Poetry Corner

November 2006

Theme: Children: for Comenius Contact Seminar in Brugges, Belgium

My Little Sister   My little sister Who is only four Has been an astronaut, A dentist …and more!   She’s rescued animals In a helicopter, And more than once Been a surgical doctor.   She has a part-time Job as a fairy, But still has time to work in a dairy!   Though she likes the moon The teeth and brains, The fairy wings And the cows the same…   And she loved the time When she saved that fox, I think her favourite place… Is the dressing –up box!   By Sadie Devane, 6th class, Scoil Mhuire, Horeswood, Co. Wexford, Ireland

Children They don’t like school They don’t think it’s cool Children love to have fun Jump around and run   They like to eat food and are usually in a good mood.   Children like to play sports Play war and build forts   All children like to play  but they all grow up some day!   Brian, 5th class

Children   Us here in Horeswood school are Playful, bubbly and cheerful too Our teachers who are very nice Help us learn all day long Except Saturday and Sunday we have a rest. We have sports such as football,      Soccer and basketball too We do art in our school ans we      Have some great artists too. And last week one day we all made Something to do with science. At lunchtime we all play together       And have great fun I am glad to go to Horeswood national school because they’re all very nice        and talented there too.   By Nicola 6th class

Children   Kids on the swing-set Cold crisp air in our lungs Don’t bother us now We’re too busy having fun.   We’re all different Never the same Different ages, different colours, Different eyes, different names   Sun on our faces We don’t want the day to end Lying in the undergrowth by the river Hanging out and playing with our friends.   Running through the forest Playing in the shadows and the light Climbing in the trees with the dog… It’s alright!   By Alison, 5th class

Nicole is a Wexford Poetry Winner. Well done!!!

Nicole, in Fourth Class, reads her poem 'Irish Dancing' for the pupils of Scoil Mhuire on June 30, 2005. Her poem was chosen for a book of poems called 'Rhyme Lines' and is one of a hundred. The competition was organised by Wexford Teachers' Centre.

IRISH DANCING I really like dancing It's really lots of fun I wear my dancing costume My hair is in a bun. I have these little dancing poms They really are quiet neat And when I do my dancing steps It's like I've got magic feet. There are lots of different dances The hornpipe, jig and reel And when I know I've done my best Oh, the happiness I feel. And now you know my hobby It gives me so much fun And it doesn't really bother me If I have lost or won. I do it cause I like it And I find it's fun to do And I know that when I am dancing I am happy through and through. by Nicole, 4th class,Age: 10,  Scoil Mhuire.

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