Celebrate National Poetry Day (3rd October 2024) or World Poetry Day (21st March 2025) with an in-person or live streamed workshop from As Creatives! 

National Poetry Day is the annual mass celebration on the first Thursday of October that encourages all to enjoy, discover and share poetry. As every year, we have developed a brand new poetry programme to tie in with the theme of National Poetry Day 2024. This year’s theme is “Counting” – and this year’s programme is Counting Achievement Through Poetry.

The world can sometimes seem a grim place to children and young people, with bad news seemingly everywhere. Counting Achievement Through Poetry is designed to go some way towards redressing the balance, though – by using poetry to celebrate the remarkable achievements of some remarkable people.

Our workshops are also available all year round. Remember - every poem has to start somewhere. So start yours now – and get in touch today!

Find out more about our full range of poetry workshops available throughout the school year - 

 

National Poetry Day 2024 - Counting Achievement Through Poetry: Primary Schools

Counting Achievement Through Poetry can accommodate the whole of up to a two-form entry school in a single day: an assembly at which a member of our team shares a favourite poem, workshops culminating in collaborative poems and, if time allows, a second assembly, too – in which classes share and celebrate their poems.

In the workshops, children are introduced to three people whose achievements should be counted – and collectively choose one. They are then introduced to the poetic form of the List Poem, creating celebratory, collaborative poems focusing on: Counting the Achievements of Spacefarers (EYFS – Year 2/P1 – P3) … Counting the Achievements of Inventors (Years 3 & 4/P4 & P5) … Counting the Achievements of Scientists (Years 5 & 6/P6 & P7).

We will send you illustrated versions of all the collaborative poems

"Each class thoroughly enjoyed the poetry workshops and enjoyed taking an active role in order to create their ideas. Using drama to create an orchestra of sounds for our soundscape poems was fantastic to see and I know that we plan to use this strategy with the children again! Thank you for inspiring the children, so they could create such wonderful ideas!" Windsor CP School

 

National Poetry Day 2024 - Counting Achievement Through Poetry: Secondary Schools

Counting Achievement Through Poetry can accommodate up to 30 KS3/4 students at a time, in workshops lasting from a single lesson, allowing a member of our team to work with a large number of students in just one day. It’s also possible, too, to deliver longer, more in depth workshops to fewer groups. Workshops introduce the students to three ordinary people who have made extraordinary achievements in terms of advancing justice, fairness and equality - and participants collectively choose one to focus on. They are then introduced to the poetic form of the List Poem, creating celebratory, collaborative poems focusing on their selected individual’s life, achievements and legacy.  

We will send you illustrated versions of all the collaborative poems.

 

"The immersion aspect was particularly effective in engaging the pupils and this led to high standards of written poetry. All teachers were full of praise for the workshops and were delighted with the pupil outcomes and engagement. We would love to arrange another visit for next year!" Head of English, Immanuel and St Andrews School