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Reluctant or hesitant creative writers in your class? No worries! There are umpteen ways to get them going. Poetry – a word some children dread and fear – can actually be a great way to melt tension and set pens flowing. A poem can be short or long, funny or serious, beautiful, crazy, cheeky, spooky……
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The wind is getting up in my back garden. Yours too? Here’s my poem Windy Day, in video form, for any children you may have, tend or teach: https://youtube.com/shorts/rqfhv0S5M Published in print form in The School Magazine, Australia. For more of my video poems for children, visit my YouTube channel: Kate Williams Poet Enjoy! Kate
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Here’s my latest video-poem: My Place: https://youtu.be/8qm6-pzbH1E. It’s a reassuring little piece for children in a big, noisy school, or for any child needing a self-assurance boost. Out of all the hundreds of children in the school, it shows, YOU are the only you there, with your face, in your place. My Place is a…
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What better to inspire your class than a summer’s day sea? Set them poetry-writing with this delicious word and simile bank (£2.50 to download, or just take a look at the preview!): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/summer-sea-words-and-similes-2-sheets-12682767 Zillions more poetry, creativity and literacy resources, plus colouring sheets, at my online store: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/katewilliams_poetry , including freebies! Kate
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Excited to announce I’ll be running Animal Poetry Workshops in conjunction with my forthcoming book, SQUEAK! SQUAWK! ROAR! from next January onwards – World Book Day term! Taking bookings now, via agent Authors Abroad: Tel. 01535 656015Email: UKBookings@caboodlebooks.co.uk Competitive pricing! Workshops will involve short readings from my book, whole-class actions, sounding out, miming, you name…
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Thrilled to announce that my upcoming poetry book with Otter-Barry Books is to be titled:SQUEAK! SQUAWK! ROAR! Amazing Animal Poems PUBLICATION DATE – THURSDAY, 9TH JANUARY, 2025 Cover picture coming soon!
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Hello teachers! I’m all geared up and ready for a summer of poetry writing with your classes! But not just writing – acting, miming, sounding out, stepping outside (weather permitting) to feel, look, listen and breathe in the summer air. We’ll be racking our brains for exciting, expressive words to enrich our poems,…
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Hi, thanks for looking in! Buttercups are dainty and delicate, yet bright and bold, lighting up gardens and meadows from spring to summer. Here’s a little rhyme of mine to celebrate them, with ukulele chords to start and finish, and a merry picture sequence – with thanks to Pixabay contributors: Buttercup Party –…
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Hi, here’s an upbeat but sensitive poem about being part of a complex family. Every family is different. Some are simple, and some come in duplicate, with 2 times everything… or more! Here’s a happy child with two mums and dads: Lucky Me! …
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Hello, Any school trips coming up for your kids? Can you remember yours from your own childhood? Wherever and whatever the trip, it’s keeping everyone together that’s key, isn’t it… So where’s Liam??? Liam is Lost (click for link) Published in the Macmillan anthology, School Trips, 1998. U-oh! …
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