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Introduction
Welcome to Poetryline
This is the home of CLPE's poetry resources including award winning poets performing their poems and a wealth of teaching resources.
CLPE is the National Poetry Centre for Primary Schools
Poetry is a fundamental element in the development of children’s literacy. This site holds an extensive bank of poems for children and teaching resources, videos of poet performances and interviews to support the teaching of poetry in the classroom.
We run the only award solely for published children's poetry in the UK, the CLiPPA ,and run a shadowing scheme to help teachers and children engage with the award in schools.
We are a National Poetry Day partner and have developed specific resources to help you celebrate this day in your school.
For more insight into CLPE's work with poetry view our video Poetry at CLPE, with poets Joseph Coelho, Karl Nova, CLPE Chief Executive Louise Johns-Shepherd and Learning Programme Leader Charlotte Hacking.
Use our free poetry teaching resources
Poets
Introduce children to poets through film
Find out more about favourite children’s poets. Read their poems, watch their performance films and listen to their interviews. Enjoy well-loved poets and discover new ones through our resources.
Poems
Discover hundreds of poems
Listen to award winning poets read their poems out loud with your children. Inspire them with classic favourites and introduce them to new poems from a variety of books and verse novels.
Teaching Sequences
Explore poetry in depth
Use our free teaching sequences to guide your planning and use the teaching approaches to explore poetry in depth; enhancing reading comprehension and providing meaningful contexts and purposes for writing and performance.
In Truth, Poetry: National Poetry Day writing challenge resources
Nursery, Reception or Year 1 – Thinker, My Puppy Poet and Me by Eloise Greenfield
Years 3/4/5 - A Kid in My Class by Rachel Rooney
Years 5/6 – Dark Sky Park by Philip Gross
Create a Poetry Classroom
We have created extensive materials to support best practice in the teaching of poetry supporting teachers and children to become confident poetry readers and writers
CLPE Poetry Award (CLiPPA)
We run a school’s shadowing scheme alongside CLiPPA, which celebrates outstanding poetry published for children. Use the films of the shortlisted poets performing and the specially written teaching sequences for their books to inspire your children
Teaching Sequences for CLiPPA 2019 and all shortlisted poets
See our videos of poet performances poet interviews and children performing poetry
Join us at Let's Write! Improving Reading and Writing Using Poetry Course with A. F Harrold
Learn how poetry can be used in cross-curricular ways to engage children, develop effective writing and boost attainment in this one day course led by professional poet and author, A.F. Harrold on 11 March 2020.
Let's Write! Improving Reading and Writing Using Poetry course 11 March 2020
Upcoming Training
Building Your English Curriculum - Power of Reading Information Event - Croydon
Tuesday, 29 October 2019 - 4:00pm
Developing Writing in the Early Years
Wednesday, 30 October 2019 - 10:00am
Teaching Reading in Years 1/2
Thursday, 31 October 2019 - 10:00am
Meeting the Needs of More Able Pupils in Year 5/6
Friday, 1 November 2019 - 10:00am
Effective Spelling in a Rich Reading Curriculum
Monday, 4 November 2019 - 10:00am