Daydreams, dreams of the future, sleeping dreams, waking dreams, nightmares, sweet dreams – there is no end to the dream worlds we can create and experience.

We have a wealth of poetry and ideas from around the UK for developing this year's theme in school.

Dream poet: Diana Hendry

Diana Hendry has written a poem especially for the 2007 dream theme in Scotland, called About Jacob's Dream. Read Diana Hendry's dream poem and download a collection of creative teaching ideas to go with it.

Diana is also the Virtual Poet for NPD week in Scotland – have you discovered her blog yet?

UK dream poems

Read dream poems by four UK poets and download creative ideas for sharing their work in the classroom.

Dream postcards

Read the text of this year's dream poetry postcards. Featuring the work of 8 Scottish poets, the cards are aimed at children and young people and the texts will be released on this site in the lead up to National Poetry Day. You will also be able to send a e-dreamcard when the week actually arrives!