We have been learning about blackout poems and how they are created. We discussed blackouts and their meaning which created a link with our social studies topic, WW2. Blackout poems were initially created by Austin Kleon in 2005. We looked at some examples of Austin’s work and discussed the meaning behind them. For example:

This poem is linked to the Titanic as is is describing how the music continued to play while the ship was sinking- Orla

We enjoyed using newspapers to create our very own blackout poems.

We have been learning about the different parts of speech that we use and read on a daily basis. As part of the learning process we created leaflets to showcase our knowledge of the 8 parts of learning we have been focusing on.