Co-creatED POEMS

Novum Festival is about community, co-creation and creativity and in the lead up to the festival in August we will be co-creating with communities in Newcastle City.

As part of a two-day session with SEND Families at The Treehouse Early Years Centre over the Easter holidays, we had the honour of welcoming Lizzie Lovejoy as our Poet in partnership with Novum.

The energy, creativity, and joy shared by all the children, parents, and carers during the session were truly inspiring. Together with Lizzie, everyone collaborated to create a beautiful poem titled 'I am a Child'.

Listen here!

I m Child

I am a Dinosaur!

Listen to my roar

As I look for

Prehistoric Pizza

With a piece-a

Mushroom!

I don’t have much room

For more because

I am FULL!

Full of colours, every kind

I look for a rainbow outside and find

Hello Yellow and Green Grass

And Blue-ish clouds floating past!

I am Wednesday. And Garfield. And Puss-In-Boots.

I am a train driver, listen to the toot.

I am a small monkey-gorilla and a gang of peacocks fanning our feathers

And running through the world together.

I am Strong. Amazing. Powerful. Noisy!

Sometimes, I am angry when my brother annoys me,

But I can jump and dance and linger in doorways.

I can walk sideways

Like a crab!

Now I will grab

Another pizza slice

Because it tastes so nice.

I will trace the lyrics and sing them too.

I am a child, and so are you.