Changing timetable to suit children's needs

For Term 1 and 2 2017 I ran my Friday program with a craft in the morning and then after morning tea a poem.

I found it a bit disconnected and taking up more of my teaching time than i wished.

My release teacher suggested that I combined my craft with my poem.

Ie: From 9:30am until 10:25 the children would make a craft relating to that poem.

Ie:
Shape monsters for a monster poem.
Spiders for incy wincy spider poem.
Snowmen for a winter poem.

This then allowed me to fit in more handwriting (a need) after morning tea.