Author Archives: janethargreaves

I am …. I am confident and special I wonder if I will turn into the person I aspire to be I hear birds chirping I see birds roaming free I want to be someone who is hard-working I am confident and special I don’t pretend to be someone I’m not I feel unique IContinue reading “Two poems by Year 7 pupils in Mrs Hargreaves’ class”

The dream of gender equality is rooted in the hearts of all women in this world. Misogyny is consuming our society, intoxicating the minds of others and slowly chipping away at this dream, this perfect dream. I have a dream, a dream, that one day women will rise to be free to make their ownContinue reading “This speech has been written by one of Mrs Walker’s Year 8 RE students inspired by Martin Luther King”

A paragraph from one of Mrs Hargreaves’ Year 9 girls. She has used interesting personification and alliteration. As the uncontrollable waves were crashing everywhere destroying the beach, the water was attacking and suffocating it.  The beach had no hope.  The waves were not settling down one bit, only getting worse, minute after minute.  The beachContinue reading “Year 9 Descriptive writing.”

I am kind and caring I wonder if I will ever be noticed by a famous person I hear sheep baa I see black and white cows I want a big pool in my garden I am kind and caring I pretend that one day I will meet my idol I feel full of joyContinue reading “I am …… a poem from one of Mrs Hargreaves’ Year 7s”

I am kind and funny                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              I wonder what its like to go to the Olympics                                                                                                                                                                                                              I hear my dog barking                                                                                                                                                                                                       I want to be rich I am kind and funny                                                                                                                                                                                                                       I feel happy                                                                                                                                                                                                          I touch  the fluffy clouds                                                                                                                                                                                                               I worry about nothing I am kind and funny                                                                                                                                                                                                                      I understand we must stay indoors                                                                                                                                                                                           I dreamContinue reading “Another poem from Mrs Hargreaves’ Year 7 class.”

One of Mrs Hargreaves’ Year 7s has written a thoughtful poem about himself. I am like a house: reliable and inviting I wonder who would win when shark and orca are fighting I hear my sister yappling away all the time On Youtube I see rappers spit their rhymes I want a hedgehog to petContinue reading “Year 7 identity poetry”

I am miraculousI am generousI wonder what is nice and supremeI hear a silent screamI see a frogI want a dogI am miraculousI pretend to look fabulousI feel lifeI touched a diceI worry about schoolI am miraculousI understand that I’m ridiculousI say that I’m awesomeI dream about blossomsI tried drinking coffeeI hope I can haveContinue reading “Year 7 pupils in Mrs Hargreaves’ class are writing about themselves under lockdown”

I am the one, I wonder if I shall become that one, I hear the crowd chanting I see the future, I want the futureI am the one, I feel proud I touch the world’s best player trophy I am the one I understand its hard to become the one I say I am theContinue reading “Mrs Hargreaves’ Year 7s dream of the future”

The Struggles of Lockdown Why oh why were we put in lockdown by the laws? Some children cheered in joy. Schools were closed and each week there was applause, For our NHS and key workers they did bravely deploy. Home schooling. We thought it would be great! But without our teachers and class mates itContinue reading “A little poem by one of Miss Kidd’s Year 8s reminding us not to set too much work!”

What do they learn, the youth of today? When do they learn respect? Surely there must be a kind of way, To teach them what we expect? Why do they think that the elderly, are dirty, old and worn out, like a used tissue? They always think, “It’s all about me,” and this is aContinue reading “One of Miss Latham’s Year 8s has written this poem, inspired by Wilfred Owen’s Anthem for Doomed Youth”