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Children’s Poetry Archive Challenge 8

Age groups: 11-14, 5-7, 7-9, 9-11

This challenge takes you on a tour of the natural world and all the beautiful things we see around us. To ...

Children’s Challenges

Children’s Poetry Archive Challenge 6

Age groups: 11-14, 5-7, 7-9, 9-11

This challenge is all about poems to do with hopes and dreams. To find the answers, all you have to do is ...

Children’s Challenges

Children’s Poetry Archive Challenge 5

Age groups: 5-7, 7-9, 9-11

This challenge takes you on a tour through all sorts of poems about all sorts of things. To find the ...

Children’s Challenges

Children’s Poetry Archive Challenge 4

Age groups: 5-7, 7-9, 9-11

Families come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. These poems are all about family life and the different ...

Children’s Challenges

Children’s Poetry Archive Challenge 3

Age groups: 5-7, 7-9, 9-11

This challenge looks at poems about animals and some of the strange things they do. To find the answers, ...

Children’s Challenges

Children’s Poetry Archive Challenge 2

Age groups: 5-7, 7-9, 9-11

This Challenge looks at poems about people and all the different identities that people have.

Children’s Challenges

Children’s Poetry Archive Challenge 1

Age groups: 5-7, 7-9, 9-11

This challenge is for our intrepid poetry fans to solve. We’ve set five questions about some of our ...

Learning Resources

Back to School Poems

Age groups: 5-7, 7-9, Under 5s

Poems that deal with the subject of school and education. Great way to the start a new academic year!

Classroom Materials

Allan Ahlberg: Please Mrs Butler

Age groups: 7-9, 9-11

'Please Mrs Butler' is the title poem of one of the most popular collections of poems for children in the ...

Classroom Materials

Brian Moses: Walking with my Iguana

Age groups: 7-9, 9-11

'Walking with my Iguana' is a highly energetic performance poem which cries out to be responded to ...

Classroom Materials

Judith Nicholls: Bluebottle

Age groups: 7-9, 9-11

'Bluebottle' is a good example of a poem which does a lot with very few words. It is also a good example ...

Classroom Materials

John Mole: Variation on an Old Rhyme

Age groups: 7-9, 9-11

These ideas are informed by an inclusive style of teaching and are multi-sensory in their offering. This ...