--- title: "Year 3- English- Zoom session from Tom Roberts-Author of the The Great Realisation poem and film. ·" url: "https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2024-06-21-year-3-english-zoom-session-from-tom-roberts-author-of-the-the-great-realisation-poem-and" school: "St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy" --- We are holding a number of open days for children due to start primary school in September 2027. Please see our admissions page for further details. Everyone welcome! # Year 3- English- Zoom session from Tom Roberts-Author of the The Great Realisation poem and film. · ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/news/activitymore-26B83437-B75C-4BC6-BBFD-F6AA8C9B3174.png) 21 June 2024 Performance poet Tom Roberts also known as Tom Foolery shared his journey into poetry and explained his creative process during a Zoom session with Year 3 today. He emphasized the importance of focusing on subjects that matter to you at the moment, whether personal or universal, making the work more engaging. He shared valuable advice from a former teacher about structuring a poem. Instead of thinking of a poem as having a beginning, middle, and end, he approaches it as a progression from stability to instability, and finally to resolution. During the session, Tom delighted the children by reading two poems: "The Great Realisation" and "The World Awaits" – the latter from his second book. To make the experience even more special, he included the names of the children while performing. Year 3 loved it! Inspired by this session, the children will now use Tom's approach to structure their poems on the theme of refugees. ![](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/images/news/activitymore-26B83437-B75C-4BC6-BBFD-F6AA8C9B3174.png) [Year 3](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/year-3) [English](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/english) [Enrichment](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/enrichment) [Visits and Visitors](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/visits-and-visitors) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_3260.jpeg)](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2024-06-20-year-5-6-cricket) Previous ### [Year 5&6 Cricket ](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2024-06-20-year-5-6-cricket) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_1252.png)](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2024-06-22-year-2-football-session) Next ### [Year 2 - Football Session](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2024-06-22-year-2-football-session) ### Personal Development - [News](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/events) - [Photo Gallery](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-gallery-category/our-gallery) - [Calendar](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/calendar) - [School Council](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Fundraising](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/fundraising) - [Extra Curricular Clubs](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/clubs) - [Little Leaders](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/little-leaders) - [Visits and Visitors](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/visits-and-visitors) - [British Values](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/british-values) - [Protected Characteristics](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/protected-characteristics) ##### Location Knowlesly Road Darwen Lancashire BB3 2JA ##### Contact Us 01254 702996 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/stbarnabasce/) - [X](https://twitter.com/stbarnabasce) © Copyright 2021–2026 St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)