Day two of my three day visit to the Portecroft family of schools in Sheffield. This morning saw me and 30+ key stage 1 children writing a brand new Boggy Boggart the Bad story. Kids, you were GREAT! Some of the description of the despicable Boggart was fantastic. My particular favourite was Boggy's mouldy cheese bogey's that stuck to his nose. And I loved the idea of a river, leaf and starlight fairies, whose jobs it was to look after the river water, clean the trees' leaves, and make the stars twinkle. Good to see Boggy getting a taste of his own medicine too - he ended up in Fairy Jail in one story!
And this afternoon saw me taking my first trip to the cemetery on Stalker Lee Road (great name for a road bordering a cemetery). It was MASSIVE, as were the tombstones. Sergeant James Grim woul dhave had field day. Thanks to the Portercroft Year 5s who kept us oldies amused with tales of Ninja Skeletons (one with Iron bars in his bones - he was called Rod! and a chicken ninja Skeleton who clucked as he fought! - thanks Callum) until the other school arrived. The poems were superb. My favourite lines had to be...
It was so quiet in the cemetery I could hear...
The trees whispering the secrets of the deceased
Maggots munching the skin of the skeletons
Cells dividing
Shadows creeping behind you
I was so so impressed by everyone's effort and skill in writing these poems. And, as we got rained on from a dizzy height, it was good to head back to school to write up the finished articles. Although please don't show the young ones the final versions - some of the pictures that the kids found are more than a little scary!
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