Get Writing Schoolkit

This week we sent our Get Writing pack to a school in Hamilton. Included in this pack was 32 postcards that we had decorated and wrote poems on the back of them and a big sheet where we had to add words and phrases that we enjoyed in our class, plus a little bit of information about where our school is and the region we live in.
Here is a photo of the postcards we received from the school in Hamilton.
It was pretty cool to read the poems that they had created as they were so different to the ones we wrote!

Homework Poetry By Mya

Mya has also been practising using Screencastify for her home learning. She has done a fantastic job. Listen carefully and see if you can hear the two things that made me laugh! Well done Mya!

Didgeridoo ~ By Caitlin

Caitlin has been busy practising the skills Miss Panther taught us on how to use Screencastify. She copied her poem that she had written into a Google Slide, made it look fantastic and completed her home learning by using Screencastify. Ka Pai Caitlin!

Poetry

This week we looked at the poem Didgeridoo by Roger McGough. It is a nonsense poem that has some fantastic alliteration. We went into groups of 3-4 and analysed the poem, picking out the features that we thought were the most important. We then brainstormed our own animals and tried to use alliteration and wrote our own stanza's in our groups. Here is the finished product:

What does a Didgeridoo?

By room 17

A Rat

cannot rap while running

Wolves

wolf down hot rabbit stew

Polar bears

pee into ice pools

but what does a didgeridoo?

Fox’s

Fly fiercely for food

Lion’s

Leap over lazy loos

Jaguar’s

Jump over with joy

What does a Didgeridoo?

Greyhounds

will always wear grey gowns

Emus

like to say boo

Bats

Are as batty as batman

But what does a didgeridoo?

Llamas

Like lying on concrete

Dinosaurs

Leave big piles of poo

Monkeys

Make magical mud piles

But what does a didgeridoo?

Unicorns

Have horns that pop corn

Chicken’s

Lay Eggs in a shoe

Leopard’s

Jump over leo’s lollies

What does a didgeridoo?

Griffin’s

Cannot swim because they have no fins

Dogs

Like to jump through fog and poo

The Zebra

Beats the zebu

But what does a didgeridoo?

What does a didgery,

What does a didgery,

What does a didgerydoo?