Celebrate National Poetry Day in style with a free live lesson from acclaimed children’s poet and National Poetry Day ambassador Simon Mole. Your class will join thousands of other children across the country to play some fun (and quite silly) games, and create their own poetic masterpieces. Open to Year 2 - 6 pupils.
Simon will be running a brand new workshop, inspired by this year’s National Poetry Day theme of "Play".
Open for entries: Tuesday 1 September 2026
Deadline: Friday 25 September 2026
Online workshop: Wednesday 30 September 2026
Years 2 & 3 workshop: Times TBC
Years 4, 5 & 6 workshop: Times TBC
More informatin will follow soon.
Try out these fun video lessons from Simon as a taster to get your class excited ahead of the event:
Yrs 2 & 3 try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KMHgf6jBpc
Yrs 4 & 5 try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3FZyXFS6bU
Yr 6 try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7bmeqJ_wXM
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