Students in Vine Lane enjoy poetry week

STUDENTS at ACS Hillingdon are taking part in a fun-filled Poetry Week which includes a visit from a renowned children's poet.

The school in Vine Lane, Hillingdon, was visited by James Carter who took the student for two sessions.

One involved a lively show with guitar music, a Goldilocks rap, and poems about the dark, a garden shed and electric guitars.

Older students took part in a highly interactive presentation featuring rhymes about bugs, dinosaurs, pirates, and travelling around the world.

Throughout the week students brought a poem to school which they share with their classmates and different year groups.

Peggy Travers, lower school librarian, said: "Poetry is a great way to play with language because, for children of this age, it is so open-ended and has so few strict rules. We are glad that Poetry Week created an environment for the students to enjoy language and learn to play and experiment with it."

The week culminated with 'pyjama time' where students brought pyjamas, a pillow, a flashlight and a cuddly toy to school for a poetry-reading session.

The library was transformed into a poetry wonderland with fairy lights and cushions to create a cosy atmosphere for the students to read their favourite poems.