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Dates for your Poetry Diary

World Book Day - 1 March

Why not make your book a poetry book?
Visit Education Scotland for lots of World Book Day ideas.

International Women's Day - 8 March

Explore the roles of women in society. Starting points might be 'The World's Wife' by Carol Ann Duffy, which imagines what life might have been like for 'Mrs Aesop', 'Mrs Darwin' and other famously overlooked females, or 'Washing Lines', a new anthology exploring emotions and relationships and family roles in connection with washing and laundry.

Find out more about International Women's Day in the Education Scotland resource calendar.

Commonwealth Day - 12 March

Be it the Games (Olympic or Commonwealth), the Queen, global citizenship or environmental issues, this is a great way in to cross-curricular learning offering many opportunities to include poetry. Try our own 'Poems United' resource: this SPL poetry anthology takes you on a worldwide journey, tracing rivers, people, animals, places. Published in March 2007 as part of the Glasgow bid for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Poems United: A Commonwealth Anthology contains one poem from each country in the Commonwealth. There should be a copy somewhere in your school. The supporting lesson notes will be posted here very soon. And don't forget last year's National Poetry Day resources on the theme of games.

Further ideas and information about Commonwealth Day can be found on the Education Scotland resource calendar.

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• We support all educators who want poems to provide an engaging and creative medium for exploring and expressing ideas across the curriculum.

• We support poets working in schools and other learning environments.

• We inspire young readers and writers of poetry.

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Resources

Look in our library of resources to find just the right thing to help meet your poetry classroom needs. From Early Years to senior students, we should have something to help with reading and writing and enjoying poetry in a range of ways, across the curriculum. This new section coming soon.

What's on

Our programme of education events for 2012 will be posted soon. In the meantime, why not explore what's happening more broadly in the world of poetry on our connect pages?

Competitions

Poetry competitions can be the ideal way to bring poetry into the classroom. Many offer helpful guidance for teachers, and the prospect of prizes, publication and a real audience can prove highly motivating for pupils. Find out more about competitions for all ages and throughout the year.

National Poetry Day for teachers

Explore current and past resources for National Poetry Day, covering a wide range of themes including games, home, heroes and heroines, work, dreams, identity...

Scottish Poetry Library

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