The children from P4 had a wonderful opportunity to join Mrs McCann’s class on a visit to the Seamus Heaney HomePlace in Bellaghy today.
During our visit, we explored the Exhibition Centre and heard so much about the life of this award winning local poet. We were able to listen to the voice of Seamus recite many of his well known poems which was amazing and we also saw pictures and artefacts from his life.
After break we enjoyed the ‘Blackberry Picking’ workshop with Brid where we read and explored this wonderful poem.
During the workshop, we also had the opportunity to gather some remaining blackberries, learn about the life cycle of the berry and also try our hand at some blackberry ink writing using a quill. We finished the workshop with a yummy teddy bears picnic of scones and blackberry jam!! 😋
The children really had an enjoyable and memorable day and we were delighted to receive an email this afternoon from the Heaney Centre praising the children on their knowledge of the poet as well as their behaviour and manners throughout the visit.
Well done girls and boys - we are very proud of you all! 👏
We all had a fabulous day! Thank you to Mrs McCann for organising the trip and to Mrs Corr and Shannon for joining us today. 😀
