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Children’s Challenges
Children’s Poetry Archive Challenge 1
This challenge is for our intrepid poetry fans to solve. We’ve set five questions about some of our ...
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Michael Rosen: The News
Since his very early work one of Michael Rosen's strengths as a poet has been his ability to engage ...
Learning Resources
Back to School Poems
Poems that deal with the subject of school and education. Great way to the start a new academic year!
Learning Resources
How to get the best out of the Poetry Archive
Whether you have heard poets read live or on the radio, or whether you've never heard a poet read, these tips are meant as a starting ...
Classroom Materials
Allan Ahlberg: Please Mrs Butler
'Please Mrs Butler' is the title poem of one of the most popular collections of poems for children in the ...
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Brian Moses: Walking with my Iguana
'Walking with my Iguana' is a highly energetic performance poem which cries out to be responded to ...
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Valerie Bloom: Granny Is
One of the things Valerie Bloom excels at is renewing our view of the world by describing it freshly ...
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Wes Magee: The Boneyard Rap
These ideas are informed by an inclusive style of teaching and are multi-sensory in their offering. This ...
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Wes Magee: The Chimney Boy’s Story
This lesson uses the poem by Wes Magee as an introduction to further web research on child labour in the ...
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Judith Nicholls: Bluebottle
'Bluebottle' is a good example of a poem which does a lot with very few words. It is also a good example ...
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John Mole: Variation on an Old Rhyme
These ideas are informed by an inclusive style of teaching and are multi-sensory in their offering. This ...
Classroom Materials
Judith Nicholls: The Romans in Britain
This lesson uses the poem by Judith Nicholls to look at different interpretations of what it was like ...