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Poetry & performance

Year 3 · Speaking & listening

Match a clear poetic pattern to its name.

Choose a game

Take your time, try a game and collect stars.

Activities to try together away from the screen

Take it beyond the game

Use one example in a real piece of reading, writing or discussion.

  1. Choose an example and explain it to a partner who can listen and respond.
  2. Invite a relevant question, then clarify or develop the explanation.
  3. Agree on one useful improvement and try the example again.

Helping your child with poetry & performance

The Year 3 focus

Year 3 poetry practice introduces explicit patterns that children can recognise and explore aloud. Poetry patterns uses diagnostic descriptions with brief original examples, distinguishing repeated whole words from several different words beginning with the same sound. A real line can contain more than one feature; the label in this game follows the particular feature described on its card.

Work through an example

Say silver sleepy snakes slowly and notice the repeated starting sound across different words. Then say Run, run, run! and notice the repeated whole word. Try both examples with different emphasis. Discuss what the pattern contributes to the listener’s experience rather than treating identification of a technical name as the end of reading the poem.

Use the skill beyond the screen

Read a short passage aloud after playing and try more than one performance choice. Ask a listener which words or ideas became clearer, and explain a reason for the choice. A poem can support different interpretations, so the game checks explicit features or directions rather than claiming to judge the only correct performance. No microphone recording or automated speech assessment takes place.

Curriculum connection

Spoken-language requirements are shared across Years 1–6. These tasks prepare selected skills at a level intended for Year 3. Read the official English programme of study.

Questions families ask

What does the game check?

It checks explicit poetic features or performance directions. It does not judge a spoken performance.

Is this a separate statutory Year 3 programme?

The National Curriculum groups reading and writing in Years 3 and 4. These Year 3 examples provide a practice progression within that shared programme; schools can sequence the content differently. Spoken-language requirements apply across Years 1–6.