National Poetry Day Competition Winners

  NATIONAL POETRY DAY

Thursday 6th October

COMPETITION

We had our own poetry competition to celebrate. Children in Years 3 to 6 wrote poetry on the National Poetry Day theme of ‘The Environment’. 

The best poems from each class were selected and the winners were given a prize of a poetry book funded by the GET ISLINGTON READING initiative or a book voucher for the Book Fair.

WINNERS

Anne-Marie – Violet Class

Shayla – Tanzanite Class

Rhea – Indigo Class

Emily – Indigo Class

Giancarlo – Blue Class

Sorayah – Blue Class

Emanuela – Sapphire Class

Eleonora – Sapphire Class

Brielle – Emerald Class

Antek – Emerald Class

Emily – Green Class

Rhys – Green Class

Antek - Emerald Class

All the winning poems are on display in the library.

Pop-in and enjoy!

CONGRATULATIONS

to the winners!

National Poetry Day Competition

NATIONAL POETRY DAY COMPETITION

We had our own poetry competition to celebrate. 

Children from Nursery to Year 6 wrote poetry on the National Poetry Day theme of ‘COLOUR’. 

The best poems were selected and the winners awarded poetry books.

Joanna – Amethyst Class

Noemie – Violet Class

Oscar – Indigo Class

Liam – Tanzanite Class

Milo – Blue Class

Jessica - Sapphire Class

Asuadoba - Green Class

Oscar – Diamond Class

Ruby Class

Well done!

Take a moment to read one of the winning poems!

Beautiful bright colours.

Red, the colour of a glamorous rose.

the thing I like is their beautiful pose.

we all love the colour red.

I've even got it on my bed!

 

Orange, personally my favourite one,

 I just find everything about the colour really quite fun,

we all love the colour orange,

I sometimes even have it with my porridge!

 

Yellow, the colour of the sun,

I find this colour quite a ton,

we all love the colour yellow.

It looks well a quite fellow.

 

Green, I see it every once in a while,

but. I've never seen it on a tile,

we all love the colour green,

who likes it? My dad and me.

 

Blue, the colour of the sky,

also, the colour of a blueberry pie,

we all love the colour blue,

but it's never the colour of a clue.

 

Purple, emmmmmmm….

 It doesn't rhyme. Let's skip it.

It's a bit of a waste of time.

 

Pink, reminds me of love.

 Sometimes reminds me of a dove.

We all love the colour pink.

It can even be in a drink.

 

White, the colour of the moon.

It can be a mushrooms gloom,

we all love the colour white,

I've also found it on a rope really quite tight.

 

Brown, reminds me of a broken crown,

but never reminds me of a frown.

 We all love the colour brown—also the colour of a house in a town.

 

Black, the colour of a rucksack,

also, can be the colour of a backpack,

we all like the colour black, It also rhymes with tic-tac.

Milo – Blue Class

Beautiful!

 

National Poetry Day

NATIONAL POETRY DAY

A poetry competition for Years 1-6 

Write a poem on the theme of

TRUTH

The best poem from each class will be awarded a prize of a £5 book voucher to be spent at our BOOK FAIR in November.

Give all poems labelled with your name and class to your teachers by

Thursday 3^rd October.

Get creative and good luck!

National Poetry Day

NATIONAL POETRY DAY

POET VISIT

KATE WAKELING

Kate Wakeling is a poet and she studied music at Cambridge University.

‘Moon Juice’ is her first poetry collection for children and won the 2017 CLiPPA (The Award for the Best Children’s Poetry Book). It is a delightful book. Borrow it from the library today!

Award-winning poet, Kate Wakeling, visited St Joseph’s on Thursday 4^th October to help us celebrate National Poetry Day. Kate spent the day touring the school sharing her poems along with tips on writing poetry with all our children. Her engaging and interactive recitals made it a very happy and memorable day for our school.

NATIONAL POETRY DAY COMPETITION

We had our own poetry competition to celebrate. Children in Years 3 to 6 wrote poetry on the National Poetry Day theme of ‘Change’. The best poem from each class was selected and we held a poetry recital assembly at the end of the day inviting Kate Wakeling to be the judge. She awarded a signed copy of ‘Moon Juice’ to the poems that came in first, second and third place.

Well done to the winners!

Take a moment to read these fabulous poems!

First place – Nina – Amethyst Class

Recycling

Mum says there is climate change

The polar caps are melting

It should be getting cooler now

But it’s absolutely sweltering

Mum says we have to recycle now

To try to make a change

To try and get back to when

The weather wasn’t so strange

If only my Mum remembered

To separate all the plastic

There would be less climate change

And the World would be fantastic!

Second place – Ella-Grace – Emerald Class

Third place – Tilly – Blue Class

Congratulations to our winners!

and

Thank you to Kate Wakeling for such a fabulous poetry-filled day!

National Poetry Day/Poet Visit

National Poetry Day

In order to support literacy and creativity in school we are delighted to inform you that the award-winning poet, Kate Wakeling, will be visiting our school on Thursday 4^th October as part of our National Poetry Day celebrations.

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Kate Wakeling’s delightful collection of children’s poems, ‘Moon Juice’, (7+) was the winner of the 2017 CLiPPA,(The Award for the Best Children’s Poetry Book). Kate will be doing a poetry tour of the school; visiting the children in their classrooms with an engaging presentation of her poetry along with sharing tips on writing poetry.

