Further resources:

• Get tips from Michael Rosen on how to create a Poetry Friendly classroom and explore his YouTube channel to find performance videos of your favourite Michael Rosen poems, including a recording of last year’s Big 50 Year Show at the Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich, available to view from 12.01am on Thursday 3rd October.
• Celebrate National Poetry Day with author and poet Eilish Fisher as she introduces her new verse novel Fia and the Last Snow Deer and explores ways that young people can tell stories and explore their own senses through the magic of poetry and verse in a Waterstones Virtual School Visit event on 3rd October. Suitable for pupils aged 9-13.
• National Poetry Day Ambassador Simon Mole leads a virtual poetry workshop for pupils aged 8-11 on Friday 4th October.
• Register to attend a free Poetry Together event at Central Hall, Westminster on 11th November. Hosted by Poetry Together founder Gyles Brandreth, the event is open to pupils aged 8-16 and will include performances and workshops from a variety of poets, including Joseph Coelho, Steven Camden, Matt Goodfellow and Coral Rumble. Places are offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Explore the range of National Poetry Day teaching sequences from the National Literacy Trust for pupils aged 5-7, 7-11 and 11-14. The resources are based on the poems written by the first-ever West Yorkshire Young Poet Laureate winners and are free to download with the NLT’s free membership.
• The National Literacy Trust has released its latest research report examining children and young people’s engagement with poetry in all its forms. Among the findings, the report highlights the potential of poetry to provide a gateway into reading and writing for pleasure for children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, as children and young people who receive FSM consistently show higher levels of engagement with poetry than their non-FSM peers. Read the full report here.
• Submit entries to one of the poetry competitions from Young Writers. There are competitions for pupils aged 5-18 and they all come with free teaching resources. The deadline for entries is 25th October.
• Sign up for this year’s Poetry By Heart Competition, an annual poetry speaking competition for pupils in KS2 – KS5 in England that launches on National Poetry Day.
• Explore the library of Poetry Prompts created by former Waterstones Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho. The bitesize videos are designed to celebrate and demystify the reading and writing of poetry.
• Find a selection of poems on the theme of ‘Counting’ along with ideas and prompts on how to use them in the secondary classroom from the English and Media Centre.
• Download free teaching sequences for all the CLiPPA shortlisted poetry collections from CLPE.
• Explore the comprehensive bank of recommended poetry books, poet videos and supporting resources available from the National Poetry Centre for Primary Schools.
• Find teaching strategies and advice on how to tap into the power of poetry to nurture children’s language development, creativity and self-expression all through the year in this blog from HFL Education.
• Find a selection of free teaching resources and ideas to promote poetry in the primary and secondary classroom from the National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE).
• The BBC Teach website hosts a range of Poetry Resources for primary and secondary teachers.
• Explore Brian Moses’ blog to find new poems, tips on how to get children writing poetry and articles from children’s poets.
• Find top poetry book recommendations for primary schools in this blog from Just Imagine.
• Explore the poetry recommendations for pupils in EYFS through to KS2 from primary experts Books for Topics.
• Invite a poet in to your school to inspire and work with your pupils with the Poetry Society’s Poets in Schools service.
• Find more resources to support the teaching of poetry here.