Young Poets Week: online KS2 masterclass with Laura Mucha and Zohab Zee Khan

Thank you for registering with the Young Poet Laureate programme!

To kickstart Young Poets Week and to provide your students with plenty of poetic inspiration, we are delighted to invite you to an online poetry masterclass with our programme ambassadors: Laura Mucha and Zohab Zee Khan.

What to expect from the masterclass

In this interactive masterclass, Laura and Zohab will share tips and techniques to help students spark ideas, experiment with language and shape their writing into poetic form. Have poetry journals, notebooks or paper at the ready to gather inspiration!

About Laura Mucha

Laura Mucha is an award-winning poet and Author-in-Residence in the Department of Public Health & Primary Care, University of Cambridge. Her books have been described as ‘stunningly original’ by BookTrust, ‘fantastic’ by the Daily Mail, ‘brilliant’ by the Telegraph, ‘a must for every school library and classroom’ by The School Librarian and ‘a marvellous feat’ by Richard Curtis. She recently broke the Guinness World Records title for Largest Poetry Lesson (multi venue) together with 43,516 young people from over 500 schools around the world.

About Zohab Zee Khan

Zohab Zee Khan is a Performance Poet and multidisciplinary artist. His work integrates Urdu & Punjabi and paints pictures of family, heritage, and a better world. He has worked as a performer and facilitator in festivals, schools and refugee camps across the globe. His first poetry collection “I Write” reached best-seller status in Australia within months of its release. In 2014 he became the National Poetry Slam Champion of Australia.

Complete the form to register

Register using the following form to secure your place.