BLF's online library includes nine lessons which enhance national curriculum topics, ranging from Year 3 to Year 11. Each lesson features artists and speakers who have performed at BLF, bringing the diversity, creativity and critical thinking found at the
festival into classrooms around the country.
Access the library of free lesson plans here:
Access BLF's Digital Education Programme.
BLF’s Primary lesson topics are poetry (haikus and quatrains), story writing, and the language of Shakespeare. BLF’s Secondary lesson topics are descriptive writing, theatre production, persuasive
writing, slam poetry, and George Orwell’s 1984.
Each lesson pack includes:
- A comprehensive lesson plan which includes national curriculum learning objectives, key vocabulary, timings, a resource list, and suggestions for future learning.
- An interactive, editable presentation with lesson objectives and engaging activities suitable for group work, paired work, or the whole class.
- Video presented by BLF artists, commissioned for the BLF Education Programme.
- Engaging classroom worksheets.
Initial feedback for the online library from teachers and home educators in West Yorkshire has been positive. Amanda Wright, a Home Educator, said the lessons were “inspiring and entertaining", and would recommend them to other Home Educators.
A Year 5 Teacher shared that one of BLF’s poetry lessons “kept students interested and focused, with activities such as videos, group discussions, and performance opportunities…the peer feedback sessions boosted their confidence and allowed them to learn
from one another’s ideas", also adding “the lesson aligned well with writing and speaking objectives, supporting students in honing their poetry skills while also enhancing their vocabulary and grammar."
Access the library of free lesson plans here:
Access BLF's Digital Education Programme.