Teaching Resources KS1 and KS2
This resource consists of 15 Power Points (5 each for KS1, Lower KS2 and Upper KS2).
Each Power Point presents a new ‘prompt’ to inspire your children’s poems on the theme of light. Each Power Point begins with a slide of teacher’s notes followed by images, poems, and activities to fire up the writers!
For the purposes of the competition, we suggest children try several of the ideas – sharing and editing their various pieces – before finally selecting their best work and submitting a clear and legible poem they feel proud of.
(Click appropriate ‘Age Group’ Prompt below to open a PowerPoint display)
| Age Group |
Title |
Content/Outcome |
| KS1 Prompt 1 |
Don’t turn out the Light |
Excuse poem for not going to bed |
| KS1 Prompt 2 |
I Love the Light |
Celebrating the beauty of light |
| KS1 Prompt 3 |
Candle Wishes |
Wishing light into the lives of others |
| KS1 Prompt 4 |
In the Light of the Moon |
Moonlight, Nocturnal Animals, Light/Dark |
| KS1 Prompt 5 |
The Flame |
Really looking at a candle flame (choose to use a real candle or one of the given images) |
| LKS2 Prompt 1 |
If Light was a Person |
Personification poem based on Rachel Rooney’s poem, Six Facts about Light |
| LKS2 Prompt 2 |
The Light of my Life |
Praising someone through light metaphors |
| LKS2 Prompt 3 |
Tiger, Tiger |
Poem based on William Blake’s The Tyger |
| LKS2 Prompt 4 |
The Flame |
Really looking at a candle flame (choose to use a real candle or one of the given images) |
| LKS2 Prompt 5 |
Light on Water |
Use images of light and reflections on water |
| UKS2 Prompt 1 |
In Winter’s House |
Using a poem by Jane Draycott – writing on the theme of winter, darkness and light |
| UKS2 Prompt 2 |
Twinkle, Twinkle |
Using the nursery rhyme and a poem by Michaela Morgan |
| UKS2 Prompt 3 |
The Frozen Man |
Using a poem by Kit Wright to focus on the plight of those left out in the dark and cold |
| UKS2 Prompt 4 |
The Flame |
Really looking at a candle flame (choose to use a real candle or one of the given images) |
| UKS2 Prompt 5 |
I Saw a Peacock |
Based on an old riddle poem, this task would suit able writers, but is accessible to all |
