Our aim is to equip and inspire you to teach poetry with confidence and enjoyment. Here you’ll find a wealth of tools, strategies and ideas for using our archive recordings to enhance your teaching

There’s have a strong emphasis on hearing and speaking poetry, because this is what the Poetry Archive is all about. But it’s also because we know that’s at the heart of everything to do with poetry.

The resources include Learning Resources to support different aspects of teaching, Classroom Materials structured lessons for individual poems and Classroom Collections curated collections to provide new and exciting ways to explore poetry.

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Wes Magee: The Chimney Boy’s Story

Age group: 14-16

This lesson uses the poem by Wes Magee as an introduction to further web research on child labour in the ...

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James Berry: Childhood Tracks

Age group: 14-16

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

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James Berry: In a Brixtan Markit

Age group: 14-16

This lesson will help you to explore with pupils the power of dialect in a poem. This recording provides ...

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