National Poetry Day, the annual mass celebration of poetry and all things poetical is held in October.
The Kraken by Ella Hollingsworth
As part of our year-long celebration of Poetry, year 7 have been going sea poetry crazy in lessons. We have been reading Alfred Lord Tennyson’s infamous poem “The Kraken” and using it to base stories and poems of our own. Georgia White combined her baking skills for homework and “baked” Kraken biscuits alongside a short poem:
Kraken
Slimy slithering tentacles
Gargantuan body,
Looks ominous,
Waves are turbulent.
Kitty Underhill created a clay Kraken to complement her Kraken poem, (more…)
