Young Writers Workshop

As part of our GATE programme students were selected to participate in the Y5

Young Writers 2 day workshop run under the tuition of Gail from the School for

Young Writers.

On the first day the student’s  focused on the skills required to create images in

writing: using metaphor and concrete sensory language. The students worked at

taking their writing from description to poetry with shape, pattern and layers of

meaning. On the second day they worked on some aspects of sound, namely

using rhythm and repetition in poetry. Students wrote poems using onomatopoeia,

assonance, echoing phrases and following a rhythm.

Please enjoy a small selection of some of the student's writing.

The little train

Zooming quickly

round and round

bells clang

hissing sound

all aboard here we go

today's forecast

rain with snow

but the little train

is not that fast

his racing days

are in the past

like a circus on wheels

bright colours pop

yellow chimney

yellow top

dinner time

Mother yells

and breaks the

imagination spells

Nate Lane, Year 5 St Albans School

The trunkless elephant

One day my elephant trumpeted

through the door, knocking

my coffee all  over the floor!

“That is it!” I yelled

at the top of my lungs,

I searched for the pink bottle  

on top of the  shelf, once I found

this bottle of mine, I squeezed

his trumpet right inside!  

I tied him to a pole outside

I sat back down and thought

about  my coffee, then

I realized it wasn't fun

to have  an elephant

that couldn't even blow it's nose

So I gave it back for awhile

and drank my new coffee

while I smiled.

Max Year 5 St Albans School

Ted the Teddy and Tom the Cyclops

Ted and Tom the wondrous pair

Ted has fur instead of hair

Then in the morning

One eyed Tom wakes up yawning

As the suns dawning

They go to the beach to have fun in the sun

He walked to the beach

With Ted hand in hand

To have a small chat with the crabbes in the sand

To bought along a peach

To share with Ted

They walk home to check the time

They decide to walk to the market to spandex a dime

Buy gumdrops, jelly snakes and sour chews of lime

Then in the morning

As the sun was setting

Tom wondered to himself

what it’d be like to have two eyes

instead of one

He stared out at the lonely plains of grass

Sophie Lynn Year 5 St Albans School