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Jawdat Haydar’s Poetry Competition in UK Schools

Samya Abu Hamad Chahine Head of English Department-CERD                      Jawdat Haydar’s

                                         Poetry Competition

                                                             in UK Schools

 

A poetry competition on Jawdat Haydar's poems was held in the academic year 2011 in five schools in Orpington, Bromley. The participating schools were St. Peter and St. Paul's Catholic Primary School, Darrick Wood Junior School, Newstead Wood  School for Girls, St. James Catholic Primary School, and St. Paul's Cray Church of England School. The poetry competition was under the theme of identity and was one of the Connecting Classrooms Project activities between UK and Lebanon. Connecting Classrooms is a worldwide project that establishes links that target intercultural exchange between schools in the UK and others in 70 countries around the world. In Lebanon 170 schools are still working on activities with schools in Nottingham, Bromley, Windsor and Maidenhead.

The aim of the Jawdat Haydar competition in Bromley was to have a better understanding of Lebanon's rich literary culture and to
introduce a famous Lebanese poet who wrote in English and lived in the East and West. The coordinators of the event were Mr.  Peter Moren, Mrs. Haleh Ryall, Mrs. Samya Abu Hamad Chahine and Mrs. Mayssa Dawi. The Head Teachers in Bromley agreed to enter as a whole school competition.
On 21st March 2011, ten participating schools in Lebanon and the five UK schools, agreed to celebrate simultaneously the international day for eliminating racial discrimination, the first working day of Spring Equinox, Mother's Day in Lebanon, New Year's Day in Central Asia countries, as well as the launching of the Jawdat Haydar competition in the UK.

Mr. Peter Moren, the  project coordinator and Mrs. Haleh Ryall ,the language outreach teacher at Bromley schools, visited the five participating schools and, in open air gatherings, Haydar's poem, "The Cedars of Lebanon" was read to the students. The celebration ended when trees were planted in the school courtyards to celebrate a global link with the world. At Newstead Wood School for Girls in particular, "The Cedars of Lebanon" was laminated and a picture of Jawdat Haydar was placed at the tree that was planted on that day.

                

 

A variety of poems were chosen to be taught at schools, among them were: "The Willow", "Come Brothers and Let Us Read
The Chart", "The Nightingales", "To Be Yourself" and "A Stone Awaiting Change of Identity". The teachers first read and explained the poem; the students repeated the stanzas by modeling. Then the students described their feelings. The children  enjoyed the poems and were enthused to write their own. Students from KG till Grade 6 wrote "Who am I?", "I am" as well as "Friendship" poems. There were 200 entries. A file was compiled and sent to Lebanon and a film demonstrating recitation of  Jawdat Haydar's poetry as well as the children reading their own, was sent to Lebanon. As evident from the pack, St. Paul's Cray Church of England School had the largest number of entries. All children from KG till Grade 6 wrote their own poems. The  second largest number of entries came from St. Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School where all students in Grades 3 to 6 entered the competition. The third was from St. James Catholic Primary School where all students in Grades 2 to 5 wrote poetry. The fourth was Darrick Wood Junior School where all children in Grade 3 participated. At Newstead Wood School for Girls, Mrs. Sezzin Kemal, Head of the English Unit will work on Jawdat Haydar's poems with her students next academic year 2011-2012.

The Connecting Classrooms activity ended on July 7th with a visit to the Lebanese Embassy in London, where a group of  headteachers, teachers and students from the cluster schools met the deputy Ambassador Mr. H. Abbas. The purpose was to  share with him their exciting discovery that despite the many differences in history and background, the students in both  countries share many more similarities, especially a sense of struggling to find their own identities as individuals. The group then described how the program would develop over its remaining two years. The deputy Ambassador expressed his unqualified  support. The meeting finished with Mr. Peter Moren, the coordinator of the Bromley cluster, expressing his appreciation for the  impressive work of the Lebanese students and emphasizing the continuing determination to strengthen links with Lebanese  students as "global citizens".

