Dr Mike Johnson
Type of Artist:
Poetry performance, ‘How to write a poem’, discussion/QandA.
‘How to teach poetry’ (for teachers).
Details
Preferred age range:8 - 11 year olds
Maximum number in any one session:
Performance: 100 (but I have done 450) Workshop: 8-10 (but can do more) (I am very flexible.)
No of sessions per day:
Maximum 2, One in morning, one in afternoon.
Session Length:
About one and a half hours maximum (I am very concentrated!).
Areas prepared to travel to:
30-35 miles around Trowbridge, Wiltshire
Transport:
Car. Included in fee.
Fees:
Hold PLI (public liability insurance):
PLI & DBS
Titles include:
See What I Mean? (Thynks, 2015)
School Poems, Pet Poems, Animal Poems, Dinosaur Poems, Silly Poems etc (all Scholastic, 2015),
Plus about 200 other anthologies, since 1989
Testimonials:
‘We loved him… super poems from a lovely presence’
Jane Lewis, Churchill Primary School, Somerset.
‘Mike was brilliant with our Y5 children, who loved the humour and action/participation in his poems and performance’
Jan Newton, Hugh Sexey Middle School, Wedmore.
‘I really love these poems – they are so full of ideas’
Jackie King, Charlton Mackrell Primary School.
Published work:
See under 'Titles'