Our brilliant poster gives tips for schools, libraries and others using National Poetry Day. It’s available in this summer’s edition of Junior Education magazine, or you can request one to be sent direct. This year our lesson plans, hints and tips are entirely online. Written by educational experts-cum-poets Andrew Fusek Peters and Polly Peters, they include invaluable suggestions on how to make poetry come alive in the classroom - and four thought-provoking poems to get you started. Below are four separate lesson plans, plus guidelines for children from 5-16.

Lesson Plan 1 for 5-7 year olds
Lesson Plan 2 for 5-7 year olds
Lesson Plan 3 for 8-11 year olds
Lesson Plan 4 for 8-11 year olds
Bringing Poetry Alive 5-11 Years old
Bringing Poetry Alive 11-16 Years old

 and return to it in coming weeks, to find further links and resources for all age groups. National Poetry Day aims to bring the pleasure of poetry to children across the UK - let us know if we succeeded!