Cheslyn Hay Primary School

Poets' Corridor


This part of the website was started when Prince Charles asked the poet Laureate, Andrew Motion, to launch a National Poetry Year in 2002. The poems are dedicated to our school community, both sharing their favourite poems as well as wrting their own.

Father Christmas by Danielle Higgins


Having read the poem 'Snake' by the Australian poet Ian Mudie, Year 6 pupils wrote a poem about a rabbit using his style and first line. You can see how successful they were.




Listen to our poems
Audio Poets
Preston Witch - Helen Gething
The School Dungeons - Sian Lloyd
A Rude Poem - Amy and Natalie
Pony - Helen and Sophie
Gerbil - Cathryn Russell
My family - Jordan Brook
More Spoken Poems

Y5 try to make sense of New York Tragedy
Poems We Like