
Rachel Rooney
RacheI Rooney is a trained teacher and children’s poet. Her work has been published in numerous anthologies. In 2011 her collection The Language of Cat won the CLPE Poetry Award and was long-listed for the Carnegie Medal. My Life as a Goldfish was shortlisted for the CLiPPA 2015. A Kid in My Class was published by Otter-Barry Books in 2018 and has been shortlisted for the CLiPPA 2019 She visits schools for workshops with pupils and has performed her work at festivals and for The Children’s Bookshow.
Resources
Teaching Sequences
Videos
Rachel Rooney – Daydreamer
Rachel Rooney – Tips for the New Boy
Rachel Rooney – The Poet
Rachel Rooney – Keepy- Uppy Kid
Rachel Rooney – Seeker
Rachel Rooney – Talking Hands
Rachel Rooney - Truth or Dare
Rachel Rooney - The Art of Deception
Rachel Rooney reading Liar at the CLiPPA 2015
Rachel Rooney - Cheer Up
Rachel Rooney - Defending the Title
Rachel Rooney - Don't Move the Goalposts
Rachel Rooney - Fishing
Rachel Rooney - Home Time
Rachel Rooney - Liar
Rachel Rooney - Making Friends
Rachel Rooney - Flame
Rachel Rooney - Mirror
Rachel Rooney - Nobody Knows
Rachel Rooney - Post
Rachel Rooney - Russian Doll
Rachel Rooney - Six Facts About Light
Rachel Rooney - Sonnet for a sphere
Rachel Rooney - The 20a Bus
Rachel Rooney - The language of cat
Rachel Rooney - The Whisper
Rachel Rooney - Wide Open