Back to School Acrostic Poem

Task your children with writing a back-to-school acrostic poem

Acrostic poems offer a fantastic way to introduce children to poetry. And what better way to start the year than by asking your class to write their very own back-to-school acrostic poems?

This illustrated template encourages students to get creative and think about all of the exciting things that the school year might bring. Before you start, you could even spend some time coming up with words for your poems together as a group to help everybody get back into the swing of things.

This template is available to print in lots of different fonts so you can choose one to suit your school. And if you're already thinking about budgets and saving printing resources for the term ahead, then a Super Eco Colour version is available for download too.

Extra back to school activities

If your class enjoyed writing their back-to-school acrostic poems, you might also be interested in some of our other resources to get the new school year off to a good start.

For early finishers, these Acrostic Poem Templates are also available with extra starter words to keep enthusiastic poets busy at the start of the year.

For something a bit different, you could even try some Back to School Shape Poetry. If your walls could do with some decoration, these colourful templates might be just what you need.

You might also find activities such as this Back-to-School All About Me Worksheet useful to get to know your new class. Ideal for ages 5 to 7, children can write or draw in the spaces to tell you all about themselves.

All of these resources have been created by fully qualified teachers and are available to print and download in just a few clicks. The start of the school year is always a busy time, but with a selection of high-quality resources at your fingertips, your planning couldn't be more stress-free.

Features of an acrostic poem

Writing poetry can be a tricky business. The great thing about acrostic poems is that they don't need to rhyme, and they're also easy to write. 

Acrostic poems use all the letters in the word to start each line of the poem. You can write whatever you like, just remember that the first letter of each line needs to be capitalised.

It's also a good idea to think carefully about phrases that work with your chosen word and its letters. For example, 'Seeing friends for the first time in weeks' could work for the 'S' in 'school' for your back-to-school poem.