Valerie Bloom

Writer and performance poet. Workshops in schools. Jamaican born, Kent living. Technophobe: managed account!

[Louise JohnsShepherd @Loujs]

What a day!!
Thank you to everyone who came to #CLiPPA23 today.
For the performances, for the poems, for the kind words and the brilliant, brilliant support for poetry.
So proud of the @clpe1 team and so grateful. Thank You.

[Valerie Bloom @PoetryVal]

@TheWritingWeb @RufusWilliam @poetrybyheart Lovely to see that! Thank you.

[The Writing Web ✍🏾 @TheWritingWeb]

@RufusWilliam Not a course, but the @poetrybyheart resources pack a serious punch. 🙌🏾

The appreciation and recital of poems celebrates the power of language. Here's the poetry map I created to support me when I learned to recite Valerie Bloom's 'Time' by heart. 🧡👇🏾

https://t.co/TDHQQkkINP

[Books for Keeps @BooksForKeeps]

It's all happening @The_Globe Monday 26 June as @poetrybyheart celebrates ten years of the competition and a record breaking number of entries. Congratulations to all this year's finalists! #poetry
https://t.co/b3XOvGWIuc

[Mark Siswick MBE @Siswick]

Really looking forward to our @WandleLearning Primary Professional Learning Day today working with colleagues from @paxtonacademy @Ravenstone_ and @ChestertonSch with a keynote from @NCETM’s Matt Lucas and a #readingforpleasure session with @PoetryVal

[Valerie Bloom @PoetryVal]

@Siswick @WandleLearning @paxtonacademy @Ravenstone_ @ChestertonSch @NCETM Looking forward to the session too, Mark.

[Kate Wakeling @WakelingKate]

Thanks Armadillo Magazine for inviting me to write about the power of poetry for younger children. https://t.co/e5SbojSlSC
I was very glad to have the chance to celebrate the terrific work of @PoetryVal @rachelpoet @EarlyTrain @jamescarterpoet @JosephACoelho @Janenewberry55 ⚡️

[Valerie Bloom @PoetryVal]

@WakelingKate @RachelPoet @EarlyTrain @jamescarterpoet @JosephACoelho @Janenewberry55 @OtterBarryBooks @clpe1 @tygertygermag @bouncemarketing Lovely article! Thank you, Kate

[Valerie Bloom @PoetryVal]

@MissEngland9 Lovely!

[Lethbridge Primary @LethbridgePri]

Gorgeous personification and rhymes from Y3 inspired by Valerie Bloom @PoetryVal

[Bounce Waterstones @bounce_wstones]

🔔GIVEAWAY ALERT🔔

To celebrate #WorldPoetryDay we are offering 10 copies of A Passing On of Shells 🐚 DM directly to request your copy📘

"..poems to make you smile, chuckle, laugh out loud and ponder.." - Valerie Bloom

#childrensbooks #poetry #Giveaway #BooksWorthReading

[CLPE @clpe1]

🧵It's #WorldPoetryDay, and as the National Poetry Centre for Primary Schools, we have tons of poetry resources, as well as the latest research findings from our #TheBigAmazingPoetryProject survey, which show the importance of poetry for children: https://t.co/pQ2IIbDIqu

[Charlotte Hacking @charliehacking]

@AlyxP1 @clpe1 Such an absolute and genuine pleasure to work in partnership with you @EarlyTrain and @PoetryVal on this. The survey tells us what’s needed, now to work together on putting it into practice!

[Nicola Cowling @madaboutbooks]

Children are enjoying the new Poet-tree display in the downstairs library. A numbered envelope, spin the Wheel of fortune and read the poem in the envelope with the number you land on. Poems by contemporary/classic poets, different forms, funny, sad etc. @moses_brian @jonnybid

[Valerie Bloom @PoetryVal]

@madaboutbooks @moses_brian @jonnybid What a lovely idea! Thanks for sharing.

[Books for Keeps @BooksForKeeps]

Today, @clpe1 and @MacmillanKidsUK launch The Big Amazing Poetry Project in response to findings from recent research into #poetry teaching and learning in primary schools. https://t.co/8c8OqzUNmB

[Valerie Bloom @PoetryVal]

It is so great to be part of #TheBigAmazingPoetryProject with @CLPE1 and @macmillankidsuk, and the findings show just how important poetry is for children. Read the results of the survey here:  https://t.co/iKNk2rrB7M

[Chandlings Prep School @chandlings_sch]

We were delighted to welcome the writer and performance poet Valerie Bloom to Chandlings as part of a week filled with exciting World Book Day events. @PoetryVal #poetry https://t.co/rh57fDE7qs

[Oakhurst Readers @OakhurstReaders]

March’s poet and author of the month choices are here! 📚👏 @OnjaliRauf @PoetryVal

[Pádraig Ó Tuama @duanalla]

@CarolineBirdUK Phlebotomy