Three original poems to bring a Viking history topic into your English lessons. This resource includes a template and word bank to inspire your class to write their own Viking acrostic poems.

Encourage your class to reflect on their hopes and dreams for the new year with these two original poems. An activity sheet accompanies each poem so that children can set themselves goals which they hope to achieve during the year.

Celebrate Harvest with this performance poem parade! Hosted by Dingle Dangle the Scarecrow, the harvest of cereals, vegetables and fruit are celebrated as they walk down the red carpet. Well known Harvest songs can be performed at any point during the assembly to compliment this performance poem/parade.

Bring the colours of Autumn into your English lesson with 3 original poems and accompanying activities.

Explore environmental issues such as global warming with these original Earth-themed poems.

Bring festive fun into your classroom with these 3 original Christmas poems. Activities include: writing a Christmas acrostic poem, drawing a magical Christmas Eve scene through a window and decorating a crown and a placemat for the Christmas party.

This resource contains 26 original poems covering the seasonal themes of Back to School, Harvest, Autumn, Bonfire Night, Winter, Christmas, New Year, Valentine’s Day, Pancake Day, Easter, Spring and Summer. Many of the poems have activity sheets to accompany them.

Many teachers, I mean children, love a snow day. Share this original poem with your class as they anticipate the first snowfall of the year. This may spark a discussion about the conditions that are needed for snowfall and looking at weather forecasts.

This PowerPoint clearly shows each of the tricky words from phases 2 to 5. This resource has an autumn theme and is introduced and concluded with a simple song to the the tune of ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’.

A simple acrostic poem about the Remembrance Poppy

Bring Summer into your English lesson with these original poems for key stage 1. This includes an acrostic poem with an accompanying writing frame and word bank.

Bring winter into your classroom with this original poem about being 'warm and cosy' inside and having fun outside on a winter's day. An activity sheet is included to decorate a hat, scarf and mittens with warm colours and winter patterns. Your class can explore the winter acrostic poem and write acrostic poems of their own using the winter word bank and writing frame.

Use this original poem to get to know your new class! Children can write their own version of the poem to tell their new teacher lots of important things about themselves.

‘Outdoor Ed’ is a performance poem that can be used to celebrate your school’s outdoor environment as an extension to the classroom. It can be used during an assembly to introduce an outdoor learning week where children are given the opportunity to share their own ideas about the learning that could take place outside, just like Ed did.

Share these 5 original poems with your new class and inspire some fabulous 'back to school' poetry writing. 'Hello To My New Teacher' will inspire your new class to tell you lots of important things about themselves. A sheet is included for each child to draw a self portrait on for a welcoming classroom display. Your class can use the writing frame and word bank to write an acrostic poem about the new school year inspired by the 'September' poem. Use the 'Our Class Rules' poem to remind your class about the school rules and why they are needed or to inspire a new set of class rules. 'The Classroom Fairy' poem is a fun poem to remind children to keep their classroom tidy. 'Teacher's Lost Her Memory Stick' is a funny poem about something that could happen to even the most organised of teachers. This poem could inspire your class to generate adjectives and adverbs that describe how the teacher feels and behaves.

Bring the seaside into your English lesson with these original poems. Includes activities to decorate bunting and to write a seaside acrostic poem.

Roll up, gather round, the Pancake Parade's in town! This introduction to Shrove Tuesday and performance poem has just the right mix for a Pancake Day themed assembly. This performance poem can also be used for a Pancake Day themed English lesson with a focus on verbs.

These original poems and accompanying activities will bring Spring time into your English lesson. Use ‘adjective twigs’ to build a nest and write a Spring acrostic poem.