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You can use most of our website without any need to register. All the poem selections and ways of interacting with those are freely available, the resources in the Learning Zone, and lots of information about the Poetry By Heart competition including the competition guides. But if you want to take part in the Poetry By Heart competition or use the Teaching Zone resources, you'll need to register. This is because we need to know who you are and how we can talk to you, and where to send your competition resource pack if you are eligible to take part in the competition.

Registration takes a minute or two. We only collect the information we need to run the competition and we will not give it to anyone else without your express permission.

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Performance Gallery

January – a new month, a new year, and a chance to dedicate our Performance Gallery to a new group of talented young people who have performed for Poetry By Heart in the past.

Burns Night is on the 25th January every year. It commemorates the life of Scotland’s greatest-known poet, Robert Burns, and is an important celebration of the literary heritage of Scotland and an institution in Scottish life. You can read more about it here on the Visit Scotland website. If you would like a free Learn-Along resource for your class to coincide with Burns Night, check out our Learn-Along activity for ‘A Red, Red Rose’ by Robert Burns.

To celebrate the heritage that Burns Night represents, we’ve dedicated this month’s Performance Gallery to some of the best poetry by contemporary Scottish poets.

Check in regularly to see new videos being showcased!