Ian Bland poetry day

Date: 7th Oct 2015 @ 7:37pm

We had a fantastic time today, meeting poet Ian Bland, listening to his poems and writing our own.  The day started with a very lively assembly, involving staff and children in performance poetry.

During the day, Ian spent time with each class, using different structures of poems to help children build their own poems.  After some practice, they performed these to the whole school at an assembly at the end of the day. Here are a few of the poems that they wrote, working in pairs. All were entitled 'I'd like to be'.....

I'd like to be an athlete,
So I could learn some dangerous tricks.
I'd like to be a teacher,
So I could mark their work with ticks.

I'd like to be an author,
So I could sell a lot of books,
I'd like to be a model,
So I could get admiring looks.

Grace & Jess

I'd like to be a pilot,
So I could fly someone off to Spainn.
I'd like to be a zombie,
So I could eat comebody's brains.

I'd like to be a racer,
So I could go zooming round the track,
I'd like to be a doctor,
So I could mend people's poorly backs.

I'd like to be a milkman,
So I could go around with milk,
I'd like to be a tailor,
So I could make a suit from silk.

Chase & George

I'd like to be a gymnast,
So I could cartwheel all around.
I'd like to be a guitarist,
So I could make an awesome sound.

I'd like to be a model,
So I could have a famous face.
I'd like to be a policeman,
So I could solve a mysterious case.

I'd like to be a DJ,
So I could rock an eopic tune.
I'd like to be a cleaner,
So I could go dancing with my broom.

Felicity & Evie

I'd like to be a juggler,
So I could do lots of cool tricks.
I'd like to be a Ninja,
So I could do some awesome flips.

I'd like to be a burglar,
So I could come out late at night,
I'd like to be a teacher,
So I could I that I was right.

I'd like to be a vampire,
So I could bite your neck.
I'd like to be a banker,
So I could write you all a cheque.

Lucy & Isabelle

I'd like to be a popstar,
So I could sing a funny tune.
I'd like to be a spaceman,
So I could fly up to the moon.

I'd like to be a postman,
So I could deliver all the mail,
I'd like to be a policeman,
So I could put my friends in jail!

I'd like to be a dentist,
So I could look at people's teeth.
I'd like to be a vicar,
So I could sharepeople's grief.

Carla & Harriet
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