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Young City Poets Barbican Adventure

About our free membership offer

As a free member, you can access versatile, classroom-ready activities, to support everyday teaching, including resources to help you mark key dates in the school calendar through a literacy lens.

You'll be kept up to date with the latest research and evidence for literacy practice, and will be first to know about upcoming professional development opportunities and free classroom workshops led by authors, poets, and illustrators.

From flexible, lighter-touch activity ideas to in-depth sequences examining a cultural or literacy moment, free membership supports individual practitioners working with children and young people from the early years through both primary and secondary phases.

Your free membership benefits

  • National whole-school or classroom projects

    Energising live, online events with poets and authors provide insight into creative processes that our accompanying resources apply to ignite pupils' motivation for reading, writing, speaking and listening.

  • Resources for significant calendar moments

    From World Book Day and National Poetry Day, to Non-Fiction November and National Writing Day, we have inspiring ideas, activities and book recommendations.

  • Monthly themed resource

    Flexible, lighter-touch literacy activity ideas that build on themes and 'hot topics' that capture pupils' interest in a current idea or event.

  • Educators' newsletter

    Our regular Resources and Training newsletter keeps you up to date with the latest research reports, resource and classroom events, as well as CPD training opportunities.

  • Personalised dashboard

    Your dashboard provides an 'at-a-glance' view of new resources and research, and allows you to manage your account.

  • Resources you can trust

    Our trusted resources are informed by the latest research evidence, and align with curricula requirements across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.

Dive into your free membership

We're here to help you throughout the academic year. Explore our calendar of resources to build literacy into your termly planning.

  • Existing free member? Log in now and access resources right away.
  • Not yet registered? Sign up for free and start discovering how we can support you.

Looking for more strategic or in-depth support?

For just £100 a year, premium membership offers in-depth tools and resources for literacy leadership and planning - and with 20 logins available, your whole literacy team can be equipped with expert insights and classroom resources.

If you already have a free membership, it's easy to upgrade to premium from the link on your membership dashboard.

Upskill your team and strengthen whole-school literacy provision - upgrade today!