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Duration: 15:00

The actors Maxine Peake and Julian Rhind-Tutt read a selection of classic poems:

The naming of cats
by TS Eliot, read by Maxine Peake

The Highwayman
by Alfred Noyes, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt

Colour
by Christina Rossetti, read by Maxine Peake

If
by Rudyard Kipling, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt

Daffodils
by William Wordsworth, read by Maxine Peake

From a railway carriage
by Robert Louis Stevenson, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt

Download a composite image inspired by the these classic poems (jpg)

The poems

Maxine Peake reads TS Eliot's poem 'The naming of cats' (duration: 01:44)

Julian Rhind-Tutt reads Alfred Noyes's poem 'The Highwayman' (duration: 06:47)

Maxine Peake reads Christina Rossett's poem 'Colour' (duration: 00:45)

Julian Rhind-Tutt reads Rudyard Kipling's poem 'If' (duration: 02:13)

Maxine Peake reads William Wordsworth's poem 'Daffodils' (duration: 01:14)

Julian Rhind-Tutt reads Robert Louis Stevenson's poem 'From a railway carriage' (duration: 00:49)

Curriculum guidance

There are eight programmes in this series. Each of the first 6 programmes profiles a different contemporary children鈥檚 poet who introduces and then reads a selection of his or her work.

The final two programmes focus on classic poetry and include a selection of well-known poems often taught at Key Stage 2. These poems are read by the actors Maxine Peake and Julian Rhind-Tutt.

Using the audio

The programmes can be used in a variety of ways. You can listen to them in their entirety or listen to and focus on one poem at a time. Students can read the text of the poem before, during or after listening to the recording and there are suggestions in these notes for pre-, during-, and post- listening activities.

Using the images:

Each programme is accompanied by a composite picture inspired by the poems in that programme. These can be used:

  • to stimulate pre-listening discussion about what the poems might be about;

  • to explore themes in the poet鈥檚 writing;

  • to support reading of individual poems 鈥 the image can act as a visual reminder of topics, themes or narratives for students while they are completing work on poems;

  • to stimulate creative writing: pupils could pick two or three elements of the picture and combine them to stimulate a story. This might work well with a 鈥榗onsequences鈥 story frame: a framework of actions already written where pupils add in nouns taken from the image to make a story.

More detailed guidance can be found in the Teachers' Notes below

Download the Teachers' Notes for Talking Poetry (pdf)

More from Talking Poetry

5. John Agard. audio

John Agard introduces and reads some of his best-known poems for children, including 'A date with spring' and 'Hopaloo kangaroo'.

5. John Agard

6. Mandy Coe. audio

Mandy Coe introduces and reads some of her best-known poems for children, including 'If you could see laughter' and 'Fizz'.

6. Mandy Coe

8. Classic poetry 2. audio

Maxine Peake and Julian Rhind-Tutt read a selection of classic poems, including 'Jabberwocky' and 'The Jumblies'.

8. Classic poetry 2