The CLiPPA Shadowing Scheme

3 children performing on national stage for CLippa 2023

POETRY

Inspire your children with poetry!

As part of our annual CLiPPA (Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award) celebration we invite schools to take part in our shadowing scheme. We provide free teaching plans and video resources to support your class to 'shadow' each shortlisted poetry collection and perform their favourite poems. We invite schools to send in videos of their children performing for our team to watch and one school per shortlisted collection will be chosen to perform live at the award ceremony, alongside the shortlisted poets.

This year's shortlist has been announced, and the Shadowing Scheme is now open!

This year's shortlist is:

A Dinosaur at the Bus Stop by Kate Wakeling, illustrated by Eilidh Muldoon, Otter-Barry Books
My Heart is a Poem, various poets, various illustrators, Little Tiger Press
Balam and Lluvia’s House by Julio Serrano Echeverria, illustrated by Tolanda Mosquera, translated by Lawrence Schimel, The Emma Press
The Final Year by Matt Goodfellow, illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton, Otter-Barry Books
And I Climbed And I Climbed by Stephen Lightbown, illustrated by Shih-Yu Lin, Troika Books

Shadowing Scheme Key Dates:

From May 10th, choose a title from our CLiPPA shortlist. Download the free teaching sequence created by our expert teaching team to engage your children in listening to, reading, performing and writing poetry.
As part of the teaching - allow your children to choose and perform poems from the chosen title. Video your best performances and submit these to the Shadowing Scheme judging panel.
Once the Shadowing Scheme closes on the 13th June, the judges pick a winner for each collection, who will then be invited to perform at the award ceremony.
During the CLiPPA Award Ceremony on the 12th July, winning Shadowing Schools will get the chance to perform on stage in London!