Win Reading Plus - Festive Poem Competition 2025
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Poem submissions will close Sunday 7th December.Share your Festive Feelings!
The theme of this year's poem competition is “Festive Feelings”.
Enter for a chance to win Reading Plus for your school for a year!
*This competition is open exclusively to those who are not currently Reading Plus users.
To join the "tree-mendous" task, your students must submit a poem based on the theme “Festive Feelings”. They have complete creative freedom — whether they write something magical, funny or sentimental, there’s no “snowing” what they’ll come up with!
Poems can rhyme (or not), be free-verse or acrostic, but should be no longer than 12 lines.
Need some inspiration? Check out the prompts, poem submission template and activity resources at the bottom of the page.
Competition key dates
Prizes
Winners will be announced on Thursday 8th January 2026.
The winners will receive:
- 1st Place: One-year subscription to DreamBox Reading Plus for one class (up to 35 licences), including full training, implementation and support for the duration of the prize.
- 2nd Place: £150 voucher and a certificate.
- 3rd Place: £100 voucher and a certificate.
How to enter
Submit your students' poems via the link provided by midnight on 7th December 2025.
- Only one entry per student will be accepted (submissions must include the student’s name, age, year group and school).
- Daisy Education will shortlist six poems.
- Shortlisted poems will be shared on Daisy Education's social media channels, and a voting process will take place. (Instagram, Facebook, X (Twitter))
- The prize winners will be the top three poems that receive the most votes.
Voting will open on 16th December and close at midnight on 4th January 2026.
*Terms and conditions apply.
Voting
Maximise your school’s chances to win by getting as many students as possible to take part – every poem is a chance to be shortlisted!
- Voting opens on Tuesday 16th December 2025.
- Every like, comment or share counts as a vote.
- The top three poems with the most votes by midnight on 4th January 2026 will be crowned winners!
Brr-illiant printable resources
We’ve created a host of cool Yule resources to support your class in their poem-writing process.
Lesson ideas for your class
Explore 'Festive Feelings' ideas
Use these class discussion questions to inspire some Festive Feelings in your students.
- How does the festive season make you feel?
- What is your favourite part of Christmas? Why?
- What activities do you like to do in wintertime?
- What holiday traditions do you have?
- What is your most magical seasonal memory?
Resources for the festive season
Access these links for fun festive facts to spark your students' imaginations:
Festive playlist
We’ve put together a festive playlist for your students (and yourself!) to spark joy and inspiration while they write their poems.