Singin' In The Rain

by Alister MacInnes, 18 Aug 2008

So, a bit of background on how the BTS project is developing… As you are probably aware – DUFI have been working with Cauldeen Primary School to develop the street texts for BTS.

DUFI started the Old Town street project early 2007, and over the following months the first few street text started to appear – all based on the central concept of water.

Around the same time, totally separately – but by incredible coincidence (or, for those of us from a more Highland tradition, providence!) – Cauldeen Primary School started working on a larger international project on the subject of water, with an exchange of information between themselves and schools in Iceland and Lebanon. Unbeknown to DUFI, the school had already been using some of the first few street texts as part of their studies!

When the connection was finally made, DUFI contacted the school to find out more. It turns out that the P5/6 class of Cauldeen Primary are budding poets, writing beautiful pieces around the theme of water. What’s more, many of these poems touched on aspects of the weather (ice, snow, rain, etc) – themes of water that were missed by the poetry submissions from ‘grown up’ poets already received by DUFI.

It was therefore then agreed that DUFI would do a series of workshops with the class to develop these themes further in order to use some of their work as the street texts for BTS.

this is still a work in progress, but just to give you a little taste of their poetry here are a couple samples of the poems that got us intrested…

SNOW
Soft white blanket
Reflecting the sun’s golden glare
melts in a warm touch
Connor P5/6

TEARS
Clear glistening tears
filling up sad blue eyes
full of unhappiness
Courtney P5/6

OCEAN
The ebb and flow of the ocean
waves smooth and cold
boat bobbing silently
Declan P5/6