Jawdat Haydar’s Poetry Competition in UK Schools

Samya Abu Hamad Chahine Head of English Department-CERD                      Jawdat Haydar’s

                                         Poetry Competition

                                                             in UK Schools

 

A poetry competition on Jawdat Haydar's poems was held in the academic year 2011 in five schools in Orpington, Bromley. The participating schools were St. Peter and St. Paul's Catholic Primary School, Darrick Wood Junior School, Newstead Wood  School for Girls, St. James Catholic Primary School, and St. Paul's Cray Church of England School. The poetry competition was under the theme of identity and was one of the Connecting Classrooms Project activities between UK and Lebanon. Connecting Classrooms is a worldwide project that establishes links that target intercultural exchange between schools in the UK and others in 70 countries around the world. In Lebanon 170 schools are still working on activities with schools in Nottingham, Bromley, Windsor and Maidenhead.

The aim of the Jawdat Haydar competition in Bromley was to have a better understanding of Lebanon's rich literary culture and to
introduce a famous Lebanese poet who wrote in English and lived in the East and West. The coordinators of the event were Mr.  Peter Moren, Mrs. Haleh Ryall, Mrs. Samya Abu Hamad Chahine and Mrs. Mayssa Dawi. The Head Teachers in Bromley agreed to enter as a whole school competition.
On 21st March 2011, ten participating schools in Lebanon and the five UK schools, agreed to celebrate simultaneously the international day for eliminating racial discrimination, the first working day of Spring Equinox, Mother's Day in Lebanon, New Year's Day in Central Asia countries, as well as the launching of the Jawdat Haydar competition in the UK.

Mr. Peter Moren, the  project coordinator and Mrs. Haleh Ryall ,the language outreach teacher at Bromley schools, visited the five participating schools and, in open air gatherings, Haydar's poem, "The Cedars of Lebanon" was read to the students. The celebration ended when trees were planted in the school courtyards to celebrate a global link with the world. At Newstead Wood School for Girls in particular, "The Cedars of Lebanon" was laminated and a picture of Jawdat Haydar was placed at the tree that was planted on that day.

                

 

A variety of poems were chosen to be taught at schools, among them were: "The Willow", "Come Brothers and Let Us Read
The Chart", "The Nightingales", "To Be Yourself" and "A Stone Awaiting Change of Identity". The teachers first read and explained the poem; the students repeated the stanzas by modeling. Then the students described their feelings. The children  enjoyed the poems and were enthused to write their own. Students from KG till Grade 6 wrote "Who am I?", "I am" as well as "Friendship" poems. There were 200 entries. A file was compiled and sent to Lebanon and a film demonstrating recitation of  Jawdat Haydar's poetry as well as the children reading their own, was sent to Lebanon. As evident from the pack, St. Paul's Cray Church of England School had the largest number of entries. All children from KG till Grade 6 wrote their own poems. The  second largest number of entries came from St. Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School where all students in Grades 3 to 6 entered the competition. The third was from St. James Catholic Primary School where all students in Grades 2 to 5 wrote poetry. The fourth was Darrick Wood Junior School where all children in Grade 3 participated. At Newstead Wood School for Girls, Mrs. Sezzin Kemal, Head of the English Unit will work on Jawdat Haydar's poems with her students next academic year 2011-2012.

The Connecting Classrooms activity ended on July 7th with a visit to the Lebanese Embassy in London, where a group of  headteachers, teachers and students from the cluster schools met the deputy Ambassador Mr. H. Abbas. The purpose was to  share with him their exciting discovery that despite the many differences in history and background, the students in both  countries share many more similarities, especially a sense of struggling to find their own identities as individuals. The group then described how the program would develop over its remaining two years. The deputy Ambassador expressed his unqualified  support. The meeting finished with Mr. Peter Moren, the coordinator of the Bromley cluster, expressing his appreciation for the  impressive work of the Lebanese students and emphasizing the continuing determination to strengthen links with Lebanese  students as "global citizens".

