Post-Primary Education ProgrammeKey Stage 3: Alphabets Creative Writing Programme Of new calligraphy that felt like home. The letters of this alphabet were trees. The capitals were orchards in full bloom, The lines of script like briars coiled in ditches.’ Alphabets by Seamus Heaney The Key Stage 3 Alphabets Education Programme at HomePlace has been devised to enable students to explore the world of language, letters and creativity through an interactive creative writing workshop. Pupils will also undertake a typography challenge as they go through our exhibition space. Please note that participants should attend the workshop with their own iPad or tablet. Click here for more information: KS3 Alphabets For further information and to book, contact Seamus Heaney HomePlace Tel: 028 7938 7444 E: seamusheaneyhome@midulstercouncil.org Key Stage 4: GCSE Lecture Series In the last minutes he said more to her Almost than in all their life together. 'You'll be in New Row on Monday night And i'll come up for you and you'll be glad When i walk in the door ... isn't that right?’ Clearances by Seamus Heaney The GCSE lectures will focus on the work by Seamus Heaney included in the GCSE curriculum under the headings ‘Identity’, ‘Relationships’ and ‘Conflict’. These themes will be drawn out in the lectures alongside a focus on literary devices used in the poems. Lectures will be delivered by a visiting academic. 2021 dates to be announced. For further information and to book, contact Seamus Heaney HomePlace Tel: 028 7938 7444 E: seamusheaneyhome@midulstercouncil.org Key Stage 5: Heaney & Frost Lecture Series ‘The seminar provided me with an alternative perspective to the poems and greatly helped me with my approach to the comparison and contrast element of the exam'. A Level student on the Heaney Frost KS5 programme. The Heaney & Frost Lecture Series includes an exhibition tour, a lecture by a visiting academic from either Queen’s University Belfast or the University of Ulster and a seminar lead by PhD students exploring key themes through comparative readings of poems from the syllabus. A light lunch is provided. 2020 Lecture Dates: Tuesday 4th February Wednesday 12th February Tuesday 3rd March Thursday 5th March Friday 13th March Thursday 19th March For further information and to book, contact Seamus Heaney HomePlace Tel: 028 7938 7444 E: seamusheaneyhome@midulstercouncil.org World Book Day 12th March 2020, 10.30am-11.30am Join us at Seamus Heaney HomePlace on World Book Day as author Sheena Wilkinson will be hosting a talk based on her new book Hope Against Hope which focuses on the themes of inclusivity and respecting each other's cultures. Suitable for Key Stage 3. £2 per pupil. For further information and to book, contact Seamus Heaney HomePlace Tel: 028 7938 7444 E: seamusheaneyhome@midulstercouncil.org