Education
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I am a member of:

• National Association for Writers in Education
• Equity.

I have:

• enhanced CRB disclosure
• public liability insurance
• a degree from Cambridge University.

Children’s photography workshop

Compost musical

Poetry writing
workshop

Family photography workshop

Anneliese Emmans Dean eco-edutainment info@theBigBuzz.biz

Education

I provide inspirational cross-curricular eco-edutainment for children and young people. This takes the form of poetry performances and workshops linked to the National Curriculum, photography workshops and eco-musicals.

These can be held at your school, or at another suitable venue, such as a museum, environment centre, or park.

The National Literacy Strategy recognises poetry as ‘a central aspect of literacy’. All my poetry workshops and performances help establish the ‘positive climate for poetry’ called for by the NLS.

Uniting all my educational work is theBigBuzz ‘edutainment’ philosophy of:

• providing learning through laughter, rhythm and rhyme
• promoting sustainability through creativity
• teaching science through art.

Whatever the project, my goal is always the same:

• to inspire the participants, and to leave them buzzing with excitement and enthusiasm!

Find out more about my work by clicking on the links below. Email me for further details, or to discuss my coming and working with you.

• Performance Poetry Show
• Buzzing! is my multimedia poetry show in celebration of garden minibeasts.
• Buzzing! links to Science Units of the National Curriculum (Life Processes & Living Things), and to the National Literacy Strategy (including Year 3, ‘Oral and Performance Poems’ and Year 5 ‘Choral and Performance Poems’). It also links to the following topics: Minibeasts; Habitats.
• Buzzing! has been recognised by the Royal Entomological Society for its educational value.
• Read school feedback (primary school)
   
• Poetry Writing/Performing Workshop
• Choose from a variety of KS2 poetry writing and/or performing workshops. Some are linked to a Buzzing! performance, others are self-contained on topics including Healthy Eating.
• Read a blogpost (primary school)
• Read some feedback (primary school)

‘Thanks for the superb workshop. The children have been really fired up about it.’
Peter Heale, Year 6 Teacher

• Photography Workshop
• Read a blogpost (family workshop, Rowntree Park, York)
• Read a blogpost (family workshop, St Nicholas Fields, York)

‘My daughter is asking for a digital camera with macro facility for her birthday,
so you've got her hooked.’
Kate Locke, Parent

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