In writing this week we learned how to apply rhyming patterns in poetry. In Social Studies we are learning how to retell the story of a place of local historical interest. We used this context to explore the poem of The Glasgow Coat of Arms. To start we looked at the coat of arms and spotted the different things that are mentioned in the poem. We looked at lots of different images of the coat of arms to help us spot them if we are ever out and about in Glasgow!

Next we studied the poem of the arms and looked for the rhyming pattern:

There is the bird that never flew,

There is the tree that never grew.

There is the bell that never rang,

There is the fish that never swam.

We noticed that every two lines rhymed. We then used a writing scaffold to think of our own items and what they never did! We found this really funny because we could put in our own ideas and make them fun and creative! The results were absolutely SUPER! We were so proud of our writing that we read them to each other in small groups and even to the whole class! We wrote rhyming poems and applied a clear structure to our writing. Well done, everyone!