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Anneliese Emmans Dean  eco-edutainment info@theBigBuzz.biz
Curriculum Links: Buzzing!
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“Magnificent - Science and Art in an hour!
The children were totally engaged and totally inspired! It also inspired me as a teacher!”
Jonathan Green, Head Teacher, York
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My multimedia Buzzing! poetry show about garden minibeasts, plus follow-on poetry writing and performing workshops, provide a unique cross-curricular creative experience for KS1, KS2 and KS3 pupils.
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“Poet and photographer Anneliese Emmans Dean entertained us all with her brilliant ‘Buzzing!’ show - a selection of her wonderful poems and stunning photographs with musical interludes. We also learned quite a lot of science along the way!
Cradley Primary School, Herefordshire
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The National Curriculum states that children should have access to a range of good-quality modern poetry. My Buzzing! shows given them just that. It helps establish a helps to establish the ‘positive climate for poetry’ the NLS called for, making poetry ‘a central aspect of literacy’.
The show, plus follow-on workshops, also link to the following aspects of the KS1 and KS2 National Curriculum
- Science: Life Processes and Living Things
- English: Poetry (including choral, oral and performance poems)
- Music
- Topics: Minibeasts; Habitats
- Creative Curriculum
- Excellence & Enjoyment
They also link in with KS3 science, particularly ‘Organisms, behaviour and health’
Online follow-up resources
The following BigBuzz blogposts and web links provide useful follow-up information for use after a Buzzing! show.
Science:
- How to make a valuable contribution to science by taking part in bug recording schemes view
- How I made my world-first insect discovery of Berberis Sawfly larvae view
- Video of Berberis sawfly laying its eggs on my berberis bush view
- The latest news on my world-first insect discovery of Berberis sawfly larvae view
- The scientific paper which includes my Berberis sawfly larva sighting view
- Harlequin ladybirds - first sighting in York, how to spot them, what to do if you see them view
- The beetle discovery I made in my garden view
- Also, check out the Nature Detectives website run by the Woodland Trust, with wildlife recording schemes your pupils can get involved in. The site also has dowloadable resources for schools and KS2 curriculum-linked worksheets.
Poetry:
- How I wrote the world’s first ever monodactylian double dactyl view
- The link between Michael Rosen and me view
- Purchase the Buzzing! CD - 62 poems, and over 80 colour photos in accompanying booklet. A National Insect Week recommended resource. view
Music:
- How John Rayson was inspired to write the music that he plays live in Buzzing! view
- More about viola player and composer, John Rayson view
- Where you can buy the score of some of the Buzzing! music to play yourself view
- Where you can buy the CD of John’s Buzzing! music, inspired by the poems and images in Buzzing! view
If you’d like to invite me to your school, please email me
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