Poetry in Motion Schools is Community Arts Partnership’s innovative literary programme for primary, secondary, grammar and special schools. Supported by principal funder the Arts Council of Northern Ireland with additional funding from Belfast City Council, this successful programme is now in its eleventh year.

Since 2001 more than 10,000 students have taken part in this project, and over 1,850 poems have been published. Poetry in Motion for Schools aims to develop the creative abilities of young people and enable their poetic voice through language and image.  We achieve this through workshops conducted in schools by published/producing poets most of whom have a wealth of experience in working with young people, helping to foster creativity. Schools that have taken part in this project see it as an enriching experience for both pupils and teachers and find that it also forges many links with the curriculum. Click here to see highlights from 2012-2013 Anthology launch at the Waterfront Hall.

We reach out across the whole of Northern Ireland and look forward to welcoming schools from across the region to participate in this year’s programme.

The project will focus on both the writing and the performance of the work created by the participants. Students’ poems will be audio-recorded by a technician and collected in an audio anthology and a book.