National Poetry Day's theme is Water, water everywhere. Celebrate with this poster of a Shirley Hughes poem.

National Poetry Day's theme is Water, water everywhere. Celebrate with this poster of a Shirley Hughes poem.

Born of Water: a reading and writing activity for KS3. For National Poetry Day 2013 by Mandy Coe. Based on the poems Tornado by Rachel Rooney and Fog by Carl Sandburg.

Cut out the jellyfish and fill it with words or a poem. Hang them up with string to make a display. For National Poetry Day 2013 by Mandy Coe. Goes with the Handfish and Jellyfish lesson plan for KS1.

Flotsam, Jetsam and the Deeps: reading and writing activity for KS4. For National Poetry Day 2013 by Mandy Coe. Based on a poem by Michael Symmons Roberts

Handfish and Jellyfish: writing, games and paper cut-outs for KS1. For National Poetry Day 2013 by Mandy Coe. Based on a poem by Roger McGough This activity includes writing poems, performance, colouring in cut-outs and a film-clip – all exploring NPDs theme of ‘water’. Depending on your Year Group, this activity can be broken into a series of short activities, or linked together and expanded to include an exploration of the water cycle and writing a short poem on the journey of one drop of water.

Everything Touches: a reading and performance activity KS2 For National Poetry Day 2013 by Mandy Coe Based on poems by Roger McGough and Wes Magee

Discussion and reading activities on the theme of water for KS3-4. For National Poetry Day 2013 by Mandy Coe. Including poems by Joan Murray and Brian Patten.

Cut up and shuffle the images and verses. For National Poetry Day 2013 by Mandy Coe. Designed to encourage close-reading and collaboration, this activity of matching different bodies/forms of water with its corresponding poem can be done in pairs or groups. Adapt the game for different age-groups by deleting the more obvious titles!

The theme for National Poetry Day this year is WATER. Please print and share these posters, illustrated by Grace Hawes.

Splashing Out With Poetry: a reading and performance activity for Early Years. For National Poetry Day 2013 by Mandy Coe. Based on a poem by James Carter