It was a very busy day again with children learning all about Viking poems called kennings and also using word association to write some amazing poetry with Valerie Bloom.

The children have done so well on this course, they have learned so many amazing new writing skills and also became aces in the kitchen, preparing both the main course and dessert for everyone on Tuesday and Wednesday night.

Don’t get me started on their brilliance playing Articulate for Kids, Mafia and of course, their favourite game, Stagger Lee.

Here are a couple of videos of the fun they had playing the game.

Our morning started with an alarm – don’t worry though, it was just Mrs. Hogg taking the bacon out of the oven!  Oops!  We still enjoyed our cooked breakfast though.

The morning was spent with John and Valerie learning how to write a list poem.  The children really used their imaginations to create their own poems; I am sure they will share them with you when they come home.

In the afternoon, we all went for a really long walk in the woods near Lumb Bank.  I bet Ted Hughes walked here as well and it gave him lots of great ideas for his poetry.

We had to use what we had seen, walking through the woods to design our own world.

We had to name the world after our initials but could choose our own words to replace the initials.

Here are some photos from our walk.

The children were so busy at Lumb Bank on their first day working with John and Valerie.  They learned how to write poetry and dedicated it to people they really liked or loved.

They worked really hard and enjoyed the interactive songs they learnt with poet, Valerie, later.  The children performed a traditional Jamaican slave song with the teachers’ help.

More fun followed as they played their favourite game, Mafia, before going to bed.

They all slept very well.