A comprehensive poetry analysis lesson plan for KS3 English students that uses Casia Wiliam’s poem ‘Help’ to encourage students to think more deeply about poetic voices and different meanings a poet might be trying to convey. Includes a copy of Casia William’s poem as well as links to external websites which discuss climate change in more detail.

A comprehensive lesson plan designed to get KS3 students to think about the use of different time frames in their creative writing, and then to write a poem based on past, present, and future changes. Includes a copy of Hafza Abdi’s poem ‘I Will Be’ as inspiration.

Using Juris Kronberg’s poem ‘It’s Easy for Clouds’ as inspiration, KS2 students are invited to write their own poems and then attempt to illustrate them. Includes advice from Juris Kronbergs as well as a copy of his poem.

A complete lesson plan for KS2/KS3 students, using a poem by a 13 year old winner of the Betjeman Poetry Prize as a way of encouraging students to think more deeply about language. Includes a copy of Rebecca MacLean’s poem.

Activities and lesson plans for KS3 students based on Thembe Mvula’s poem ‘Moving House’. Designed to teach students different ways of responding to a poem and how to then relate that poem to personal experiences they may have had. Includes poem and detailed instructions for a lesson plan.

Activities and lesson plans based on Rachel Rooney’s poem Russian Doll designed to get children thinking about their emotions and their response to the poem. Includes link to live performance of the poem by Rachel Rooney.

National Poetry Day (October 4th, 2018) is an annual celebration of poetry and all things poetical. It is about everybody sharing poetry, reading poetry, writing poetry 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 schools can do (primary and secondary) and also contains book recommendations.

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.

National Poetry Day 2017 is on 28 September. It’s about everybody sharing poetry, reading poetry, writing poetry, and enjoying poetry. This activity has been created specially by the Poetry School. The Poetry School is a national organisation running classes and projects to teach poetry. This resource features the poem The New Colossus by Emma Lazurus, which is engraved onto the Statue of Liberty in New York, as a starting point for discussion and a writing exercise.

National Poetry Day 2017 is on 28 September. This activity was created by Georgi Gill for The Scottish Poetry Library. Inspired by Georgi's poem My Cat Mitzi it will help children explore the poem and how it makes them feel, and contains practical tips on writing poetry.

National Poetry Day 2017 is on 28 September. It’s about everybody sharing poetry, reading poetry, writing poetry, and enjoying poetry. This activity by Sophie McKeand, Young People’s Laureate for Wales, for Literature Wales, the National Company for the development of literature in Wales, uses the Mask of Anarchy by Shelley and a new poem specially written by Sophie to consider freedom, and poetry as a tool for this.

National Poetry Day 2017 is on 28 September and the theme is freedom. It’s about everybody sharing poetry, reading poetry, writing poetry, and enjoying poetry. This activity was created for National Poetry Day 2017 by Russ Litten, First Story writer-in-residence in Hull. Called Yesterday and Today it includes ideas and inspiration to get young people thinking about and writing poetry.

National Poetry Day 2017 is on 28 September and is a chance for everyone to share poetry, read poetry, write poetry, and enjoy poetry. Use this resource created by CLPE (Centre for Language in Primary Education) to inspire children to write their own poem based on Matt Goodfellow's When I Swing.

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.

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, 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.

One of a series of National Poetry Day teacher resources on the theme of Messages. "A Note Can Be A Poem " draws on a celebrated short William Carlos William poem ('This is Just to Say'). The resource fosters creative and critical thinking around poetry and is part of a collaborative effort between the National Poetry Day partners, who include the Poetry Society, Apples and Snakes, and the Scottish Poetry Library. For KS3, KS4 and KS5

One of a series of National Poetry Day teacher resources on the theme of Messages. "Poetry in Frames" draws on the poetry of Taliesin. The resource fosters creative and critical thinking around poetry and is part of a collaborative effort between the National Poetry Day partners, who include Literature Wales, the Poetry Society, Apples and Snakes, and the Scottish Poetry Library. KS3 - KS4 - KS5

One of a series of National Poetry Day teacher resources on the theme of Messages. "Love Letters between Inanimate Objects " draws on a poem by Sarah Kay that can also be found on YouTube. This resource fosters creative and critical thinking around poetry and is part of a collaborative effort between the National Poetry Day partners, who include First Story, Apples and Snakes, and the Scottish Poetry Library. For KS3, KS4 and KS5