Schools

Anthea has over 17 years’ experience of working at tertiary, secondary and primary levels, both as a classroom practitioner and a speaker.

She uses creativity to communicate important messages to young people in schools. She interweaves examples from contemporary society and her life, addressing a wide range of issues, honestly and empathetically. Anthea creates room for laughter, discussion and celebration of what it means to be human.

When Anthea speaks, she challenges and inspires students and teachers, interweaving poetry, prose and illustrations.

Some of the key areas Anthea addresses are:

Mental health

Self-esteem, depression, grief and the impact of covid

Mental resilience

Faith

Literacy and the power of words to shape your life!

Ethnicity/identity and immigration

Prejudice and discrimination

Packages

Basic Package

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Assemblies

Anthea leads dynamic and interactive assembly sessions. These can be for a specific agreed theme or more generally, to inspire, challenge and motivate the students.

Standard Package

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Half Day

If there are specific theme that you are interested in focusing on, you can discuss with Anthea beforehand. Workshops can be for whole year groups or focused on smaller groups. Specialising in English and History, Anthea is comfortable doing focused, classroom based activities with agreed outcomes.

Premium Package

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Full Day

One of the the session can be an assembly. In which case, the school can have a maximum of 3 other session during the rest of the day.

Twilight Package

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Staff training

Anthea facilitates an unflinching, dynamic and powerful, poetry/prose infused staff training workshop. The session is focused on staff wellbeing and the unique challenges to teacher mental health in the work environment. The aim is to help staff and the leadership dialogue about the issues and find positive solutions to support mental resilience and staff retention.

“So many people were blown away […]Anthea’s poetry was poignant, clever and relatable. It spoke to current affairs, issues affecting young people today, and life experiences. You could see the students sit up and take notice when they related to a topic.” – Farida Nelson, Maths teacher and Community Liaison and Projects Lead, Bedford Academy

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