The LowdownAfter a tough few years, we’ve seen a decrease in literacy attainment and children’s writing enjoyment has hit a low point.
What better way to get pupils excited about writing again than penning a poem about something that inspires them?
“What better way to get pupils excited about writing again than penning a poem about something that inspires them?”
With multiple opportunities for cross-curricular links, these poetry competitions provide an engaging, immersive, and creative literacy activity, which easily ties in with other topics across the planned curriculum.
This year, to help remove the fear and increase interest no matter children’s ability, schools can mix and match competitions across year groups – enabling you to tailor the activity for the individual learning levels in your classes.
There are free resources and activities designed to help you plan your lessons and grab pupils’ attention:
- Fun videos to introduce the activity
- Lesson plans and editable PowerPoint presentations
- Examples and worksheets to inspire and guide
- Colourful postcards
- Quiz activities and idea generators
Pupils have the chance to be published authors, with prizes for both schools and young poets up for grabs!
Sign up to receive your free resource packs for ‘Poetry Stars’ and ‘Imagine – Through the eyes off…’.
- Prizes to be won for both schools and pupils, including awards, book tokens, and goody bags. Pupils’ poems published in a real book!
- Fun free resources and lesson plan activities for guided poetry writing. Mix and match for differing abilities. Cross-curricular links for immersive literacy learning.
