Welcome back for our last term of 2021. Again it is looking very different but in a few weeks we will all be back in the classrooms and able to learn with each other. 

We hope that during the holidays you were able to search for your Library Bags and the books borrowed in Term 2, so that when we all get back to school we can return those long-overdue books! It will be good to share some of the books we have read while we have been at home. 

When we come back to the Library we will spend some time exploring different types of Poetry . What is Poetry? Britannica Kids defines poetry as a type of literature, or artistic writing, that attempts to stir a reader’s imagination or emotions. The poet does this by carefully choosing and arranging language for its meaning, sound, and rhythm. Some poems, such as nursery rhymes, are simple and humorous. Other poems may try to express some truth about life, to tell a story, or to honour a person or a god. 

Poems can be about anything at all - 

Sitting Here Pen In Hand, Brain In Neutral!

© Paul L. Kennedy 

I want to write a poem, but I don't know where to start.
Should it be an ode to love and come straight from the heart?

Or should it wax lyrical of sky and moon and stars,
or of planets of our universe Pluto, Jupiter, or Mars?

It could be of the flora or fauna of this, our wonderful land,
or of walking barefoot on a lonely beach kicking up the sand.

Of countries and of places where the surroundings seem so strange,
frozen lands, dense jungles, valleys deep and of vast mountain's range.

Rivers long, the life blood of lands they pass along their way,
irrigating crops and refreshing thirsts continually night and day.

Or of the sheer beauty of Mother Nature we can experience all around,
from the gigantic right down to microscopic, many wondrous things abound.

Maybe of the sadness felt when the highest price is paid,
be it that of unselfish sacrifice of life or whenever it is made.

Well, after all those varied thoughts, I have no idea how to carry on.
I only wish I had learned some music, and then I'd have written a song!

Source: https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/sitting-here-pen-in-hand-brain-in-neutral Find some more funny poems here: https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poems/funny/rhyme/

Remember to take a few minutes to look further at the Britannica Kids site to find out a bit more about what makes poetry special. https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/poetry/353645.

Take  time to read and relax. We look forward to seeing all the happy smiling faces back soon.

"There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world.

Love of books is the best of all."

Jacqueline Kennedy