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Understanding Poetry With Joseph Coelho

Joseph Coelho explains how poetry is fun, achievable and can open up new ways of expressing your own emotions and thoughts.

01: Observation | Let's Write Poetry: The Big Slam

Series exploring reading and writing poetry in all its diversity. The children are challenged to write a free verse poem o...

National Poetry Day 2022 | BBC Teach Live Lessons

Katie Thistleton joins new children's laureate Joseph Coelho live from Newstead Abbey for a fantastic Live Lesson to celebr...

Writing and Performance Poetry | BBC Teach Live Lessons

This Live Lesson explores the theme of change and includes reading, performance and critical analysis of similes and ...

Episode 1 | Poetry Pie

Freda the flat-footed fairy is unhappy, and the animals find out what never to do with a potty.

Poet Michael Rosen | Let's Write Poetry: The Big Slam

Michael Rosen comes to perform his routine about chocolate cake and the kids have some questions for him.

02: Memories | Let's Write Poetry: The Big Slam

Four children are taken to Devon for a crash course in poetry. Sunesh, Corey, Aziza and Frandella must write a free verse poe...

Similes in poetry | Let's Write Poetry: The Big Slam

With locusts let loose in the room, the children are asked to use similes in their poems to describe them.

A poetry workshop using surroundings and settings as inspiration | How to Write

In the Great Hall of Oxfordshire's Broughton Castle, writer and teacher Kate Clanchy leads a ...

A poetry workshop on the theme of happiness | How to Write

Caroline Bird leads a poetry workshop inspired by 'happiness'

KS2/Second Level - Poetry | BBC Teach Live Lessons

Presenter and journalist Ayshah Tull and professional poet Mark Grist explore the world of poetry. Together with special g...

KS1/First Level - Michael Rosen Poetry | BBC Teach Live Lessons

After hearing poems from Michael Rosen's A Great Big Cuddle collection, Rhys Stephenson and Mr Smith learn ab...

Poetry | Zig & Zag's Zogcasts

Zig and Zag report to back to Zog about what poetry is to Earthlings. Zag explains that anyone can be a poet; you write words down and they don...

Where Did All The People Go? - A Poem

Poet Carla Mellor explores the feelings of the nation's children in this 2-minute illustrated poem about lockdown during the coronaviru...

Weather | The Rhyme Rocket

The team receive a signal of rhyme activity from children in Leicester and blast off on a journey through the universe of words to join them.

Transport | The Rhyme Rocket

After receiving a signal of rhyme activity from children in Belfast the team blast off on a journey through the universe of words to join them.

Toys | The Rhyme Rocket

When they detect rhyming signals coming from Rhyme Recruits about to perform a poem in Salford, the team blast off to join them.

Space | The Rhyme Rocket

Professor Poet has a new telescope but his astronomy is interrupted when the team pick up a signal of rhyme activity from children in Edinburgh.

Plants | The Rhyme Rocket

When they receive a signal from Rhyme Recruits about to perform a poem in London, the crew blast off to join them.

Pets | The Rhyme Rocket

The crew receive a signal from Rhyme Recruits in Glasgow who are about to perform a poem and blast off to join them.

S01E15: The Wonderful Fruit Tree | Tellytales

Featuring a tale from South America, where fruits of every kind come floating past a village.

S01E12: The Golden Duck | Tellytales

Featuring a traditional Polish story about a shoemaker.

S01E11: The Baby Bunyip | Tellytales

Featuring a traditional Aboriginal tale from Australia.

S01E09: Muri on the Moon | Tellytales

A story based on a traditional African tale from Kenya.

S01E10: The Magic Porridge | Tellytales

Featuring a Russian tale about Lilya and the squirrel boy.

S01E05: The Snake Charmer | Tellytales

A traditional Indian story about Ashok and his snake.

S01E04: The Dancing Rose | Tellytales

An Egyptian version of the traditional Cinderella story.

S01E03: The Racing Princess | Tellytales

Adapted from a traditional Native American tale.

S01E01: Jack and the Beanstalk | Tellytales

The English tale in which Jack sells the family cow for some magic beans.

S01E07: The Elves and the Shoemaker | Tellytales

An adaptation of the well-known tale by the Grimm Brothers. The shoemaker and his wife have some very surprising visitors in...

S01E06: The Emperor and the Nightingale | Tellytales

A Hans Christian Andersen story in which a Chinese emperor learns that all that glitters is not gold.

