Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award

The CLiPPA (Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award) is the only award for published poetry for children in the UK. Established in 2003, the annual Poetry Award encourages and celebrates outstanding poetry published for children. Alongside the CLiPPA to promote the teaching of poetry in schools, we run a Schools Shadowing Scheme.

WINNER 2024

The Final Year

Goodfellow, Matt ISBN: 9781915659040
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See that tall, skinny kid with the ball in his hand sayin see ya later to his mate? That’s me: Nathan Wilder. Nate. 10 years old and a week away from the end of Year 5.

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to high school. Nate is ready for it all, knowing his best friend PS is at his side - they’ve been inseparable since Nursery. But when they are put in two different classes and PS finds a new friend in Turner, the school bully, Nate's world turns upside-down. As he struggles to make sense of this and forge new friendships, he’s dealt another blow when his youngest brother, Dylan is rushed into hospital. His new teacher, Mr Joshua, sees a spark inside of Nate that’s lit by his love of reading and writing and shows him how to use this to process what’s going on. But with so much working against him, and anger rising inside him, will this be enough?

A powerful and lyrical story about finding your place in the world and the people that matter within it.

- Browns Books Synopsis

Shortlist 2024

Echeverria, Julio Serrano ISBN: 9781915628114
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Various authors ISBN: 9781838914400
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Wakeling, Kate ISBN: 9781913074203
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Lightbown, Stephen ISBN: 9781912745296
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Goodfellow, Matt ISBN: 9781915659040
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When the shortlisted collections are announced, our team of expert teachers write detailed planning linked to each collection which focuses on the appreciation, performance, response to and writing of poetry. Schools can register to take part in the shadowing scheme and receive updates and links to the materials when they are released.