Newsletter 18.07.17.compressed

I'm a poet and I didn't even know it!
On Monday the 26th June, King’s had a real treat when poet Terry Caffrey came into our school.
The year 7s enjoyed a full day of English, they wrote poems and learnt many new techniques to
help them with their poetry and creative skills. At the end of the day each class nominated their
best poet and the winners competed in the hall and read their poems out to the rest of year 7.
The overall winner was Jack Robinson. We were lucky enough to interview him on his opinions.
Jack said ''It was a change from normal lessons and I enjoyed it as it gave me the chance to do
something else. I learned that I had a hidden talent that if I did not do this, then I would not know I
had. No I've never really liked poetry."
We also interviewed Miss Nophakhun, Jack's English teacher who stated that she was so proud of
him and all of 7EUC who endeavoured to produce excellent pieces of poetry! Also we interviewed
Miss Moss who stated " he was quite a character and funny. The day was beneficial for year 7s
as it was a whole day of poetry which is not what they usually do. As an teacher I learnt things
like how to overcome blanc page syndrome. I already read poetry and I will consider trying to write
some of my own ". In our opinion we thought it was a fun experience and it was definitely a nice
change to what we usually do. Terry was a very funny and skilful poet as he taught us many good
tips and skills.
Lucas Drake , Billy Slater ,
Thomas Madden , Benjamin
Owen