Mark Bird
Nose and Toes: a poem celebrating the senses of smell and touch
What wonderful things we possess as humans: noses and toes being just two of them - both of which can wake your senses like they did when...
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Mark Bird
- Jun 19, 2021
- 3 min
The Full Stop Day: a Year 6 Leavers Poem & the story behind it
For those looking for my poem The Full Stop Day without the story, click this link. Please remember, it is copyrighted material. I am...
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Mark Bird
- Apr 14, 2021
- 1 min
Leavers and Transition Booklet for Year 6 including my poem: The Full Stop Day 😪
For those looking for my Year 6 leavers poem The Full Stop Day without the resources, click this link. Please remember, it is copyrighted...
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Mark Bird
- Sep 15
- 1 min
Get a signed copy of my picture book 'Halloween Date From Hell' for only £5.99 including P&P
I have limited copies available of mine and Chris White's picture book, 'Halloween Date From Hell' for only £5.99 including postage and...
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Mark Bird
- Sep 14
- 1 min
Lettuce Pray : A wordplay poem for children about food
I love playing with words in poetry. This food-themed wordplay poem for children is all about those leafy greens. Lettuce Pray I know...
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Mark Bird
- Sep 10
- 1 min
"Going Back." A school poem for kids about the reality of going back to school for a few children.
For a few children, school is home and home is school. This poem for kids about going back to school explores those two contrasting...
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Mark Bird
- Jul 12
- 1 min
Tarantulas In My Trunks: an alliteration poem for kids on the theme of clothes
Alliteration is a fun and easy way to get kids into writing poetry. How many animals can you get your class of children to alliterate?...
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Mark Bird
- Jul 1
- 1 min
Me, Mark Bird, Reading My Year 6, Primary School Leavers' Poem - The Full Stop Day
So here we go again, #TheFullStopDay is upon us. I thought I'd post a video of me reading my Year 6, primary school leavers poem,...
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Mark Bird
- Jun 29
- 2 min
Barry Hoe - a tribute poem about Haribo, sweets and candy
I've always loved sweets (or candy). I'm 52 years old and I still cant pass a Pick and Mix station without wanting to fill a bag with a...
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Mark Bird
- May 26
- 1 min
"I Like" a simple poem about loving yourself
I work with children every day and sadly, I hear more and more what they don't like about themselves. So inspired by the brilliant The...
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Mark Bird
- May 24
- 1 min
Just A Bee - a poem about the glory and importance of bees
So I've been teaching my class about how glorious and important bees are to Earth. To get them hooked, I wrote a poem about bees to...
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Mark Bird
- May 24
- 1 min
Mondays In Nursery: a poem about the joys of teaching and learning
I have loved every year group that I have taught over my thirty years in the teaching profession but this year, my first ever year...
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Mark Bird
- Apr 27
- 1 min
"Time Travelling Smiles" a poem about the power of smile.
A poem about smiles. I still remember the power of a smile that someone gave me from long before. Smiles really do time travel - from...
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Mark Bird
- Apr 27
- 1 min
"Not Like I Love My Football" : A poem about loving football.
It's not very often my passion for #Prince and my love of writing poems for kids collide. But if you're a Prince fan, you will guess...
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Mark Bird
- Apr 16
- 1 min
What Is A Smile: a rondelet poem about smiles. How to write a rondelet.
Poetry forms and schemes can be inspirational to explore; they can help you mine forgotten feelings and hidden thoughts. Of course,...
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Mark Bird
- Apr 16
- 2 min
A No Screen Day: a villanelle. How to write a villanelle poem.
I've been trying lots of different poetry forms recently. Today it's the turn of the villanelle and my poem about having a no screen day....
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Mark Bird
- Apr 16
- 1 min
Dig Up Dreams: a triolet poem. How to write a triolet.
I love trying out different poetry forms. Today it was time for a #triolet. Fancy writing your own triolet poem? See the guide below. I...
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Mark Bird
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Your Book Of Life: A Sonnet Poem For World Book Day
Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage," is a constant earworm, or should that be #quoteworm? Anyway, that's what inspired my latest...
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Mark Bird
- Feb 22
- 1 min
"When Someone Is Good" : a poem about telling someone when they're good. No ifs, no buts.
Yesterday I started thinking about how as a teachers, we are often encouraged (maybe even brainwashed) into endlessly looking for ways to...
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Mark Bird
- Feb 22
- 1 min
"Trouble At The Dinosaur Café" picture book by Brian Moses and Hunt Emerson
I was very excited to receive an advance copy of this new picture book, "Trouble At The Dinosaur Cafe" from Ventorros Press and I wasn't...
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