Children love a touch of scary poetry at Halloween! My poem Visitors at Hallowe’en is a brilliant way to bring …

  Anti-Bullying Week happens in schools across England and Wales each November. This year’s theme is Power for Good, taking …

👉 In my Poetry Days in primary schools across the UK I work hard to get the children excited about writing and …

👉 In my Poetry Days in primary schools across the UK I work hard to get the children excited about writing and …

Sometimes poetry can help us get to the heart of a literacy lesson far quicker than prose. The short, sharp …

👉 In my Poetry Days in primary schools across the UK I work hard to get the children excited about writing and …

👉 In my Poetry Days in primary schools across the UK I work hard to get the children excited about writing and …

Learning and reciting poems is now central to the curriculum. From Reception upwards, children are expected to enjoy, learn and …

Poetry doesn’t always have to rhyme or follow complicated rules. Sometimes, the most effective poems are the simplest. One of …

If you haven’t used calligrams in your classroom before, you’re in for a treat! A calligram is a word or …