We’re excited to announce a wonderful opportunity for all EEF Reading Plus trial control schools to win big this festive period!
By participating in our poetry competition, the creative minds at your school could be in with a chance of winning one of three Amazon vouchers worth up to £150! This year’s theme is: “Tales from the Snow”.
Win one of three Amazon vouchers
To join the snowy storytelling, your students must submit a poem based on the theme “Tales from the Snow”. They have complete creative freedom — whether they write something magical, funny or sentimental, there’s no “snowing” what they’ll come up with!
Poems can rhyme (or not), be free-verse or acrostic, but should be no longer than 12 lines.
Need some inspiration? Check out the Tales from the Snow prompts, poem submission template and activity resources at the bottom of the page.
Who can enter?
This competition is open exclusively to Reading Plus EEF trial control schools.
Competition key dates
Prizes
Winners will be announced on Wednesday, 8th January 2025.
The winners will receive:
- 1st place: £150 Amazon voucher and certificate
- 2nd place: £100 Amazon voucher and certificate
- 3rd place: £50 Amazon voucher and certificate
How to win
Submit your student’s poem via the link provided by midnight on 20th December 2024.
- Only one entry per student will be accepted (submissions must include the student’s name, age, year group and school).
- The top three poems will win the prizes.
Need help spreading the word?
- Download an A3 poster to promote the competition at school.
- Newsletter blurb.
Brr-illiant printable resources
We’ve created a host of cool resources to support your class in their poem-writing process.
Lesson ideas for your class
Use these class discussion questions to inspire your students’ imaginations and snowball some ideas for their ‘Tales from the Snow’ poems.
- What is your most magical memory out in the snow?
- What is your favourite part about snow days? Why?
- What activities do you like to do in the Winter?
- What holiday traditions do you have?
- What holidays do you celebrate during Winter? How do you celebrate them?
- What is your most magical holiday memory?
- What is your favourite Arctic animal? Why?
- Do you find snow exciting? Why or why not?
- Have you ever built a snowman? What was it like?
Access these links en-tale-ing some brrr-illiant Winter facts to teach your students and inspire their poetry:
- BBC Bitesize: How well do you know these legendary winter figures?
- BBC Bitesize: How winter works: Six winter mysteries solved
- BBC Bitesize: The history and science of snowmen
- BBC Bitesize: Cool wintry words from around the world
- BBC Bitesize: What is Christmas?
- Twinkl: Christmas around the world
- National Geographic Kids: Winter Celebrations around the world
We’ve put together a festive playlist for your students (and yourself!) to spark joy while they write their poems.
Proud to support the Digital Poverty Alliance
We’re thrilled to once again be supporting the Digital Poverty Alliance in achieving their vision of living in a world that enables everyone to access the life-changing benefits of digital technology.
Did you know?
26% of young people do not have access to a laptop or similar device.
53% of people offline can’t afford an average monthly broadband bill.
1 in 5 children home-schooling during the pandemic did not have access to an appropriate device like a laptop.
To discover more ways to support, visit digitalpovertyalliance.org