Not only are my students champing at the bit to read and write poems in our lessons, poetry is also a fun way to learn all about SIMILES and METAPHORS and ONOMATOPOEIA and PERSONIFICATION and just about everything in the English curriculum too!
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Good luck to all my students sending off their exciting writing for the Blue Peter Amazing Authors competition. I've enjoyed the wonderful worlds of dinosaurs, aliens, football and the environment.
What a great opportunity to become a reading ambassador! Perfect for plucky young people planning for the Duke of Edinburgh Award this year. Become a Reading Challenge volunteer.
Here's a great little poetry podcast made for kids. Each week, join a poetry-writing dog, a saxophone playing chicken and other animal friends for rhymes and fun.
Want to encourage your child to read more stories? The West Sussex Libraries Reading Challenge offers an inspiring 'Reading Resolution' each month. February's challenge is to read a book that has been adapted for the screen.
It's fun to think creatively and children naturally do it all the time! Sadly, this can be taught out of them with dull writing rules and tests at school. That's why I love encouraging and celebrating each child's imagination in our lessons.
Everyone's got a story to tell, some children just need a little practice and inspiration to start their creativity flowing.
When I was young, I was regularly transported to the magic of Hogwarts and made friends with funny Gauls named Asterix and Obelix.
Which imaginary world did you enjoy when you were 10 years old?
"AMY BEGAN TO MELT AS THE ARMY OF TROLLS RETREATED..."
Believe it or not, that's from a story imagined by a 9-year-old boy in our writing lesson.
