Congratulations to our Young Writers

Congratulations to the following St Albans Y6 young writers who have all become published
authors! Their poetry writing has been selected for publication in the ‘Write On’ magazine:
Issue 51.  These children attended the Young Writers Workshop in Term 3 where they had
the opportunity to develop their poetry writing skills and rework their various poems under
tuition from the School for Young Writers. We are very proud of our young writers. Please
enjoy the following poems which were chosen for the publication.

LEGO tower

Building, forever changing,

erupting from the ground,

growing,

into an unexpected thing

tall as a skyscraper, leaning,

red as fire, mini figures

yellow as the sun.

Cracking, collapsing,

smashing into the ground

like a wrecking ball.

Rising up, building, creating

something new, wide as

an airplane.

Playing, having fun,

until a voice shouts:

“Tidy up your room! I can’t stand this

LEGO!”

By Lachlan Fletcher 2018, Year 5, St Albans School

The Old TV

Buzz, buzz, bizz!

Buzz, buzz, bizz!

The old TV goes

buzz, buzz, bizz!

The wind blows buzz

and the wind blows bizz!

And the old TV goes

buzz, buzz, bizz!

Buzz!

Bizz!

Written by Lachie Wallace, Year 5, St Albans School

The Poetry Team were a part of the  Poetry Pentathlon competition where they competed in
5 events. For this event the team were given a prompt- a disco ball, and then as a team, they
had 10 minutes to write this poem! Collaborating and creating under pressure!  Well done team.

Ode to a Disco Ball

Oh! Disco Ball,

You are so small

Yet you bring joy to the party

Big or small

Your tiles fall

In the blink of an eye

Nails elevate you higher in the sky

The parties you have seen

Gone and been

Oh! Glimmer Ball

The projections you cast upon the wall

Oh! Disco Ball,

You are so small!

St Albans School Y6 Pentathlon Poetry Team

Rory Forsythe, Cooper Gallagher, Erin Darnton, Olivia Donaldson and Magnus Telford