Mark Bird
Two of My Poems Taking Flight on the Brilliant New Poetry Webzine
If you haven't discovered the new resource-rich website, jam-packed with poems for children, then you have to take a ride on board The...
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Mark Bird
- Aug 17, 2021
- 1 min
Halloween Date From Hell to be published as a picture book 2022
I am extremely excited to announce that Ventorros Press will be publishing my poem Halloween Date From Hell in 2022. The brilliant Chris...
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Mark Bird
- Jul 26, 2021
- 2 min
Welcome aboard The Dirigible Balloon
Take a flight aboard The Dirigible Balloon! The Dirigible Balloon is a new webzine featuring poetry written for children by both new and...
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Mark Bird
- Jul 19, 2021
- 1 min
If I Were Me - a poem about being yourself
It's wonderful to see your poems used, but when a charity is using them for a good cause, that is #proud with bells on. I love these hand...
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Mark Bird
- Jul 19, 2021
- 1 min
Be Olympic! A Poem To Motivate ...
As always, I am overjoyed to be included in another of Brian Moses' mini anthologies; this time the theme is sport and the Olympics. The...
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Mark Bird
- Jul 15, 2021
- 1 min
Ghost Children: How many young minds have you inspired?
As a teacher, you always wonder what became of the hundreds, if not thousands, of children you once taught. Classrooms can be strangely...
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Mark Bird
- Jul 6, 2021
- 1 min
Brain Moses does it again... an inspiring force for many new poets ... KS1 Poetry
Did Brian Moses just include me in the sentence, "A fine selection of poems for early years from some of our finest children's poets." I...
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Mark Bird
- Jul 6, 2021
- 1 min
Dorothy - Polo & Pan
Still one of my favourite videos of recent years. It's created by the fabulous, French and sometimes frivolous #PoloandPan ...and the...
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Mark Bird
- Jul 6, 2021
- 2 min
Sparks That Lit Up Question Marks, Ideas In Human Heads - A Poem About Inventions
I was very proud to have this poem, Sparks, picked up and published by Gill Education, Ireland. It was the inception of believing that my...
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Mark Bird
- Jul 1, 2021
- 1 min
Love and Positivity: Heart Photography Competition
So at my school, inspired by Galley Hill Primary School I decided to have our very own Heart Photography Competition: Make a heart with...
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Mark Bird
- Jun 30, 2021
- 1 min
Queen Bowie by Banksy
Some things are good enough to just be recreated as is. And there's not many works of art I create with the children at school, take...
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Mark Bird
- Jun 30, 2021
- 2 min
Burst Bubbles - Poem for my Year 6s who lost their final week of primary school
So, at this time of year, my poem The Full Stop Day takes off as teachers get ready to say goodbye to their classes and children prepare...
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Mark Bird
- Jun 24, 2021
- 1 min
Minibeast Art
A simple idea, elevated by getting the children to draw on the pages of an old book. What language is this? All I know, it looks...
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Mark Bird
- Jun 24, 2021
- 2 min
DreambeastPoems: New Illustrations by Chris White
Sometimes the world wide web can be such a playground of positivity, shining so bright, that the negativity that snaps from our screens...
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Mark Bird
- Jun 22, 2021
- 2 min
How to Write a Thank A Teacher poem
After writing, "What Have the Teachers Ever Done for Us?" I thought I could use it as a model to inspire my Year 6 class to write their...
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Mark Bird
- Jun 18, 2021
- 1 min
40 essential education and teacher Twitter accounts and hashtags for 2021
A great blog post by Hope Education about the essential Twitter accounts every teacher needs to follow ... Do you know more? Please add...
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Mark Bird
- Jun 17, 2021
- 1 min
So What Have The Teachers Ever Done For Us ?
To celebrate, National Thank A Teacher Day I wrote a new poem about the power of a teacher... with a lot of inspiration from one of my...
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Mark Bird
- Jun 15, 2021
- 2 min
National Thank a Teacher Day ... #HowWillYouSayThankYou
Thank A Teacher: Ripples The future of the world is in your class today So teacher do be proud and trust in what you say For every word...
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Mark Bird
- Jun 12, 2021
- 1 min
Oh To Be A Bird
I was sunbathing in the back garden, pointing my camera aimlessly at the delicious blue sky when this little fella came a-soaring.......
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Mark Bird
- Jun 12, 2021
- 1 min
Poetry For Good: A poetry competition celebrating Key Workers
I feel blessed to have my poem "Schoolsick" long listed in the https://www.poetryforgood.org.uk/ competition aimed at celebrating the...
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