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School Visits

I offer in-person poetry sessions and performances to primary schools - please get in touch for a chat. I am East-Midlands based, but happy to travel. Online sessions are also available.

I am an ex-teacher and preschool teacher. I can work with Nursery to Year 6 and provide full or half/part days, comprising any combination of:

Whole school assembly
Joining-in/Activity poems for EYFS/KS1 (Marjorie the parrot puppet comes too!)
Poetry workshops
I am open to discussing other ideas for your school

A full school day is priced at £300 plus travel/accommodation expenses as necessary. I am happy to discuss price adjustments for bookings of more than one day, or across multiple schools within a foundation/trust.

Please see testimonials below, and get in touch for more information.

Email attielime@outlook.com, or use the contact form, thank you.

You can see me read my poems, and learn lots more about me on www.youtube.com/@attielime and on Twitter @AttieLime. Thank you.

What grown-ups say...

"It was a totally inspiring day for everyone. The children were buzzing and excited about poetry - it was great to see this for the first time!" Head Teacher Feedback

"The workshops were inspiring, engaging and pitched right for the children. It was so wonderful to hear poetry out loud and read by an author." Teacher Feedback

"Your work has had such a positive impact on our children and has unlocked writing potential that they didn't realise they had." Teacher Feedback

"Year 6 have absolutely loved their session with Attie Lime this afternoon." Teacher Feedback

"...every session was brilliant! The

children and staff were so inspired by Attie's poetry and performances..."

Deputy Head Feedback

"In KS1, children were always involved and physically took part with actions which was brilliant." Teacher Feedback

What children say...

"Another one! Another one!" Child at the end of Attie's poetry assembly

"I liked how we got to choose the words when creating the poem. There were no rules." Y5 child

"I enjoyed trying out the tongue twisters. My tongue is now permanently twisted!" Tom, Y6

"Can we get some poetry books at home? because I want to hear some more."

Lachie, Reception

"It is my best day ever! It was so much fun!" Y2 child

"You inspired her to write poetry as soon as she got in from school!" Parent, Y3

"Can we book you (again) for next year?" Head Teacher

“The session was highly engaging and the children didn’t stop talking about how much they enjoyed the session for many days following.” R/KS1 teachers

"Thank you so much for today. Everyone has said how great you were. Hope you have enjoyed yourself too and will come back." Teacher Feedback

"We have had so many visitor comments about the children's poetry and the clear impact they can see that your visit has had on our children. You really have spread magic here 🙂." Teacher Feedback

"I liked the one where Ben went on a walk and the chickens were sick." Chloe, Y2

"The best bit was when the two kangaroos needed a poo, it was funny!"

Lara, Reception

"You are the coolest poem-writing person, ever!" Georgie, Y4

"I enjoyed all of it!" Y6 child

Poetry Online!

Online poetry sessions are now available via Zoom!

A Zoom session is ideal for one class group and will last around 35 minutes: lots of fun poems performed by me (some with joining in!) plus hints and tips on writing your own poems. I will also email teachers a poem or poems to use as inspiration/a starting point, for children to have a go at writing one after the session. I can do sessions for KS1 or KS2, and Marjorie the parrot often appears too! (I am happy to discuss options for Reception classes.)

Sessions as described above are £60, but discounts are available for multiple bookings within a school.