For Scots Week the Biggies have been listening to and reciting poems and writing their own. You can read the Poems, listen to the poets read them and see their illustrations on the Scots 2019 project page.
Tag: poetry
Candles for Christmas – Poetry
Autumn Poems
The Biggies took advantage of the good weather to take some photos in the playground this morning. We then wrote poems to go with them.
Life of a duck – Islay
I wrote a poem about being a duck hatching.
Mayfly larva
“Lost Words” Poems
We have been reading some of The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane. We wrote acrostics poems of our own. Click the thumbnails to see bigger versions.
Buzzard Emily
Bramble Zara
Robin Aaron
Bramble Emma
Sycamore Jessicia
Badger Rylan
Magpie Rhea
Bulfinch Aaliyah
Frog – Fulton
Robin Jack
Millipede Max
Magpie Alana
Starling Heather
Grass Jonah
Gorse Islay
Oak Tree Colin
Badger Hannah
Update: We had a nice comment on Twitter from Robert Macfarlane
What a bursting, vibrant Bramble spell Zara has written, John! Full of all those ripe verbs. Beautiful to read aloud and taste on the tongue. please send her my congratulations on her work.
— Robert Macfarlane (@RobGMacfarlane) May 4, 2018
and:
And – just followed your blog link to see some more of the spells. Amazing work! Look @JackieMorrisArt at the spells these children are casting…
— Robert Macfarlane (@RobGMacfarlane) May 4, 2018
Reviewing Poetry from WAB
We have been reading the 5M Poetry Anthology . Their school in in Beijing in China!
Please read my class’s poetry and comment below. Inspired, in part, by @MichaelRosenYes @moses_brian @Jack_Prelutsky Spike Milligan and Lewis Carroll. (Some of these kids were beginner English in August) @WAB_LIVE https://t.co/E6rmQcgg4t
— Mr M (@athole) March 31, 2018
Click on the images to read our reviews.
Blaeberry Mou
The Biggies have been making some animations of “Blaeberry Mou” a poem in Scots by William Soutar.
Listen out for Fulton’s playing of the chanter!
Blaeberry Mou
The flitterin faces come doun the brae
And the baskets gowd and green;
And nane but a blindie wud speer the day
Whaur a’ the bairns hae been.
The lift is blue, and the hills are blue,
And the lochan in atween;
But nane sae blue as the blaeberry mou’
That needna tell whaur it’s been.
William Soutar
We Know Everything
Back in April the Biggies wrote poems for the Kilsyth Rotary Club competition. The Primary 7’s recited their’s at their leavers assembly last week and did a great job.
The competition winners were Callum, Fergie, Zara and Aaliyah, but I think they are all great.
Kennings, we know about animals
Kennings are an old type of poetry, the word ‘ken’ is related, these poems tell you about how you ‘ken’ something.
Click on the thumbnails to see bigger versions.
Most of the images found on the Morguefile.com, no attribution needed.
