World Poetry Day- Poetry Writing Workshops- 2

Ebele made us listen to a song and draw things on a paper with our eyes closed. Then we folded the papers in half and passed them onto others. Each of us wrote one word to describe the drawings.

When we finally got our own drawings, we had to write a poem about them using these words.

Here are our poems:

A dog called Ice cream

A long time ago, a strange dog,
that did nothing in his life except drawings,
thought about going to a park,
and he fell into a trap.

Everyone laughed,
because it was a strange ice cream,
and the dog trapped in it.
It was a chocolate ice cream.
A baby cried, because of the dog.

The dog did not die,
but he made a lot of money with his drawings
and everyone loved his work.

Now everyone calls him 'Ice cream'!

Maria- Year 9

In between

I hear a wave sound near to the sea,
The colour of the sea water is black.
The black sea water float to the grass,
in the park next to the sea.

When I see the sea,
in a very far distance,
it looks like they were attached together.

Between the sky and sea,
The first flash of light,
were shooting out from the Sun in the space!

                                                                                    Zi- Year 10


Alone Star  

Once upon a time,
a Star was so bright,
like a cloud of fire.
Star had a very good friend.
They always tangled together.
It's like they were siblings,
and they had the same DNA.

But Star's friend betrayed the Star,
The Star felt like,
it was stuck in a string of mess.
The Star was enraged,
it couldn't keep it
and it exploded with great force and anger

It exploded like a Nebula!

Magisha- Year 10

Creative Love 

Once upon a time,
there lived a creative girl.
She loved to paint,
and she had a picture of a house
hanging on her wall.

One day a prince went to buy
one picture of this girl,
but they ended up sitting
under the sunlight.

Prince turned around
and said to the girl;
"I love you!",
And they lived happily ever after!

Anastasia- Year 10

Darkness of life  


I think that sometimes,
life is full of darkness.
When I move forward,
and then stop and look back,
I feel proud of
what I have done in my life.

No one's life is perfect.
There is always dark side of it.
When I think about darkness,
I think about my uncle dying,
and leaving me here alone.

When I think about depression,
I think about me asking God
why He took him away from me!

So in few words,
I think life sometimes
can be a long string of depression!

Mitchell- Year 10

World Poetry Day- Poetry Writing Workshops

We celebrated World Poetry Day with poetry writing workshops. We have invited the wonderful Nigerian Poet, Ebele Ajogbe into our school.
Ebele prepared great activities for us... All these activities helped us to create beautiful poems.

One of the activities was to write the languages we spoke on a piece of paper and throw into a pot.

Our poems started with 'This pot has the power to...'

This pot has the power to make people know each other,
This pot has the power to make friends
This pot has the power to learn different languages.

Nurta- Year 7

This pot has the power to help people
This pot has the power to express feelings to others
This pot has the power to overcome fears!

Aliyah- Year 7


This pot has the power to make people happy,
This pot has the power to keep people alive!

Kajenthiran- Year 9

This pot has the power to learn languages,
You just look at it,
And you would know any language!

Yubing- Year 7


This pot has the power;
to make the people travel
around the world!

Thanushanth- Year 7






This pot has the power;
to bring everyone together like one family.
This pot has the power;
to make you realise that,
you shouldn't be racist!

Andreea- Year7

This pot has the power of language,
This pot has the power to bring everyone together.
If you speak a different language,
it doesn't mean that you can't make friends,
because YOU CAN!

Marta- Year 7



This pot has the power;
to make people happy
and educated!

Georgi- Year 8

This pot has the power,
to make people understand!

Franceska- Year 8











  

We visited Now You See Me 2nd Act film set

Today we went to visit a film set... But it was not just any film set, it was Now You See Me: The 2nd Act's set! How did we get there? Our mentor and the nicest actor in the world, Mark Ruffalo had invited us...












Here are the feedback from our students;




When I came face-to-face with Mr. Ruffalo, I was very surprised and happy. We went on the magicians' stage and saw that they used lots of dummies instead of real people to make up the audience. When I sat in between them, I was a bit scared of them! I also got to see the 360 degree camera and meet with other members of the cast and crew. - Yubing from year 7






This trip was a lot of fun! We saw the film set. Mr. Mark Ruffalo was very friendly. I saw how they made a movie. I also met with Dave Franco, Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson. The producer, Bobby Cohen gave us all hats. I was happy and very emotional. I learned that it is hard to make films.
Franceska from Year 8













We had a Skype Interview with Mark Ruffalo before our Christmas Break. When I learned that I was going to see him face-to-face, I was ecstatic. I had drawn his portrait with my left hand, because I had burnt my right hand when I had tried to cook at home. I knew that it was the only chance to give it to him personally. Mark Ruffalo welcomed us and introduced us to the others. When we were on set, we also met with Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg and Dave Franco. The producer Bobby Cohen gave us Now You See Me 2nd Act Hats as a souvenir. The cameramen explained about the cameras and allowed us to try them. It was the best thing that happened to me. I learned how hard making a movie is, but everything was amazing!

Maria from Year 9

 Today we went to Excel Building to see the set of Now You See Me 2nd Act and to visit Mr. Mark Ruffalo. We saw all the cameras and different size of lenses. We met with Dave Franco, Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg and Lizzie Caplan.
Unfortunately, we could not stay there for the day, because Mr. Ruffalo had to leave earlier. However, I enjoyed our visit a lot. - Rajiv from Year 9






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