Poetry In Science

Yes, poetry expresses feelings, and science states facts!!

We feel they are poles apart. However, they are more similar than we think. Can we deny that wonder and vision are two elements that initiate and sustain both? Both need curiosity, observation, patience, and thoughts.

This workshop will initiate an interaction of different disciplines in the young minds, will learn to connect the two domains, and develop dialogues between arts and science. And maybe get a glimpse of a realm where both meld into each other.

In this 3-day workshop, they will
- Learn 3 writing tools
- Revisit and reflect 3 scientific concepts
- Connect the dots and create their own poetic expressions.
- Learn to review their own work

Objective
The aim is to develop their writing skills through a process of reflection and connection of various dots that lay scattered as they assimilate a new concept.

Take aways:
- 3 self composed poems
- An initiation to interdisciplinary approach to any concept.
- A prompt to explore how lang works

Come and explore a new way of thinking!!!

Details:
Date: 20th, 21st, and 22nd November
Grades: 3rd to 5th, Time: 3:00 to 4:30 PM, Fees: INR 2500
Grades: 6th to 8th, Time: 5:30 to 7 PM, Fees: INR 2500

Feedbacks from the earlier workshops are given below

Feedbacks from Parents of Grades 3 to 5 students

Hi Soumi, the 3-day intensive yet fun workshop was quite enriching, where Maneet and Manyu with their friends raked their brains, explored fossils to dinos to space to seasons and churned out wonderful poetry. Thank you for providing them with this experience!
- Deeksha Kidiyoor, Mother of two grade 4 students.

I completely concur with the thoughts of other parents whose kids were a part of your Poetry in Science session. Not only were the kids super excited to discuss Fossils, Dinosaurs, and Space, the romanticism that came out of their imagination while discussing the stars sun and moon was exemplary! All kids gave amazing personification poetry ideas. Kudos to Soumi to bring this hidden talent.

Pooja Kherapal Mother of grade 4 student.

Thanks, Soumi for an amazing workshop. It was a great idea to create poetry from science topics. This was informative and creative. Raghav had great fun.
Surabhi Iyer, Mother of grade 4 student

Seeing Agnee all I can say is she thoroughly enjoyed. Both poem n science is subjects she loves, I am sure the workshop elevated it even further.
Srikavya , Mother of grade 3 student

Thanks for the wonderful session, Soumi. Myra learned some new formats of poetry in these classes which they haven’t learned in school and exploring science concepts through these formats is a very innovative idea.
Nitika kapur, Mother of grade 3 student

Thanks for the wonderful session Soumi. Apoorv enjoyed it and got to learn new things along with him I had learned the different terminologies involved in poetry writing.
Krithiga Ramaswamy, Mother of grade 4 student

Feedbacks from parents and students: Grades 6 to 8 workshop

Some people have the knack for bringing out the best from children by letting them enjoy the journey. Soumi Duttagupta of WORDPLAY does just that! My son, Arpan looks forward to more of her workshops. She brought together Science and poetry for these boys and girls and tied creativity with an awareness about one's environment. The result was 3 amazing science poems written by each of the participants. Hats off Soumi Duttagupta!.
Nabanita Sengupta, Mother grade 7

Thank you Soumi for coming up with such unique ideas to educate our children and initiate them to think and express their thoughts.
Rachna Gupta, Mother of grade 7 student

Thank you for hosting this interesting workshop, it was a great experience for Aariv, glad we could make it work!
Shaifali Gupta, Mother grade of 7 student

Hi Soumi, my son Nivaan loves Science and poetry and this session was a lovely amalgamation of both!!! He really enjoyed the session and the creative process .
Seema Sarkar, mother of grade 7 student

Ma’am the workshop was wonderful, exciting, amazing, super!!! I enjoyed it a lot. I thought it would be difficult to bring science and poetry together but you made it super easy and fun for us. I thank you for your immense patience and loved the way you clarified our doubts. You are an amazing teacher!!!
Risha Agarwal, student of grade 7

I loved the sessions and learned how to collaborate poetry and science. It made us think a lot. It was fun creating science poems. Looking forward to your next workshop.
Azarya Chopra, student of grade 6.

Facilitator Profile

Soumi Duttagupta is the founder of WORDPLAY, a collective of writing programs that mentors writers across age groups to effectively express their thoughts in words. She also works as a Consulting Editor for a digital marketing agency, writes for a children’s newspaper. Before conceiving WORDPLAY, she has been writing and mentoring writers in Health Sciences companies for 17 years. She has also co-authored a book on Clinical Research. Couple of her poetry have been published in international poetry journals.
An Odissi dancer by passion, she practices and performs with the intent of bringing dance into a more inclusive space.