INSPIRATION AFRICA!
Project 2
Sandhurst Junior School
POETRY/LITERACY
Following on from the drama session in the hall, Year 5 used mirrors to draw their faces now and as they hoped they might become when older. They then wrote individual poems about their projected features remembering what they had learnt about beauty from studying the Mende mask. |
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"From studying the Mende mask we thought about beauty in detail. We learnt that people see beauty in many different ways and we decided beauty comes from the inside as much as from the outside. We wrote poems about our inner and outer beauty and our hopes. We would like to share some of these with you." Excerpt from Year 5 Assembly script. |
| THESE EYES OF MINE CAN SEE EVERYTHING I WANT TO SEE AND DISCOVER DIFFERENT CULTURES THIS NOSE OF MINE CAN SMELL THE RAIN-FORESTS, THEJUNGLES, THE WILDLIFE THIS MOUTH OF MINE CAN EXPRESS WHAT I KNOW AND WHAT I WANT TO KNOW THESE EARS OF MINE CAN HEAR WHAT PEOPLE HAVE GOT TO SAY AND THEIR FEELINGS THIS HAIR OF MINE CAN GROW AS LONG AS MY INTELLIGENCE CAN STRETCH THIS FACE OF MINE WILL SOON HAVE ADULT FEATURES OF LUSCIOUS LIPS, SOFT DELICATE SKIN AND TEETH AS WHITE AS SNOW THIS BODY OF MINE WILL SOON BE FREE TO CHALLENGE AND EXPLORE THE WORLD. |
The above poems were word-processed by the pupils, printed off and used to adorn their head-dresses. Year 5 also wrote Haiku poems about their futures. |
| The future needs us It will be ours forever It is in our hands |
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These poems were worked on, recited in groups and some were recorded. |
The poems above are in pop-up windows, if you have difficulty opening them please use the following links: This face etc. poems, Haiku poems and use the browser BACK button to return to this page. |
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