A resource exploring how we can find refuge in the things we collect.

Use this magnificent new lesson plan to spark off classroom discussion and inspire students to write their own poetry. It is written by poet Cheryl Moskowitz and features a huge variety of poems, all loosely related to the theme of stars. This lesson plan features a poem by Christina Rossetti.

A guide to identifying key or ‘clue’ words within poems that students are reading, providing a framework to reflect on word choice in their own writing. Students will complete a reflection task at the beginning and end of the session. For Key Stage 2 and featuring ‘Sonnet with particles of gold’ by Nina Mingya Powles.

National Poetry Day (1st October 2020) is an annual celebration of poetry and all things poetical. It is about everybody sharing, reading, writing and enjoying poetry. Use this pack of tips and activity ideas and join in the celebrations – not only on National Poetry Day itself but all year round. It’s full of activities for teachers (both primary and secondary) and also contains book recommendations.

A comprehensive toolkit, full of tips and advice for how to make the most of the big day and the positive impact poetry can have on learning and well-being.

A guide to identifying the meaning and significance of line-breaks in poetry. Students will explore the rhythm, pace and meaning of poetic lines with creative activities using reading, group writing, independent writing and performance. For Key Stage 3 and featuring ‘caribbean woman’ by Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze.

A guide to exploring the theme of choice about our relationships with others in the context of troubling societal attitudes to inclusion and exclusion. For Key Stages 3-4 and featuring ‘Nothing Personal’ by John Mole.

A guide to Theodora Shillito’s ‘The Story of Squiddly Diddly’, a poem about marine conservation and recycling, commended in the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2020. This resource encourages students to think about how the choices we make affect the environment. For Key Stages 2-3.

A guide to using hindsight to evaluate how choices affect different situations and creating metaphors from these findings. For Key Stages 3-5 and featuring ‘Drifting Away, Together’ by Jacob Hill, from the Longcroft School and Sixth Form College First Story Group.

This guide offers practical steps to utilise Poetry By Heart’s vast online collections to enjoy this National Poetry Day challenge on your own or with friends. For Key Stages 1-2 and featuring ‘Eletelephony’ by Laura Richards.

A guide to exploring the meaning behind words and finding connections to inspire writing. For Key Stages 3-4 and featuring ‘Semantics’ by Keisha Thompson.

A guide to reading and responding to a poem that provokes ideas for writing. For Key Stages 2-3 and featuring ‘More Pointless Questions’ by John Agard.

A guide to choosing your own fate despite the odds being against you using ‘Thirteen’ by Caleb Femi. For Key Stages 3-5.

This guide offers practical steps to utilise Poetry By Heart’s vast online collections to enjoy this National Poetry Day challenge on your own or with friends. For Key Stages 3-5 and featuring ‘We Wear the Mask’ by Paul Dunbar.

There are lots of ways to celebrate poetry on National Poetry Day, or any day of the year. Take a look at our bank of resources to get your class started on their poetry day and to celebrate with us!

National Poetry Day, which this year is on 28th September, is an annual celebration of poetry and all things poetical. It’s about everybody sharing poetry, reading poetry, writing poetry, and enjoying poetry! For schools this can be a chance to make more of something already enjoyed throughout the school or it can be a launch pad for new experience and enjoyment. This toolkit is full of hints and tips to get your school celebrations started and to support best practice in the teaching of poetry.

There are lots of ways to celebrate poetry on National Poetry Day, or any day of the year. Take a look at our bank of online resources (for KS 1 - 5) to get your class started on their poetry day and check out our new toolkit which is full of ideas and inspiration. We also have posters to decorate your classroom, ideas for inspiring everyone to write a poem and advice on how to arrange for a poet to visit your school.

National Poetry Day 2017 is on 28th September and the theme is Freedom. National Poetry Day is about everybody sharing poetry, reading poetry, writing poetry, and enjoying poetry. Use this special resource created by the Betjeman Poetry Prize and explore ideas of freedom inspired by W E Henley's poem Invictus, and Nelson Mandela.

National Poetry Day is on 28th September, an annual celebration of poetry and all things poetical. This is one of a range for resources to help get everybody sharing poetry, reading poetry, writing poetry, and enjoying poetry! Read this poem from Kate Wakeling's award winning new collection Moon Juice with years 3, 4 and 5, then use the suggestions to start the class thinking and talking, and writing their own poems.

National Poetry Day 2017 is on 28 September and the theme is freedom. It’s about everybody sharing poetry, reading poetry, writing poetry, enjoying poetry, and living poetry! For schools this can be a chance to make more of something already enjoyed throughout the school or it can be a launch pad for new experience and enjoyment. Based on a four day festival of poetry run with Hull primary schools as part of the No Limits Learning Programme, here is a pack of tips and activity ideas to help schools celebrate poetry on National Poetry Day and beyond.