Wandsworth Schools Poetry Project
During autumn 2025, we worked with 10 professional poets to deliver a series of workshops to 300 pupils from schools across Wandsworth, culminating in a celebration event where pupils performed their own works in front of peers and other schools.
This borough-wide poetry project, aimed at primary schools in Wandsworth, was delivered in partnership with Apples & Snakes
Young people enjoyed learning about poetry, and started writing their own wonderful group poems about Wandsworth...
They performed their poems in front of the entire school!
A day of poetry workshops and performance preparation...
Finally, the pupils took to the stage to perform their brilliant work alongside guest poets Joseph Coelho and Valerie Bloom, in front of an audience of 200!
The Performance!
We also hosted a SPIN: Rhymes, Rhythms & Raps event - attended by over 1,000 KS1 pupils!
Teachers also got involved in our poetry festival! We hosted a special CPD event with Joseph Coelho, where he shared some tips on writing and performing poetry in the classroom.
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Meet the Poets
Meet the talented poets that helped us deliver the Wandsworth Schools Poetry Project:
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