Jawdat Haydar’s Poetry Competition in UK Schools

Samya Abu Hamad Chahine Head of English Department-CERD                      Jawdat Haydar’s

                                         Poetry Competition

                                                             in UK Schools

 

A poetry competition on Jawdat Haydar's poems was held in the academic year 2011 in five schools in Orpington, Bromley. The participating schools were St. Peter and St. Paul's Catholic Primary School, Darrick Wood Junior School, Newstead Wood  School for Girls, St. James Catholic Primary School, and St. Paul's Cray Church of England School. The poetry competition was under the theme of identity and was one of the Connecting Classrooms Project activities between UK and Lebanon. Connecting Classrooms is a worldwide project that establishes links that target intercultural exchange between schools in the UK and others in 70 countries around the world. In Lebanon 170 schools are still working on activities with schools in Nottingham, Bromley, Windsor and Maidenhead.

The aim of the Jawdat Haydar competition in Bromley was to have a better understanding of Lebanon's rich literary culture and to
introduce a famous Lebanese poet who wrote in English and lived in the East and West. The coordinators of the event were Mr.  Peter Moren, Mrs. Haleh Ryall, Mrs. Samya Abu Hamad Chahine and Mrs. Mayssa Dawi. The Head Teachers in Bromley agreed to enter as a whole school competition.
On 21st March 2011, ten participating schools in Lebanon and the five UK schools, agreed to celebrate simultaneously the international day for eliminating racial discrimination, the first working day of Spring Equinox, Mother's Day in Lebanon, New Year's Day in Central Asia countries, as well as the launching of the Jawdat Haydar competition in the UK.

Mr. Peter Moren, the  project coordinator and Mrs. Haleh Ryall ,the language outreach teacher at Bromley schools, visited the five participating schools and, in open air gatherings, Haydar's poem, "The Cedars of Lebanon" was read to the students. The celebration ended when trees were planted in the school courtyards to celebrate a global link with the world. At Newstead Wood School for Girls in particular, "The Cedars of Lebanon" was laminated and a picture of Jawdat Haydar was placed at the tree that was planted on that day.

                

 

A variety of poems were chosen to be taught at schools, among them were: "The Willow", "Come Brothers and Let Us Read
The Chart", "The Nightingales", "To Be Yourself" and "A Stone Awaiting Change of Identity". The teachers first read and explained the poem; the students repeated the stanzas by modeling. Then the students described their feelings. The children  enjoyed the poems and were enthused to write their own. Students from KG till Grade 6 wrote "Who am I?", "I am" as well as "Friendship" poems. There were 200 entries. A file was compiled and sent to Lebanon and a film demonstrating recitation of  Jawdat Haydar's poetry as well as the children reading their own, was sent to Lebanon. As evident from the pack, St. Paul's Cray Church of England School had the largest number of entries. All children from KG till Grade 6 wrote their own poems. The  second largest number of entries came from St. Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School where all students in Grades 3 to 6 entered the competition. The third was from St. James Catholic Primary School where all students in Grades 2 to 5 wrote poetry. The fourth was Darrick Wood Junior School where all children in Grade 3 participated. At Newstead Wood School for Girls, Mrs. Sezzin Kemal, Head of the English Unit will work on Jawdat Haydar's poems with her students next academic year 2011-2012.

The Connecting Classrooms activity ended on July 7th with a visit to the Lebanese Embassy in London, where a group of  headteachers, teachers and students from the cluster schools met the deputy Ambassador Mr. H. Abbas. The purpose was to  share with him their exciting discovery that despite the many differences in history and background, the students in both  countries share many more similarities, especially a sense of struggling to find their own identities as individuals. The group then described how the program would develop over its remaining two years. The deputy Ambassador expressed his unqualified  support. The meeting finished with Mr. Peter Moren, the coordinator of the Bromley cluster, expressing his appreciation for the  impressive work of the Lebanese students and emphasizing the continuing determination to strengthen links with Lebanese  students as "global citizens".