Windrush child . First Caviardage.

  • Caviardage from Cead

    WINDRUSH CHILD.

    Students have started to send their Caviardage. Even if they have been taught the technique of Caviardage, they have been allowed  to express the poem in different ways. We are going to create a different document for each poem.

    Listen to the poet: https://vimeo.com/34658318

     

    Windrush child, by John Agard.

    Story behind the poem.-

    In 1948 the ship "Empire Windrush" left Jamaica with Jamaica army servicemen who were on leave and many young male civilians who wanted to work in England, "the mother country". 22 June 1948, the day the Jamaicans arrived in England, has become an important landmark in the history of modern Britain. This poem commemorates the voyage. It talks about hope but also of longing for all the things you leave behind. Have you ever thought how would you feel if you had to learn "how to fly the kite of your dreams " in a sky which is not yours?

    The poem in class.-

    This is the poem we have given the most importance in class since it is a nice way to introduce immigration and refugees. You can find files we have used in class here: https://twinspace.etwinning.net/19569/pages/page/112933

    Caviardage by students.-

    So far three works have been presented:

     

    a)      A real Caviardage .Our student, Lucía Sánchez Ramírez, who is between 18 and 20 years old ,chose the poem Windrush Child because she loved some of the verses.

     

    b) A photo Caviardage. Student Naiara de Brio, who is between 20 and 25 years old, chose for her Caviardage a photograph taken by her and she included some of the phrases she was fascinated by. Let’s read what she wants to tell us.

    ‘ I chose this picture taken by me a few years ago in the island of La Gomera because the poem speaks of immigration. The photograph seemed appropriate since it is a port where there are many boats. Besides the poem alludes to the boat trips and the sea. I travel a lot since I am from Mainland Spain. Also both the photography and the poem makes me feel a little identified, I came to Tenerife 4 years ago with my partner because I wanted to study something that it isn’t offered in my town and so I had to leave. I also feel indentify with the idea of leaving to find a job because since there are few opportunities to work today, I have decided to finish my baccalaureate studies, attend English courses and try to move to work abroad. The picture I chose reminds me of the poem and both the poem and the photo, in a way, have made me a bit sad’.

    c) Recording the poem. Student Szatkowski Maksymilian, a Polish student living now in Tenerife, and who is between 18 and 20 years old, chose this poem too it reminds him

     of a situation he has lived. Read and listen to him:

    I became a foreigner even since I was a child when I travelled around Europe being an immigrant. First I stopped in Oslo, Norway. Years later I moved to Germany, more precisely to Munich and the last place I have been moved to has been here, Tenerife. Now I am preparing my trip to England because I would like to go to University there. I have read this poem a lot of times, and I felt the need to record it with my own words

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5dXI69c2JUYdzZKem0tbjVQMFU/view?usp=sharing

     

    More Caviardage on Windrush Child.

    And some more.