Hendre offers tailor made Artist in Residency programs for primary schools that are structured to develop extra competency in Persuasive/Creative/Narrative focused writing skills. These extended visits have proven to be highly successful and of great benefit to the students involved.
Hendre’s success in these extended school programs is due not only to his eclectic knowledge of writing structure and style but also his creative ability to immediately see the writing potential in the ideas presented to him by the students he works with.
Hendre strongly believes that all students love to write and his enthusiasm for writing is infectious. He shows students how easy it is for them to create and construct writing pieces that are unique, persuasive, personal, gripping and entertaining.
Often Hendre ends the residency by publishing a collaborative book of the students completed stories.
An Artist in Residency program consists of:
- 2 x storytelling performances (100 students per session)
- 5 x writing workshops for 25 students (60-90 mins each)
- 3 x days editing with individual students
- 1 Graduation ceremony
- the production of a published book.
Run down:
Each of the selected 25 students participating in the workshops will take part in five writing workshops and will produce a draft copy piece of writing in each session.
These pieces will be collected by me and taken home, read and individually responded to.
This writing will be handed back to the students at the start of each subsequent workshop.
At each session students will receive positive and constructive feedback on their writing and prizes of books and/or stickers.
In the editing sessions, students will choose one of the five pieces as their favourite or strongest piece. This will then be edited with Hendre’s help to become their finished story for the published book or magazine that will be completed for Graduation Day.
Hendre will publish 3 x complete books for the school and provide the school with a flash drive copy of the material so that the school may publish more books if they wish. NB The school and the individual students retain Copy Right for all the stories published.
The school will not be charged for the additional time required to produce the book.
On Graduation Day all students who complete the course requirements will receive a limited edition Graduation Certificate, a personal letter from Hendre thanking them for their participation and a copy of their story as it appears in the book.
Course requirements:
Each student must:
- Complete 5 draft pieces of writing each of a minimum length
- Edit, format and present one of the pieces for inclusion in the book.
Fees:
The Total cost of this Artist in Residency ( available in 1st & 4th terms) is $7500.00
Referees to contact:
Chris Brown – Literacy Co-ordinator, Mount View Primary School
Hendre spent several weeks at our school as a writer in residence and worked intensively with 25 Year 4 and 5 students. The response from the children was fantastic. They absolutely loved the experience and got so much out of it. To see how a ‘real writer’ thinks and rethinks and goes through the process empowered them to challenge themselves and dig deep into their own thoughts. The results were wonderful and I highly recommend Hendre to other schools who are looking to give their budding writers a very special experience -one that they will talk about and remember for a long time.
Julie Smith- Assistant Principal, Pakenham Consolidated Primary School
John Armstrong – Principal Cardinia Primary School
Jacqueline Cutler – Nar Nar Goon Primary School
For more information contact Hendre on Mobile: 0431 004 106 or Email: hroelink@live.com.au
