YWL is delighted to welcome a new group of writers to the project. Featuring two young people from Sweden and two from Wales, "Words over Water" has recently formed. They have already produced some individual writings and will meet through skype at the end of May.
Since February Young Writers from 10th Circle and TWICT groups haven been spreading labels with their messages.
This is the result of some of the workshops and meetings the groups made with Inês Lampreia during her visit in February. One of the workshops of TWICT group developed with Inês was developed with the support of the Label-lit project, by Maria McManus fro north Ireland. They made a skipe meeting with the poet from the North Ireland and all together worked on labels to spread in Sweden.
With the 10th Circle group, Inês Lampreia left labels with her own words. The group add their own words too in those labels and spread them around.
Have a look into the gallery!!
Young Writers Lab group The Unknown went out on tour this week in the Jonköping region and beyond lead by their teacher Anna Larsson and accompanied by the international writer, Mel Perry. The group performed their Third Grade production of Dario Fo’s play The Virtuous Burglar or “Bättre en tjuv i huset, än en fnurra på tråden” to school audiences in Skänninge and Ödeshög. Fo’s satirical farce explores the double standards of the wealthy and politicians compared to the simpler but frowned upon life of the burglar.
Mel used her time on the tour to explore the play’s characters with the actors. This will be followed by creative writing activities that use autobiographical techniques to help the students further understand the background and motivation of the characters they play. This approach will be a valuable tool to help the students explore characters they play in future productions, in addition to any self-exploration they may engage in.
