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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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Schools, parents, carers, and anyone looking for ways to enhance their World Book Day celebrations (7th March ’24) – my many 1-minute video-poems can help! Pick a topic – castles, dragons, dragonflies, sea monsters, moods and feelings, family, school… all FOR FREE on my YouTube channel, Kate Williams Poet. Recent uploads: …
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Hi, here’s my Featured Resource No. 10 – Spring Animals Writing Sheet Stack, KS1 + EY – huge value for £3.80 download price, with no fewer than 11 writing/colouring sheets! (Click for link.) This attractively illustrated series of spring writing sheets features young bunnies, frogs, robins, squirrels, butterflies,…
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It’s FIRE-UP-FRIDAY – my weekly post offering tips and ideas for firing up your young poets! This week’s idea: Riddle Rhymes! With the exciting aim of puzzling your audience, children forget that they’re writing poetry. Ok, it may be the simplest of rhymes, or simply a description written in short lines…
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Hi, here’s my Featured Resource No. 9 – a beautiful one – from my TES Resources store: Butterfly Picture-Writing – with Guide sheet, £2.00 to download. The picture on the sheet (not the one above) has eleven slots for words and phrases, and the guide sheet offers…
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Hi, here is my 8th featured resource from my TES store, with more coming daily! Reading Game, Year 1 – Sort out the Tea Table, £2.00 to download. Click for link. This one is not for poetry but for reading and general literacy. It’s a funny game involving a…
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Hi, here’s my 7th featured resource from my store at TES: RAIN – RHYMES + WRITING SHEET + GUIDE SHEET, for ages 5-7: £2 to download the 3 sheets. This is a richly packed trio of sheets, offering two action rhymes – actions included, an umbrella to write…
