The Big Green Poetry Machine is visiting you to say
We can all help save the environment by doing something today -
Recycle, say no to litter, walk to school - don’t get in the car
Planet Earth can be saved, your efforts will go far.
Animals and plants are dying, Earth is sad, it really is a disgrace.
Eco-kids tell us how to save the world, make it a better place,
Use the power of words to tell us how we can help too.
Write a poem, your words will make a difference, tell us what to do!

Fab Prizes including: Sponsoring a teacher in Kenya for a year. Sponsoring an acre of rainforest. Adopting an endangered animal. Sponsoring a child in the Third World. Free bookmark from sustainable paper source for everyone who takes part.

The Big Green Poetry Machine is here to help you write a poem about making the world a better place. We hear about climate change, rainforests being cut down, war, poverty and pollution all the time. It’s in the news, you learn about it at school, from books, radio, TV and the Internet. But what can you do to help? How can you make a difference? Can you really make the world a better place for all life to live? Of course!

The Big Green Poetry Machine needs you, eco-kid, to send your message out to world! We know you want to grow up in a clean, bright, safe, happy world and it’s time for us all to take action. Let’s work together to make our future brighter.

To help you write your poem we’ve got a few tips to get you started:

Think about what your poem is going to be about. How can you make a difference and make the world a better place? (There are ideas in the clouds floating around this page if you are stuck!)

Think of some words to do with your idea. Do any of them rhyme? Poems don't have to rhyme though, you could try to write a haiku, kennings or a sense poem instead.

Speak to your teacher and classmates, share ideas if you want to.

How does your idea make you feel? Sad? Angry? Helpless? Can you make the reader feel what you are feeling? Write down your ideas!

If we like your poem it will be published in a special The Big Green Poetry Machine book, made from environmentally friendly paper of course!

How to Enter
Attach a completed entry form to each poem.
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Check the school entry form to ensure all contact details are correct.
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Free KS2 Lesson Plan.
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Make sure the school entry form has the correct amount of entries enclosed entered in the space provided.
Send one completed school entry form in with each envelope of entries submitted.

Post your pupils' poems to:
The Big Green Poetry Machine, Young Writers, Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive, Woodston, Peterborough, PE2 9JX
Closing Date: 28th November 2008
(If for any reason you miss the deadline please give us a call and we’ll make every effort to accommodate late entries.)