A WIRRAL school welcomed the Poet Laureate as part of a poetry project.
Pupils and staff from Oldershaw, in Wallasey, welcomed Andrew Motion as part of the National Association of Writers in Education Creative Poetry Project.
The Oxford-educated poet wants to support poetry for the people and said: “It is a privilege to be invited to a school like Older-shaw which places such importance on creativity and poetry.”
The pupils, as well as Year Six children from Liscard, Park and Mount Primary Schools, were able to take part in a Poetry Master Class.
The pupils were asked to complete a poem beginning “I dream of being –” and ideas ranged from a set of curtains, a banana (Andrew’s idea) and more down-to-earth things such as a doctor, painter and footballer.
