We have really enjoyed marking National Poetry Day this year in a variety of ways, over a number of days. We had a visit from the poet Paul Delaney; he was very funny! He helped us reflect on, and celebrate our differences and uniqueness. Using these ideas, we then wrote our own poems all about our individuality.
On the National Poetry Day itself, we took part in the BBC’s Live lesson. Here we reflected on an environment theme to write our own poems. We even learned ways to show emotion when we’re performing a poem. Afterwards, we wrote our own acrostic poems with our own chosen environment theme. Some of us chose ‘nature’, some ‘stars’, some ‘flowers’ and others ‘animals’.
Learning ways to read a poem aloud effectively, came in useful for our performance of a poem by an anonymous author called Flowers, to the whole school in the Superstar Assembly! So exciting!