KS2 Poetry Pack - People and Characters

This is a free set of twelve poems for Key Stage 2, exploring the theme of People and Characters. Each poem is available as a free downloadable, printable poster. There are also three free poetry teaching resources around fairytales, friendship, and clerihews. These include reading notes, class activities, and prompts for individual writing.

Meet the Giant of Jack and the Beanstalk fame and hear his side of the “Fee, Fie, Foe, Fum” of it all. Find out about different types of heroism with Sir Percival Knight and his noble horse, and then step into the whirlwind shoes of a busy teacher – just don’t mention the printer… Meet a boy called Mark, who is a most marvellous mate, and a pirate Grandma with exhilarating tales to tell (just how tall those tales are – well, that’s for you to decide). Learn about the sensational careers of four great women of sport, cleverly encapsulated in playful clerihews, and then skip around the playground singing with a beloved school dinner lady. See, in your mind’s eye, the beautiful creations a father makes for his daughter using colour, plants, love and imagination, then jump back in time to 19th century Lyme Regis to sing of the legendary Mary Anning. Scrutinise the invoice delivered by the Emperor’s tailors for his new clothes and see if you can spot what’s missing, then encounter the big bad wolf of fairytale in a different, deeply poignant context. And finally, step back into prehistory and follow a young speaker into a cave that will become a canvas…

The three free Key Stage 2 teaching resources cover fairytales (with a focus on retellings and half-rhyme), friendship (with a focus on rhyme and repetition) and clerihews (with a focus on the biographies of four great women of sport and being playful with rhyme). These teaching resources are also available to view separately in the Tyger Tyger shop.

The file type is PDF.

These poems were first published on the Tyger Tyger Magazine website in 2024. Further free downloadable poem posters and teaching resources are available here on TES and on the Tyger Tyger website: tygertyger.net