Haikus written by seven-year-olds go on show at Bentalls

Surbiton.com: May 23, 2013 - 5:00am

Haiku poems written by children went on display at Bentalls this week

Children between the ages of 7 and 10 have been exploring Japanese short poems over the last few months as part of ‘Haiku Hopes’. The project is part of Kingston Connections, a story-telling festival . The poems of Nancy Bucke, 9, Sam Wakefield, 8, and Erin Crombie, 7, were three of the first twenty put on display. The trio went to see their work at the department store. The Kingston Connections team have been delivering workshops at primary schools across the borough, to encourage pupils to get creative.

The Bentalls Store will soon be host to fifty of the best haikus from the project. Kingston Connections takes place between June 24 and June 30 and includes former justice minister Jack Straw, a children’s TV star and the tale of Kingston’s 18th century ‘pornographer’, as well as puppets, folk singers and a community choir. To find out more, visit http://kingstonconnections.co.uk. Tweet your own haiku to #haikuhopes

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