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Credentials - Available for a half day visit to your school, in your town. Offering school and group poetry workshops, I am an experienced primary teacher with BA English (hons) degree from the  University of London and  PGCE from Brunel University. I  worked  for 18 years in the Slough and Windsor Maidenhead schools from Foundation through to KS3. Whilst teaching, I wrote my poetry, started a writing project and  have run  'New Beginnings' poetry workshops in a  secondary school and  KS1 and KS2 poetry workshop classes in primary schools.  I have also delivered  empowering poetry workshops, working with children in Cape Town  South  Africa,  for the Amy Biehl  Foundation www.amybiehl.co.za  through the charity  www.uthandosa.org. At the opening of the Isiseko Educare Centre in Mfuleni Cape Town, I had the privilege of  reading  one of my poems.

 I have worked  and completed poetry workshops with schools  in Slough Libraries. There have also been some really fun drama, art filled  poetry workshops at Slough and Cippenham Library too. A while back I delivered a complimentary poetry workshop on empowerment for women from the charity www.meet&mingle.co.uk.   KS3 'Transition Moving On' poetry  workshops was facillitated in Parmiters School, Nr Watford and  a KS3 Identity workshop at  Forest Gate Community School, London E7. 

In and around London  I completed a number of workshops  including  a brillliant one in Hemel Hempstead.  A number of returns to South Africa and Hout Bay, saw me working and volunteering poetry workshops with Ikhaya Le Themba ' Home Of Hope' a non profit charity organisation www.ikhayalethemba.org.za/volunteers.

I have also I facilitated a wonderful session of workshops at Woodhill Primary School, Woodhill, Greenwich, London. A lovely primary school, in Anguilla BWI, permitted me to share and discuss my poetry in an impromtu read aloud session.

Anguilla, British West Indies 

Poetry reading and a short discussion based around the poem 'The Remnant Of The Midle Passage

Leeds to Cockburn John Charles Academy  

Here the Y9s and Y10s participated in inspiring creative writing poetry workshops covering Identity, Heritage and Self Worth. 

London  

Workshops across the school on  identity, rights and acheivement.

*Discuss, brainstorm, note down, discuss, imagine and  then write!*

'A fun workshop - all children involved and excited. All  pupils able to achieve at different levels.  Year 2 Teacher

'The Transition Moving on pupils really engaged  with the way Miss Lake used poetry. This helped them gain self confidence in order for them to perform for parents at the end of the week.' Transition Moving On Lead Organiser -Secondary School.

It was amazing! I loved the dragon stuff and I loved writing the poem. I want to be an author. Girl  Year 2 

l  feel  awesome because the sessions have been amazing. I learnt a lot exploring new things. 

Shekina   11 yr old girl Capetown S. Africa  

I believe that this has expanded my passion, love and knowledge of writing.   Aphiwe  12 yr old  boy Capetown  S. Africa 

I felt free ....10 yr old girl, Slough Central Library 

I really enjoyed this even though I didn't think I would,  9 yr old boy,Cippenham Library 

This transition moving on workshop has really built up the confidence of the pupils in this group .Some of them have really shone here  - Teacher in charge, Parmiter's Comprehensive School Watford   

Thank you so much Miss Lake - Black History Poetry Workshop. Two 11 yr olds from Holtsmere End Junior School 

Miss Lake I really liked how you got us to write our poems. 

Santiago Y10 student Leeds 

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