As part of our celebration of National Poetry Day there is a poetry competition on this year’s theme of ‘Change’ for children in Years 3 – 6. The winners will be chosen by Kate and presented with a copy of her poetry book, ‘Moon Juice’, at an afternoon assembly followed by a book signing.

If you wish to purchase signed copies of ‘Moon Juice’ please pay in advance using ParentPay and complete and return the payment slip to the office (email replies accepted) by Wednesday 3^rd October.  If you wish to purchase the book with cash please send in with your child the exact money and completed payment slip, in a sealed envelope clearly marked with name and class, on Thursday 4^th October.

CASH SHOULD NOT BE BROUGHT IN BEFORE THIS DATE.

We are delighted to have Kate Wakeling visit our school and we hope that you will support this event.

National Poetry Day

National Poetry Day

Thursday 4th October

We are delighted to announce that the award-winning poet, 

Kate Wakeling

will be coming to St Joseph's to help us celebrate 

on

Thursday 4th October

Her first collection of poems for children, Moon Juice, won the 2017 CLiPPA Prize and was nominated for the 2018 Carnegie Medal.

We are so looking forward to her visit.

New Books

NEW BOOKS

for the

LIBRARY 

Among the new books are the delightful  Kes Gray 'Oi' series

and the adaptation of 'Wonder' by R.J.Palacio for Early Years which inspires kindness and acceptance in everyone who reads it.

We also have some new additions for our Poetry shelf:

'Moon Juice', poems by Kate Wakeling. They are clever, funny and inspiring. A worthy winner of the CLiPPA 2017 Poetry Award. Perfect for children aged 8+

'Werewolf Club Rules', poems by Joseph Coelho. This book won the  CLiPPA 2015 award. Get ready to howl with laughter as you discover the rules of the Werewolf Club.

'The Language of Cat' poems by Rachel Rooney, the 2012 CLiPPA winner. Poems full of wordplay and riddles that make you laugh and think.

It is thanks to the funds we raise with our Book Fairs that we are continually able to add exciting new books to our library. 

Thank you again to everyone who supports our Book Fairs.

Our next Book Fair will be in NOVEMBER 2018.

Competition

National Poetry Day Competition

Congratulations to the winners of our poetry competition.

Feyi - Violet

Emeka - Amethyst

Nina - Tanzanite

Julius - Indigo

Blue - Giselle

Sapphire - Robert

Green - Thomas

Emerald - Isabella

There creative poems are on display in the library and I will be featuring them in this blog next term.

Each of the winners won a £5 Book Voucher for our November Book Fair.

Looking forward to seeing you at the Book Fair!

Poetry Competition Poems

L ights
I n the sky
G lowing up high
H old me tight
T o see the night.


Juliette Booij


Moon, moon it shines so bright
twinkling with the stars at night.
Wow, what a wonderful sight
as I look at the incredible light.


Stars, stars make the night shine.
Sometimes I count them up to eight or nine.
At bed time they make me feel fine
with their amazing shapes and lines.


Ellie Naybour


I like light
It is nice and bright.
I don't like it when mum tucks me up tight,
And turns off the light!


I like light
It's not too bright.
And when it's night,
the moon is my light.


Scarlett Jenkins


Day and Night


This is a poem about two balls of light,
One for the day and one for the night.
The 1st ball of light is very bright,
Even lighter than the blinding moon of the night.


The 2nd ball of light is for the night,
All dark and scary it will give you a fright.
But did you know that the light is generated from the sun,
And when it goes out you know the job's done.


Now listen here,
Oh dear, Oh dear,
looks like the light has disappeared.
You're stuck with the night from now till morning,
I know you agree it's pretty boring.


Olivia Murtagh


As I lie under a sycamore tree and let my eyes close,
And as the wind whistles lightly
Just enough for me to doze.
I wonder to myself as I look up at the sky,
Why does the moon that shines so
bright, only come out when the day
goes by?


I ask my mother when I get home,
but all she answers is
the answer is unknown.


I wonder and wonder and wonder
without end,
but the answer might be just around the bend.


Arabella Sanchez

Poetry Competition

Juliette Booij



The poetry competition winners were announced just 

after the book fair. Each winner was presented with a

£5 voucher for the book fair. Books now have been

ordered and given to the excellent winners.

Ellie Naybour

It was difficult choosing the five winners as we had so many fantastic entries. The

winner's poetry is now on display in the Library.

Drop by and see them.

Scarlett Jenkins

The Winners:

Juliette Booij  for Nursery/Reception

Ellie Naybour for Years 1/2

Scarlett Jenkins for Years 3/4

Olivia Murtagh for Years 5/6

Arabella Sanchez - Overall School Winner

Arabella Sanchez

Olivia Murtagh

Congratulations to you all, and a big 

'well done' to everyone else who entered.

You made some incredible poems.



Poetry Competition

Five book vouchers of £5 each to be spent at the book fair for the 5 lucky winners.

For your chance to win you just need to

write and illustrate a poem on the theme of

 

 

Entries must be returned to the Library by 

Monday 2nd November.

Get creative and good luck!

 

Entries to be submitted on A4 paper with your full name and class on the front.

More information on this and the BOOK FAIR  at

www.st-josephs.islington.sch.uk

www.ilovereadingatstjosephs.blogspot.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Celebration of Poetry!

Lots of fun was had this week reciting poetry as part of the class visits to the library. The children listened to poetry by Roger McGough, Roald Dahl, Kipling and Michael Rosen among others.

There were lots of poems about animals that made them giggle, particularly one about a sloth.  Hopefully, they will be inspired to pen their own poems.