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Kurlys Poetry
by Kurly
Hello and welcome to the place where I'll mainly be sharing my journey as a freelance poet and father as well as some practical insights into helping children read and build literacy confidence through poetry and Hip Hop. I'm a Shortlisted Birmingham Poet Laureate, Hip Hop artist, former teacher in a PRU (Pupil Referral Unit - which is a school for excluded pupils) and a self employed literacy engagement specialist who visits schools and community settings throughout the U.K.
Episodes
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Kurly Meets Jonathan Davidson from Writing West Midlands
A chat with Jonathan Davidson from Writing West Midlands at the airport on our way back from Kiev, Ukraine as part of their huge International Arsenal Book Festival. Jonathan gives some very down to Earth grounded advice for up all writers especially up and coming/emerging writers!
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New Track! ‘Summer Hustle’
Inspired by my son on the microphone on Monday (plus schools are closed for 6 weeks!) I’ve jumped into my recording cycle which I’ve really missed! Quick podcast, latest track from this Birmingham (UK) poet and Hip Hop artist 😊 it’s a summer track but whether the sun is shining or not we can all...
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Overview of the last 3-4 months in roughly 28 mins.
Project work in schools, bit of personal stuff and overall reflections that may be help to emerging career artists. To learn more about the projects I’ve been helping to develop please visit: http://www.memorhyme.com or learn more about Alison’s work visit: http://www.alisoncope.com and if you’ve...
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11/4/19 - quick catch up of the last few weeks
11/4/19 - latest on the school Safeguarding words project/dress rehearsal and a couple of other projects
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15/3/19 - this week’s action review
Building on relationships - planting seeds and nurturing growth for greater action.
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5/3/19 - keeping it moving - building relationships - upcoming meetings on Monday
Quick reflection of meetings with video content creators, school staff and training delivery coming up this Monday (11th Mar)
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4/3/19 - reflection of the last couple of weeks!
This episode touches on my journey of being a single father (with shared custody) and a freelance poet working in schools, the importance of collaboration and supporting others who inspire me such as anti knife campaigner Alison Cope.
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Quick podcast on route to swimming with my kids, my son briefly speaks about choosing his options
Quick podcast on route to swimming with my kids where my son briefly speaks about choosing his school options - last week we (me, his mother and sister) went along to his Year 8 parents evening about choosing subject options for Year 9 which was useful, we got to meet and greet the subject…
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Co-Op Youth Loneliness project update, new ‘Summer Hustle’ lyrics preview - while on route to Stoke
15/2/19 - low sound quality on this one - a quick ‘Youth Loneliness’ project update along with a quick preview of some of my ‘Summer Hustle’ lyrics (getting ready to drop some summer tunes!)
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Homework, Alison Cope and the British Police Symphony Orchestra
Been a busy weekend super proud of my son for doing his homework at school and staying back late to hep his friend and also really honoured to be part of the anti knife crime launch on Saturday with Alison Cope prolific anti-knife campaigner (Alisoncope.com) and The British Police Symphony...
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Youth loneliness project update at a secondary school in Stoke On Trent and an easy writing activity
Check out the writing task, short easy and very effective!
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Reflection of Alison Cope’s panel discussion and a review of the last couple of days...
To learn more about Alison Cope please visit: http://alisoncope.com to view the video content of yesterday’s panel discussion on The Guardian Live with Gary Younge and the police crime commisioner David Jamieson please visit: https://youtu.be/Lnb6uxYUIzk
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Working with excluded pupils and do you remember trying to get noticed BEFORE the internet?!
A quick summary of my day in 11 minutes or so, including today’s session in a PRU, updates on a regional school project I’m helping with and present day opportunities...
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Mad Libs and Loony Libs - nouns, verbs and adjectives exercise
Print out from the Mad Libs website (http://www.madlibs.com/printables/) or use the Loony Libs app to fill in the gaps of prewritten stories to create fun, whacky original tales... great little session starter that my children found out and showed me earlier today...
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Did you know the average human being lives 4,000 weeks? ...Thoughts around time & tonight’s event
Some reflections of time, ideas around building awareness and developing your interests/career mixed with some reflections of tonight’s live performance at the Wolverhampton Literature Festival with the Poets Against Racism and why I encourage my children to come along and film it ❤️❤️❤️
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Today’s workshop reflection and having fun with some of Aesop’s fables (interactive lesson starter!)
Quick summary of today’s workshop in Stoke on Trent Along with a quick starter activity for the classroom using the book Aesop’s tales (which has 200 short stories) to build literacy/performance confidence with youngsters. Here’s a quick link to see what book I’m referring to (but of course this...
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Evidence the positives you bring to others in a day...
Doing so isn’t so you can boast about it... it’s so you can keep in mind the ways, no matter how small, you make a positive difference - whether on your own or part of a team. Which is reassuring, and might be part of the equation of figuring out what pathway to take your life if it feels right…
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Having doubts about myself and figuring out why
In this episode I begin to unravel the reasons why I’ve felt such a heavy wave of doubt. Taking your eye off your North Star, your bottom line, your reason for doing what you do, your ‘why’, for any reason can be a huge factor in contributing to down days - especially over time. My wobble during…
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Reflections of recent sadness
When things appear to be going right and all of a sudden something inside you slips and you fall into an unexpected and unexplainable panic and sadness... this happened to me a day or two ago. Today I’ve put everything aside - basically stayed in bed in a bid to quietly process and figure out...
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Mistakes are life lessons
Sharing a moment - my son’s mistake being a positive life lesson 👍
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Rapping a 400 year old Shakespeare poem on route to a meetin
Rapping a 400 year old Shakespeare poem on route to a meeting - got any favourite poems/sonnets that you’d like me to rap?? Give me a shout 😊👍
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Talent in the classroom
Advising pupils with talent to use hashtags to get their talent seen.
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Quick hello/intro from me
Intro hello!!
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Hello and welcome to the place where I'll mainly be sharing my journey as a freelance poet and father as well as some practical insights into helping children read and build literacy confidence through poetry and Hip Hop. I'm a Shortlisted Birmingham Poet Laureate, Hip Hop artist, former teacher in a PRU (Pupil Referral Unit - which is a school for excluded pupils) and a self employed literacy engagement specialist who visits schools and community settings throughout the U.K.
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