Year 6 News

From Elly, Year 6 teacher 

Poetry

Year 6 are focussing on the genre of poetry with a deep dive into poetry forms around the world. This included haiku, limericks and nursery rhymes. 

Did you know that according to a number of military historians, Humpty Dumpty was the name of a cannon used by the Royalists during the English Civil War from 1642 to 1649.  Humpty Dumpty was stationed on the walls of Colchester. It was one of several cannons erected to try and keep Parliament’s army from taking the city. The next month, however, the Parliamentary forces heavily damaged the walls beneath Humpty Dumpty with their own artillery. You can guess where this is going: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall and broke into pieces.

Student Poetry

Here is a selection of poems from our talented Year 6 poets.

Siblings by Sena A 

I hate my sister 

It is a lie that siblings get along 

I believe that siblings are just annoying 

Stop saying 

We love each other 

I never doubt that 

Life would be better as an only child 

I will never agree that 

My sister is important 

I'll tell you this 

Siblings are meant to help each other 

But this is not true for me 

Life is cruel 

Only lonely people think 

Siblings are irreplaceable 

I would like to say that 

My sister is worthless 

I just can't admit that 

Siblings will always be there for you 

Please read backwards for a different story.