A Day with Trevor Millum
Trevor Millum spent a day as our "poet in residence" working with a mixed group of children from Y2 to Y6. The day started with a whole school assembly where Trevor performed a range of his poems . Selected pupils then worked together with Trevor and Mr Tibbetts to produce poems to be performed in front of the whole school and invited parents.
The whole group fashioned this poem together.
It has a repetitive rhythm. The children were asked to suggest items to put into a magic box that slotted neatly into the rhythm.
The Magic box
In the box. In the magic box.
In the box.
A bag of chips
A big blue whale
A purple penguin
A haunted hall
In the box. In the magic box.
In the box.
A wizard's hat
A table tennis net
A volcano that erupts
And a jumbo jet
In the box. In the magic box.
In the box.
A breath of wind
A burning sun
A spooky school
And a teacher that's fun
In the box. In the magic box.
In the box.
A colourful palace
A diving dolphin
In the palace's sea
And yes guess what... me!
In the box. In the magic box.
In the box.
In the box. In the magic box.
In the box...........
fade down to silence
Poems from "Fridge Magnets"!
The children were given a text that was collapsed into alphabetical order. They were asked to imagine that each word on the paper was a fridge magnet that could be pulled down and moved.
Trevor helping a group with the fridge magnets
They started to pull down words and put them together with other words out of context.
These poems resulted!
Table One
Imagine
A man with yellow secrets
Spoken stars secret wishes
A gold fire leaping
A fish with a smile
A tongue on ice.
Table Two
Imagine
Seasons' secrets
Summer sun
Ancient black box
Electric joints
Witch wild horse
High rolling ice
Is spoken
Imagine!
Table Three
Imagine
Ancient ashore Atlantic baby
Bluest box
Broomstick colour
Stars in summer night
Rumbling season secrets
Table Four
Imagine
An Atlantic broomstick baby
An ancient smile
Electric stars, high rolling
Spoken sparks, steel silk, surf swish
Yellow wild stars!
The box is a box of secrets and wishes.
Table Five
Imagine
First sip- silk smile
Season is snow- touching spark!!
First fish from ice
The last leaping man
An ancient Chinese cowboy
With yellow broomsticks
An Atlantic baby from witch wishes
The violet dragon
For the next exercise the pupils had to write down slightly sad ideas. Nothing too dramatic or life threatening. They then pooled their ideas together to write "I am..."
Deciding who is going to perform what
for the school and parents!
Table One
I am .......
A poem no one reads
A teddy with no nose
A jigsaw with a missing piece
A special jumper with a little rip
A broken down car
A glass with a chip.
Table Two
I am...
A poor dog nobody feeds
A car on its own in a lonely street
An old abandoned chair
A teddy bear nobody loves
Table Three
I am...
The clock that stopped ticking
A drink left on the side
A bow without an arrow
The room with spiders' webs
The car left alone in the street
A school cupboard never been used
The man at the door that's lost his key
The piano that's lost its tune
Table Four
I am a carrot that nobody wants to eat
I am a bottle that has never been opened
I am a fly without wings
I am a star that has lost its twinkle
I am a sock with a hole in the toe
I am a football that has deflated
Table Five
I am a kite with a broken string
A person with no one to play with
I a car left by the dump
I am a door that won't open
A pen that has run out of ink
I am a teacher without a class.
Practice hopefully makes perfect when we have
to perform in front of the school and parents
Poetry "Take two!"
Let's read this script through one more time!
Hannah is either shy or short sited!
(She's the one whose face is behind the script!)
The hall is packed for the final assembly
Two individual poems
What are Colours?
What is blue?
Blue is a river,
Blue is the sky,
Blue is the colour of baby's eyes
What is red?
Red is anger,
Red is loud
Red makes you stand out in the crowd.
What is green?
Green is the grass,
Green is the tree,
Green is the colour rhat can guide the bees
What is yellow?
Yellow is the sun,
Yellow is the sand,
Yellow is the colour of the butter
I have just spread on my hand.
Matt Georging
Matt Georging,
Matt Georging,
The creator of the Simpsons
Matt Georging
Matt Georging,
The greatest guy in history.
First he was popular
Then he wasn't
Now he is. He created
Homer with his doughnuts
Bart with his skateboard
Marge with Maggie.
Maggie with Marge
Lisa with her saxophone
Comic book guy with his rip-offs.
Millhouse with glasses
Apu with his Kwi-Mart
Itchy with Scratchy,
Scratchy with Itchy,
And not forgetting old gill,
Always needing help
Now everyday he's on showing
His great creations.
Tuesday 17th January 2006
Writing a poem with your eyes shut!
We didn't complete this task but closing your eyes helps you to concentrate and it is possible to write with your eyes closed.
"Close your eyes. Think of a favourite memory and hit a pause button and freeze frame it.
Now with your eyes still closed write down the answers to these questions:
Writing with eyes closed
- Where were you?
- Who were you with?
- What can you remember about the day? One word will do as an answer.
- What were you holding, touching or carrying?
- What was your posture?
- What could you see?
- What sounds could you hear? (one word answers are fine)
- If something was spoken , write down the word.
- What did you feel ?
- Write down a title to sum it all up
- Open your eyes and cross out any words that aren't needed.
Taking our unwanted words
Poetry is fun!