20: How Anansi got long legs | Happy Tent Tales

Anansi the spider accepted eight different invitations to dine. To get to all eight proved a stretch too far!

19: The Piper and Puca | Happy Tent Tales

A young piper is whisked away to a fairy island by the magical Puca who orders him to play for the fairies.

18: The Lion, the Jackal and the Bull | Happy Tent Tales

Lion and Jackal are the best of friends until Bull arrives. Lion is thrilled to meet someone as loud as him. A new f...

17: The Great Big Turnip | Happy Tent Tales

A farmer grows a turnip so gigantic she has to enlist the help of her husband, horse, dog, cat and a mouse to try and pull it fro...

16: The Hippopotamus and the Tortoise | Happy Tent Tales

The hippopotamus keeps his name a secret, but when a clever tortoise discovers the name the hippo finds himself up t...

15: The Talkative Tortoise | Happy Tent Tales

When their watering holes dry up, two geese and a very talkative tortoise have a plan to find a new home with plenty of water, ...

14: The Fox and Crow | Happy Tent Tales

Crafty Fox spies Crow with a tasty piece of cheese, and devises a clever plan to use the crow's love of singing to take the cheese fo...

13: Lion and the Jackal | Happy Tent Tales

When the mighty lion discovers the jackal has stolen his food, he lies in wait for the thief in a deep gorge.

12: The Eagle and the Wren | Happy Tent Tales

Watched by the highland cow and a stag, the golden eagle, wren, grouse and other highland birds compete to see who can fly high...

11: The Golden Harp | Happy Tent Tales

Three travellers knock on the door of a Welshman singing alone in his house and find him warm and welcoming.

10: Henny Penny | Happy Tent Tales

When an acorn fell on Henny Penny's head she thought the sky was falling in and decided she must tell the King.

09: The Sun and the Wind | Happy Tent Tales

The wind and the sun have a competition to see who is strongest. The challenge is to see who can remove the coats from the backs ...

08: The Giant's Causeway | Happy Tent Tales

A giant from Scotland decides to cross the sea to Ireland but comes face to face with an Irish giant determined the Scottish ogre...

07: The Magic Cow | Happy Tent Tales

A young farm boy has a very special magic cow which catches the eye of two naughty trolls who plan to steal the cow.

06: Frog in the Well | Happy Tent Tales

A frog lived alone at the bottom of a deep dark well until a tiny sparrow flew him up high to see the world above.

05: Mice and Elephants | Happy Tent Tales

A family of mice are in danger of being trampled by an elephant herd until a wise old mouse and the Elephant Queen talk, and agree,...

04: The Singing Mermaids | Happy Tent Tales

A lady who loved to sing lived in a small village on the Cornish coast and always sang alone. Until one day she was walking on th...

The Write Way: Part 1 | The Learning Zone

This programme deals with teaching writing skills to 9-11 year olds.

How to Write

Michael Morpurgo, the author of War Horse, and Philip Pullman, writer of the His Dark Materials trilogy, reveal their inspiration and share the secrets of their...

Writing and Performance Poetry | BBC Teach Live Lessons

This Live Lesson explores the theme of change and includes reading, performance and critical analysis of similes and ...

A poetry workshop using surroundings and settings as inspiration | How to Write

In the Great Hall of Oxfordshire's Broughton Castle, writer and teacher Kate Clanchy leads a ...

A poetry workshop on the theme of happiness | How to Write

Caroline Bird leads a poetry workshop inspired by 'happiness'

KS2/Second Level - Poetry | BBC Teach Live Lessons

Presenter and journalist Ayshah Tull and professional poet Mark Grist explore the world of poetry. Together with special g...

KS1/First Level - Michael Rosen Poetry | BBC Teach Live Lessons

After hearing poems from Michael Rosen's A Great Big Cuddle collection, Rhys Stephenson and Mr Smith learn ab...

A poetry workshop on the theme of 'The 2 sides of me' | How to Write

What are the '2 sides' of you? Caroline Bird shows a group of young people how to use it as inspiration ...

A fictional short story writing workshop | How to Write

See how your personal memories can form the basis of a short story.

Top tips for young aspiring writers from author Rebecca Abrams | How to Write

Novelist Rebecca Abrams offers advice to young aspiring writers.

Poetry in Motion | Apple Tree House

David is super-excited at the prospect of writing a poem for the Apple Tree community poetry event. As David tries to write about his tra...