Art of Writing) – Poetry
Young Writers - Week 5 (The Art of Writing) - Poetry Potions
Edward The Martyr - A Competition!
Mood Boards and Postcards from Space
Young Writers - Week 3 (The Art of Writing) - PLOT
Junior Writers - Week 3 (The Art of Writing) - PLOT
Moomin Stories and Hollywood Pitches
Young Writers - Week 2 (The Art of Writing) - Genre & Setting
Junior Writers - Week 2 (The Art of Writing) - Genre & Setting
Prompts, Dialogues, and Cliché
Story Structure Part One: Exposition and Beyond...
Young Writers - Week 1 (The Art of Writing) - Character
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Young Writers - week 4 - Nature Writing [animals & wildlife]
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Young Writers - week 3 - Nature Writing [trees/plants/flowers]
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Young Writers - week 2 - 'fractured fairy tales'
Junior Writers - week 2 - 'fractured fairy tales'
Young Writers - week 1 - 'from deep inside a forest'
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WORDCUP - Hounsdown Session #6
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Stories From Our Streets at the Abbeyfield Wessex Society Reminiscence Session at Poole Library
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Character Building & Murder Mysteries
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Maybe I Can Be Invisible After All... Monologues
Creative Writing: Fun Facts, Diverse Voices and Different Perspectives
Writing Competition - Stories From Our Streets
Stories From Our Streets Community Activity Pack
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Found Cities, Lost Objects: Women in the City Curated by Lubaina Himid CBE
Ekphrastic Jukebox - Writing to Music
ArtfulScribe LitFest Community Showcase 2023
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Writing to The Sorcerer's Apprentice
The Mousetrap - Mayflower Young and Junior Writers Investigate Mystery!
Stories From Our Streets Launch!
Interview: In Conversation with Dr Victoria Leslie
The Missing Farmer/ Blackout Poetry & DADA
Exploring this wonderful World
Using props to create characters/ working as a writing room
Stories of the Dust and Character Questions
Storytelling and Escalation or Rising Action
Junior Writers Club Acrostic Poem
Notes on Intention for MAST Collective - Year 3 - Facilitation Focus
Earthquakes & Dominoes - MAST Collective Blog #4
SUPER MARIO AND POP CULTURE POEMS
Receptionists & Inky Voids - MAST Collective Blog #3
Saying No and saying YES on National Poetry Day!
There's a Dragon in the Wardrobe...
House Warming Party (The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known) - MAST Collective Blog #2
Intern Blog 5 - The Publishing Process
POEMS TO SOLVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS
On The Streets With Theresa Lola
Intern Blog 4 - The Internship Journey
NEW DIRECTIONS, STARTING SMALL - THE ORWELL YOUTH PRIZE
LIGHTHOUSES, HOPE AND METAPHORS
on workshop and transformations: frogs, lions, and the duck that becomes a larder...
Poetry Ambassadors - Interview with April Egan
Intern Blog 1 - Finding a Voice
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