Teach Primary Issue 18.2

The pick of the poets The CLiPPA, CLPE Poetry Award, is underway. The award highlights the best new poetry for children, with recent winners including Michael Rosen, Valerie Bloom and current Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho. CLPE’s CLiPPA Shadowing Scheme brings the poets and poetry on the shortlist into classrooms. Teachers are invited to choose a shortlisted collection and share it with pupils using dedicated teaching sequences produced by CLPE, plus videos from the poets. Children choose a favourite poem to work into a performance, which can then be recorded and sent to a CLPE judging panel. The winning schools will perform live at the award ceremony at the National Theatre in London. Teach Primary will bring you all the CLiPPA news, plus exclusive content and offers as we join with CLPE to shine a spotlight on children’s poetry. You can register for the Shadowing Scheme at tinyurl.com/tp-Shadowing24 www.teachwire.net | 9 I N EVERY I SSUE Look ahead | Book ahead Q & A Music for everyone Did you know the London Symphony Orchestra has a whole host of free online resources tailored to a range of age groups, and perfect for using in the classroom? Your class can experience interactive concerts tailored specifically for KS1 or KS2 and based on much-loved book characters. Children can also immerse themselves in music with the LSO Play app. You can even bring Lewis Carroll’s famous stories to life with The Alice Sound, an online educational resource. It includes brand-new music from composer Paul Rissmann, plus resources and activities from Professor Kiera Vaclavik, and the opportunity to create your own music! Find out more at tinyurl.com/tp-LSOschools * bishopfleming.co.uk/insights/academies-benchmark-report-2024 of Trusts currently have an in-year revenue deficit 47% EASTER IDEAS Looking for some new Easter activities for 2024? Take a look at Teachwire for inspiration and free resources. teachwire.net/ search/easter VAISAKHI ASSEMBLY A new video, narrated by a young member of the Sikh community, explains how this festival is celebrated around the world. tinyurl.com/TP-Vaisakhi24 Gemma Hunt The BAFTA-nominated CBeebies star discusses faith and family 1.What was primary school like for you? I have such fondmemories of primary school. I went to a very small village school of 60 children, and I can recall sitting in assembly and being able to name every person in the school. I loved taking part in Sports Day, and was proudly the only girl on the school football team; albeit for just one match. No-one passedme the ball, but I loved my black and purple football boots. 2.What inspired you towrite your newbook, See! Let’s BeMe! I was unable to find good Biblical stories that showedmixed-race families like my own, so I wrote some. See! Let’s BeMe! focuses on the big emotions children experience, like feeling jealous and getting cross. Hopefully by seeing other children go through these feelings and emotions, readers will be able to relate in some way and learn from the characters’ positive experiences of dealing with the emotion. 3.Howdoes your Christian faith informyourwork? My Christian faith is my crutch, supportingme through highs and lows. I love being a part of a local, national and international church family, as I always have a community wherever my work takes me. It’s not something I often choose to talk about openly, but I’malways happy to share my faith stories. This book is a wonderful way to do that in a format that readers of any faith or no faith can access. See! Let’s be me! by Gemma Hunt, illustrated by Charlotte Cooke, is out now. (£9.99, SPK) © Martin Brown