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To register your school to receive information about INSET sessions in your area, please email: poetryclass@poetrysociety.org.uk or call 020 7420 9880.  Read more here.

To contact the Education department at the Poetry Society, e-mail educationadmin@poetrysociety.org.uk 

Teachers are already aware of how poetry fits into the National Curriculum and the Literacy Hour.

It has many other advantages too:

• It comes in easily digestible sections
• There is a poem to fit even the smallest space on a school timetable
• It uses many kinds of structure and form, and is fun to imitate
• It accesses hidden talent in those who struggle with longer pieces of text
• It stretches the most able
• It requires real originality of thought
• It requires only pen and paper, so it's cheap!
• There are opportunities for publication of young people's poems, and prizes to be won.

To start developing a poetry-active culture in your school, call on the resources of poetryclass. Book an INSET session with a member of our specially-trained team. They are all professional poets experienced at working in schools. Their expertise will breathe new life into poetry teaching in your school.

Check in regularly with this website featuring information and discussion on poetry and education - there will be lots of new information posted throughout the year. Bookmark our index page: www.poetryclass.net.

Order one of our books published by the Poetry Society, jam-packed with poems and poetry ideas.

For most current poetryclass news - press here.

Questions? e-mail: poetryclass@poetrysociety.org.uk

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