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11 - Talk To The Page

The second community learning project, based on language took place in October and November. The project was inspired by a focus group of elders who suggested that language would be an interesting subject. After a good deal of consultation in order to discover what might interest people the idea of a creative writing and reminiscence workshop was developed. Visiting six different locations across the county (Wellingborough, Northampton, Daventry, Oundle and Towcester), we had participants aged from two to over 65 to years old. We played games with language and inspired by African traditions and literature we created a “Call and Response” poem based on ourselves. Then we found about more about some of the amazing people that have lived in Northamptonshire such as John Anderson who escaped slavery, found himself in Corby and devised poems about them (see below). Then, we heard an extract of Olaudah Equiano’s Interesting Narrative and wrote stories about childhood memories. After that we looked at newspapers which had stories from over the last 250 years. We looked at how language and life had changed within our own life times grandparents and parents sharing stories with our children about our lives.