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500 Words Competition

Competition

Nationwide writing competition for primary aged children that runs from September to November .

Free

KS1, KS2

Authorfy

Lesson plans and teaching aids

An ever-expanding bank of author videos and creative teaching resources to promote reading and writing for pleasure.

Authorfy Logo

£

KS1, KS2 ...

Behind the Headlines

Lesson plans and teaching aids, CPD course, Projects, programmes and workshops

Teaching resources and workshops to engage secondary students in the news and journalism.

The Guardian Foundation logo

Free

KS3, KS4 ...

CLPE Teaching Resources

Lesson plans and teaching aids, CPD resource

A range of free resources created by CLPE to help schools teach literacy in the most effective way.

CLPE logo

Free

KS1, KS2

Discovering Children's Books: Creative Campaigns

Projects, programmes and workshops

Termly creative literacy projects for primary pupils from the British Library.

British Library logo

Free

KS1, KS2

Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award

Competition

An annual poetry competition open to all young people aged 11-17. Entries can be submitted from March to July.

Poetry Society logo

Free

KS3, KS4

Henrietta Branford Writing Competition

Competition

An annual short-story writing competition for young people aged 8-18 that runs from February to the end of May.

Henrietta Branford Competition logo

Free

KS2, KS3 ...

Hugo Young Award

Competition

A political opinion writing competition for young people aged 16-25. Entries are invited in January and February.

The Guardian Foundation logo

Free

KS4, KS5

Jane Considine's Writing Unit Plans

Lesson plans and teaching aids

A bank of ready-to-use writing schemes of work covering EYFS to Y6 created by Jane Considine, educational consultant and author.

Jane Considine Education logo

£

KS1, KS2 ...

Literacy Shed

Lesson plans and teaching aids

A selection of short films and animations chosen to enhance the teaching of writing in the primary classroom.

Free

KS1, KS2

LoveReading4Kids Poetry Prize

Competition

An annual poetry competition open to children aged 7-11 living in the UK that runs from May to the end of July.

LoveReading4Kids Poetry Prize

Free

KS2

Make Our Book

Pupil publishing

An online platform that enables schools to create and publish their own anthologies of children's writing.

Make our Book logo

£

KS1, KS2 ...

National Writing Day

Event

National Writing Day is an annual event that celebrates the pleasures of creative writing. It takes place on 19th June 2024.

National Writing Day logo

Free

KS2, KS3 ...

NewsWise

CPD course, Projects, programmes and workshops

A free, cross-curricular news literacy project for KS2 pupils developed by The Guardian Foundation, the National Literacy Trust and the PSHE Association.

News Wise logo

Free

KS2

Photos for Writing

Lesson plans and teaching aids

Explore ways to use photos and images to inspire different kinds of writing.

talk for writing logo

Free

KS1, KS2

Poets in Schools

In-school author events

A service that helps schools find poets to deliver bespoke in-school visits and workshops.

Poetry Society logo

£

KS1, KS2 ...

Power of Pictures

Lesson plans and teaching aids, CPD resource, CPD course

Teaching approaches, lesson plans and author videos designed to help teachers use picture books across the primary curriculum to enhance children's reading and writing.

CLPE logo

Free

KS1, KS2

Power of Reading

Lesson plans and teaching aids, CPD course

A whole-school literacy programme that uses quality children's literature and creative teaching approaches to develop a high quality literacy curriculum.

CLPE logo

££

KS1, KS2

Readers to Writers

Projects, programmes and workshops

A creative writing project and competition open to primary schools in Shropshire that runs during the spring term. Schools must register by mid October to take part.

Shropshire Bookfest logo

£

KS1, KS2

ReadingZone Live

Lesson plans and teaching aids

A bank of free online lesson plans for KS1 and KS2 based on texts by top children's writers with accompanying online author interviews.

National Grid for Learning logo

Free

KS1, KS2

Ready Steady Write

Lesson plans and teaching aids

A fully-resourced, book-based writing curriculum for Reception through to Year 6.

Ready Steady write is a fully-resourced, book-based writing curriculum for primary schools.

£££

KS1, KS2

Scottish Book Trust Learning Resources

Lesson plans and teaching aids

A range of free learning resources covering reading and writing from the experts at Scottish Book Trust.

Logo for Scottish Book Trust

Free

KS1, KS2 ...

Shakespeare at School

Lesson plans and teaching aids

Online cross-curricular programmes of learning based on a Shakespeare play.

The Primary Shakespeare Company logo

Free

KS2

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