The Prefab
The gravel's scattered down
All around the ground
To make room for the
Prefab to sit on.
The crane comes along
Its chain so strong
To put the prefab in place.
The straps get ready
To lift it steady
So it doesn't fall on the ground
The crane's hook so high
Up there in the sky
Puts the prefab in place
Like a flash of lightning
The prefab's down
Soon a class will be in it
At the side of our playground
Aisling Sixth Class
The Prefab
Down goes the gravel
A massive mosaic
Lava lying everywhere
A square shaped cake
The crane comes
Getting ready to grab,
To set in place
The prefab.
Here we are
Another classroom
All finished and ready
For third class
Laura - Sixth Class
The Box
As the rectangular box is hauled in
Rain falling and wind blowing
Children gasp at the sight
The crane creaks and bashes off the ground
Lands on the chalky white surface
Upon the playground Foyle view
Connie - Sixth Class
Moving In
Chalky grey stones
Flat and smooth
A long necked dinosaur
Brought the prefab
To our ground.
Ropes carry it
And now it
Sits there on
The grassland.
Shakira - Sixth Class
Getting Ready for the New Classroom
Lots of machinery around the school
Diggers, dumpers there all day
Helping to red away
Chips and stones going down
All over the mucky ground
Here comes the crane
And lorries too
Getting ready with their jobs to do.
Cathal - Sixth Class
The diggers came
To make a site
For the prefab
Creamy white.
The big crane took
The prefab down and
We went out and had a look
At the prefab on the ground
The men put stones with
Diggers and dumpers.
Aisling Sixth Class
The noise of the crane
When it came to the school
It shook the prefab window panes
It was a messy site
The boys said, "Right!
Let's not fight,
Just get this prefab on the crane."
We all watched the crane lift
The prefab up into the air.
It wasn't long
Until it was over there.
Next day the prefab
Was all together
The men and
Trucks were gone
And now the prefab
Is very long.
Charlene - Sixth Class
The New Classroom
The digger lifted the grass
And the dumper took it away
Then they put down some stones
And went away for the day.
Barry - Sixth Class
The Flying Classroom
Up, up and away
It came soaring through the air
Dangling from a cat's paw
Like a ball of wool.
Slowly it was lowered to safety
Shoved into place like a prisoner
In a cell.
A view stopping giant.
Now the classroom's runway is gone
Fresh grass covering it's scar
It looks like it's settled in
The morning light is blocked
The playground's lights are dim.
Amanda Sixth Class
Spaceship
ZOOM ZOOM Erh!!!
It's a spaceship landing on earth
Taking children far away.
Aliens leaping out
Lowering their captain
To the ground
Making sure there
Is nothing in the path
Of the spaceship.
Cliona - Sixth Class
The New Class
The odious digger monster
Eating the grass.
The men guffawed at the children.
When the digger monster is full
He takes a drink of stones
And spits it on the ground
Where he had eaten the grass.
It looks like a market square
Without the shops
Or a building site
Without the machines.
And then comes the cannon shooter
Followed by a lorry
It lifted a house
And put it on the stones.
When it was finished
It seemed so strange
That there was a new class.
Brendan - Sixth Class
The New Classroom
The roaring of the dumptruck spinning,
The soaring of the digger bucket digging
Carting clay here and there
Leaving the foundation flat and bare.
Then the monster crane arrives
Oh gosh, its aim is very high.
It lifts the prefab off with ease
I want to drive it, can I please!
It's put together one by one
I estimate it weighs a ton.
Now it's finished, now it's done
I'm sure third class will have lots of fun.
Jamie - Sixth Class
The New Classroom
Teacher hauled children out of the classroom
To go out to the freezing cold.
It grew bigger and bigger
Until it seemed
Like it touched the sky
Feeling the clouds.
Leoni - Sixth Class