What a day!!
Thank you to everyone who came to #CLiPPA23 today.
For the performances, for the poems, for the kind words and the brilliant, brilliant support for poetry.
So proud of the CLPE team and so grateful. Thank You.

Rufus Not a course, but the Poetry By Heart resources pack a serious punch. 🙌🏾

The appreciation and recital of poems celebrates the power of language. Here's the poetry map I created to support me when I learned to recite Valerie Bloom's 'Time' by heart. 🧡👇🏾

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It's all happening Shakespeare’s Globe Monday 26 June as Poetry By Heart celebrates ten years of the competition and a record breaking number of entries. Congratulations to all this year's finalists! #poetry
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Really looking forward to our Wandle Learning Trust Primary Professional Learning Day today working with colleagues from Paxton Academy Sports & Science Ravenstone Primary School and Chesterton Primary with a keynote from The NCETM’s Matt Lucas and a #readingforpleasure session with Valerie Bloom

Thanks Armadillo Magazine for inviting me to write about the power of poetry for younger children. tinyurl.com/5n74c6tn
I was very glad to have the chance to celebrate the terrific work of Valerie Bloom @rachelpoet Matt Goodfellow James Carter Joseph Coelho is laureating! Jane Newberry ⚡️

Gorgeous personification and rhymes from Y3 inspired by Valerie Bloom Valerie Bloom

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To celebrate #WorldPoetryDay we are offering 10 copies of A Passing On of Shells 🐚 DM directly to request your copy📘

'..poems to make you smile, chuckle, laugh out loud and ponder..' - Valerie Bloom

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🧵It's #WorldPoetryDay , and as the National Poetry Centre for Primary Schools, we have tons of poetry resources, as well as the latest research findings from our #TheBigAmazingPoetryProject survey, which show the importance of poetry for children: ow.ly/2Ijz50NhGO5

Alyx Price CLPE Such an absolute and genuine pleasure to work in partnership with you Matt Goodfellow and Valerie Bloom on this. The survey tells us what’s needed, now to work together on putting it into practice!

Children are enjoying the new Poet-tree display in the downstairs library. A numbered envelope, spin the Wheel of fortune and read the poem in the envelope with the number you land on. Poems by contemporary/classic poets, different forms, funny, sad etc. Brian Moses Jon Biddle

Today, CLPE and Macmillan Children's Books launch The Big Amazing Poetry Project in response to findings from recent research into #poetry teaching and learning in primary schools. booksforkeeps.co.uk/clpe-and-macmi…

It is so great to be part of #TheBigAmazingPoetryProject with @CLPE1 and @macmillankidsuk, and the findings show just how important poetry is for children. Read the results of the survey here:  ow.ly/zAOH50NhEPp

We were delighted to welcome the writer and performance poet Valerie Bloom to Chandlings as part of a week filled with exciting World Book Day events. Valerie Bloom #poetry chandlingspst.org/latest-news/va…

March’s poet and author of the month choices are here! 📚👏 onjali rauf Valerie Bloom

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Privileged to welcome Valerie Bloom MBE Valerie Bloom into school today-amazing Performance Poetry assemblies for Reception-Year 6, a writing workshop for children in Y4,5&6 who have shown outstanding dedication to their reading beyond the classroom and a book signing ✍️ 📖📚 #poetry

.Valerie Bloom is in the building Croydon High Juniors! Valerie has been performing plenty of poems in assembly this morning. ‘The Mouse’s Song’ definitely seems to be a firm favourite 🐭 World Book Day UK 📚 #WorldBookDay2023 #PerformancePoetry #edutwitter #ValerieBloom

Winner of the CLiPPA award for poetry 2022, Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom and illustrated by Ken Wilson-Max will make you laugh, get you thinking and fill you with wonder - from one of the best-loved poets writing today.

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We are delighted that poet Valerie Bloom MBE and CLiPPA 2022 winner for Stars with Flaming Tails, is one of our esteemed judges for #CLiPPA23

Find out more: ow.ly/17A150MWT2Z

Register your interest for our school shadowing: ow.ly/5WSf50MWT33

The magic of poetry! We were rather restless on Thursday and needed to settle before a visitor arrived. By the time I reached the last verse of this poem, you could have heard a pin drop! Thank you Valerie Bloom