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Professional Development for Teachers

January 2020

Poetry and Wellbeing

Date: 18 January
Time: 1pm-4.30pm
Price: £25 (or £95 for all of the professional development days)

Join us for an afternoon of workshops and talks and readings, exploring mindfulness techniques and poetry to support wellbeing in the classroom. In association with To Learn the Future: Poems for Teachers.

The Structure of the day

Workshop from Colin MacGuire, poet and mindfulness teacher on mindful writing for the classroom. 

Workshop from Relax Kids on mindfulness and relaxation techniques to use in the classroom. 

Presentation from Jane Cooper, teacher and editor of  To Learn the Future: Poems for Teachers.

Poetry Readings from To Learn the Future  from Jane Cooper and Samuel Tongue to finish the afternoon. 

Order tickets online here.

April 2020

Edwin Morgan Day

Date: 25th April
Time: 1pm-4.30pm
Price: £25 (or £95 for all of the professional development days)

Join us for an afternoon of workshops and talks and readings exploring the work of Edwin Morgan in his centenary year.

Order tickets online here.

June 2020

Celebrating Scots in the Classroom

Date: 27 June
Time: 1pm-4.30pm
Price: £25 (or £95 for all of the professional development days)

Join us for an afternoon of workshops and talks and readings looking how we can promote Scots poetry in the classroom.

Order tickets online here.

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