Writer and performance poet. Workshops in schools. Jamaican born, Kent living. Technophobe: managed account! valeriebloom.co.uk
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Valerie Bloom retweeted
17 Jul 2023
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. 🧡👇🏾
poetrybyheart.org.uk
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Valerie Bloom retweeted
24 Jun 2023
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
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Valerie Bloom retweeted
23 Jun 2023
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
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Valerie Bloom retweeted
9 Jun 2023
Thanks Armadillo Magazine for inviting me to write about the power of poetry for younger children. tinyurl.com/5n74c6tn
I was very glad to have the chance to celebrate the terrific work of @PoetryVal @rachelpoet @EarlyTrain @jamescarterpoet @JosephACoelho @Janenewberry55 ⚡️
ALT Cover of 'A Dinosaur at the Bus Stop' – a poetry collection for younger children. The image shows a friendly sauropod peering down at two small children at a bus stop – one is dancing and one is reading a book.
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Valerie Bloom retweeted
30 Mar 2023
Gorgeous personification and rhymes from Y3 inspired by Valerie Bloom @PoetryVal
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Valerie Bloom retweeted
21 Mar 2023
🔔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
ALT Giveaway - 10 copies of A Passing On of Shells
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🧵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: ow.ly/2Ijz50NhGO5
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Valerie Bloom retweeted
15 Mar 2023
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!
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Valerie Bloom retweeted
18 Mar 2023
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
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Valerie Bloom retweeted
15 Mar 2023
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. booksforkeeps.co.uk/clpe-and…
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15 Mar 2023
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: ow.ly/zAOH50NhEPp
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Valerie Bloom retweeted
14 Mar 2023
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 chandlingspst.org/latest-new…
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Valerie Bloom retweeted
6 Mar 2023
March’s poet and author of the month choices are here! 📚👏 @OnjaliRauf @PoetryVal
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Valerie Bloom retweeted
Privileged to welcome Valerie Bloom MBE @PoetryVal into school today-amazing Performance Poetry assemblies for Reception-Year 6, a writing workshop for children in Y4,5&6 who have shown outstanding dedication to their reading beyond the classroom and a book signing ✍️ 📖📚#poetry
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Valerie Bloom retweeted
2 Mar 2023
.@PoetryVal is in the building @CroydonHighJnrs! Valerie has been performing plenty of poems in assembly this morning. ‘The Mouse’s Song’ definitely seems to be a firm favourite 🐭 @WorldBookDayUK #WorldBookDay2023 #PerformancePoetry #edutwitter #ValerieBloom
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Valerie Bloom retweeted
22 Feb 2023
Winner of the CLiPPA award for poetry 2022, Stars with Flaming Tails by @PoetryVal and illustrated by @kenwilsonmax will make you laugh, get you thinking and fill you with wonder - from one of the best-loved poets writing today.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yckpnft9
#WorldThinkingDay
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We are delighted that poet @PoetryVal MBE and CLiPPA 2022 winner for Stars with Flaming Tails, is one of our esteemed judges for #CLiPPA23
Find out more: ow.ly/17A150MWT2Z
Register your interest for our school shadowing: ow.ly/5WSf50MWT33
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Valerie Bloom retweeted
12 Feb 2023
The magic of poetry! We were rather restless on Thursday and needed to settle before a visitor arrived. By the time I reached the last verse of this poem, you could have heard a pin drop! Thank you @PoetryVal
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