7 things from this week: Hosting ACE CPP Gathering; Painting giant poetry Barrow AFC; hearing stories from older Barrovians; Celebrating Dave Myers & Peggy Braithwaite in phone boxes; Make/Do/Mend workshop; artists Milly, Rich & Sarah working with local people on Barrow Dreams

Brill to get BBC North West coverage thanks to everyone Barrow AFC Matt 'man' Windle Arts Council England, North and everyone who made the Barrow Dream Project happen (and continue to thrive here in Barrow)

(1/2) Feedback from a Yr 12 student who was part of my enrichment assembly last week: "𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯. 𝘕𝘰 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘯𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘯𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦... #PoetWithPunch #teacherwishlist #schools

(2/2) ...𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴. 𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯." #PoetWithPunch #teachers #edutwitter

You can listen to my latest interview with the BBC at about 2210 tonight (17.06.24) by clicking the link ⤵️ bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0h… #PoetWithPunch #bbc #poetry #poetrylovers #radio #poet #poemsociety

#NationalPoetryDay 🎉 Year 7 absolutely LOVED their #poetry day assembly. Five LADS went home with a special book as prizes 📚 🙋🏾‍♂️ Sir, you're like #Eminem 🙋🏿‍♂️ You're just built different 🙋🏼‍♂️ Erm, I just wanted to talk to you 🙋🏿‍♂️ That was fire 🔥 #teachertwitter #edutwitter #art

As a nipper, I used to listen to Tom Ross on the radio with my dad way back in the BRMB days, as well as watching Robin Reid fight on the TV 📺 Fast forward and I'm sat commentating with them 🤯 Matman & Robin, so I guess that makes #TomRoss Alfred 😅 #PoetWithPunch

First meeting of a 2 year 'Sing, Speak, Shine' oracy project with @SevernArts Paul Hamlyn Foundation Rivers CofE Academy Summerhill Primary Academy Matt 'man' Windle Dannie Sanderson - exciting times ahead! 👍🎶

Can't believe that my Centenary commission by Royal Mail for Queen Elizabeth II is 10 years old 🌺 #LestWeForget 🙏🏻 #RemembranceDay2024 #Remembrance #RemembranceDay #RemembranceSunday2024 #sunday #PoppyAppeal #poetry #PoetWithPunch #thankyou Royal British Legion youtu.be/3x9XQnI6Or4?si…

Year 8 walking out of their #Poetry with Punch enrichment #podcast saying "arh, is it back to normal lessons now? 😖" That's a win! #PoetWithPunch #school #podcasting #edutwitter #creatives #art #artist #ArtistOnTwitter #teacher5oclockclub #teaching #enrichment #education

I've worked with 300 Year 11s over the last two days, focusing on the AQA Poetry Anthology in preparation for their GCSE's. Helping to bring the anthology to life and make it memorable! #PoetWithPunch #aqa #poetry #anthology #edutwitter #English #teachers #education #art

(1) Some comments from Y11 pupils during the AQA Power & Conflict sessions... 🧒🏻💬 "Tissue makes so much more sense to me now. It's really helped me to understand the poem." #PoetWithPunch #aqa #powerandconflict #edutwitter #English #TEACHers #teachertwitter #poetry #schools

(2) 🧒🏼💬 "The activity for London helped me connect to the poem on an emotional level and I'd never thought about it like this before." 🧒🏾💬 "The word association activities made it so much easier to remember." #PoetWithPunch #edutwitter #English #TEACHers #teachertwitter

When you get an email from a #teacher in #France explaining that one of their teenage students who boxes is going to do a presentation about me to his class 😲 #PoèteAvecPunch #edutwitter #teachers #school #poet #poetry #poetrycommunity #english #Educación #french #Inspire #art

q3langley.org.uk/News/Newslette… The latest Weekly Newsletter featuring FFT Education Blind Dave Heeley OBE Matt 'man' Windle

My new Oracy workshops going down a storm in Norfolk.