Academy Youngsters Write & Read Remembrance Poetry In Seagrave

Some of the younger members of Leicester City's Academy have participated in a special remembrance activity in Seagrave, broadening their knowledge of football history, with a particular focus on former footballer Walter Tull and the Windrush War effort.

2023-11-09T11:03:00.000Z

by Matthew Temple

Published

09 Nov, 2023

Academy Youngsters Write & Read Remembrance Poetry In Seagrave

Some of the younger members of Leicester City's Academy have participated in a special remembrance activity in Seagrave, broadening their knowledge of football history, with a particular focus on former footballer Walter Tull and the Windrush War effort.

Matthew Temple

2023-11-09T11:03:00.000Z

Academy Youngsters Write & Read Remembrance Poetry In Seagrave

Some of the younger members of Leicester City's Academy have participated in a special remembrance activity in Seagrave, broadening their knowledge of football history, with a particular focus on former footballer Walter Tull and the Windrush War effort.

Matthew Temple

2023-11-09T11:03:00.000Z

Academy Youngsters Write & Read Remembrance Poetry In Seagrave

Some of the younger members of Leicester City's Academy have participated in a special remembrance activity in Seagrave, broadening their knowledge of football history, with a particular focus on former footballer Walter Tull and the Windrush War effort.

Matthew Temple

2023-11-09T11:03:00.000Z

Academy Youngsters Write & Read Remembrance Poetry In Seagrave

Some of the younger members of Leicester City's Academy have participated in a special remembrance activity in Seagrave, broadening their knowledge of football history, with a particular focus on former footballer Walter Tull and the Windrush War effort.

Matthew Temple

2023-11-09T11:03:00.000Z

With the nation set to fall silent this weekend to remember and honour service men and women past and present - supporting the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal - the Club's Academy have sought to educate and inform children in the Academy.

As part of the Truce Project, in cooperation with the Premier League, this year's project was themed around Walter Tull - a legendary figure in British black history for his achievements as a footballer and an army officer - and the Windrush War effort.

With education at the heart of the project, Leicester City incorporated those two subjects with a creative writing exercise, inviting young members of the Academy to write poems - a skill often used by participants during both World Wars. Musician, Courtney Burke, was also invited to LCFC Training Ground to pass on some writing tips.

Proactively staining their poems with tea to make them more authentic, the Under-12s group created three poems, which were read aloud in front of staff and older players within the Academy set-up earlier this week.

The project itself asks that clubs consider their community and embed this ethos into the participants' education. Leicester City utilised the opportunity and local contacts to help broaden the young boys’ horizons. One organisation linked to the event is Caribbean Court in Leicester, looking to support the Caribbean community within the city.

Currently trying to raise money for a new minibus, the organisation sent representatives along to hear the poem readings in person and the Academy’s efforts to help them.

Jay Groocock, Head of Education at Leicester City's Academy, shared his thoughts on the players’ efforts: “There are so many different communities in Leicester and that element creates great learning opportunities. We didn’t want it to be where we just did the necessary requirements, we wanted to turn it into an immersive learning experience.

“People sometimes may think that education is just about academia, but that’s just one element. Education surrounding other aspects of life is integral to their development as people. Too many times, we think of them as footballers and this project adds to them as individuals.

“Dale Bradshaw, Cleveland Taylor and Claire Plimmer have been excellent with their work towards this and I want to highlight their efforts to get these workshops done to such a high level, and the kids involved, it’s really been such a great effort from everyone at the Club.”

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