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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Choose a poem • Learn it by heart • Perform it out loud
Digital version of the 2021-22 calendar that includes a beautifully illustrated poem for each month of the school year, a monthly challenge to help get your pupils choosing and performing poems, times/dates of our fortnightly online Poetry Forums, newsletters and Poem of the Week.
All the resources you need to take part in Poetry By Heart. Some to get started, some for when you hold your in-school activity. Downloadable competition guide, launch slides, certificates,
Poems to enjoy together and fun ways of sharing them out loud and by heart. Sign up and we'll send you an email once a week with a link to a poem to share and an activity to try with it.
Tried and tested Learn-Along activities to help your class learn a poem together in just one lesson. Download the slide deck for all the activity resources with teacher instructions in the notes field. Get everyone started with a poem in common - after that they can choose their own!
Guides to competition registration, video preparation and the entry form
Tried and tested Learn-Along activities to help your class learn a poem together in just one lesson. Download the slide deck for all the activity resources with teacher instructions in the notes field. Get everyone started with a poem in common - after that they can choose their own!
Help your children explore poems and find the ones they love. Poetry By Heart for 7+ includes the Poetry Mix It Up collection for playful adventures and the yellow timeline for time travel with poets. Our mini videos show how to get the most out of these resources.