Year 8 Ballads

Year 8 have been writing poems and here are some recent examples.


On Sunday last,
at Moses Gate,
On my dirt bike,
I jumped too late.

But though I was in pain
I was there again

My bike it fell
and I crashed
The bike was twisted
I was smashed

But though I was in pain
I was there again

I fell to the ground
Like a bag of stones
Off to the Hospital
With several Broken Bones

But though I was in pain
I was there again.

Craig Dale

BANG BANG BANG!!!
Go shots from the sniper,
It hit the driver,
Right in the head,

BOOM BOOM BOOM
goes the Bomb,
The others lost
Their legs

SMASH CRASH SMASH
The car goes tumbling
It left the road
Crashed into a tree

BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!
Goes the bomb
One pull of the trigger
From back to the front

BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!
Goes the bomb
Everyone's dead
War causes blood - red

Conor Bolland


My Grandad David
was his name
he was in the army
amazingly, he survived the raid

MY GRANDAD DAVID IS THE ONE

My Grandad David
likes football
He was the biggest fan
Of them all

MY GRANDAD DAVID IS THE ONE

My Grandad David
is the best
he is the one
who puts up the
football nets

MY GRANDAD DAVID IS THE ONE

My Grandad David
Cares for me
He takes me fishing
Which brings me glee

MY GRANDAD DAVID IS THE ONE

Daniel Rathburn

In his 70s, George passed away,
In my mind this was a sad day,
He was always a person that liked to smile,
But women drivers, he'd run a mile.

HIS FAVOURITE LINE WAS "YOU PLANK OF WOOD
STOP DRIVING! DO ME SOME GOOD"

Drinking Whiskey in a small glass
In his bedroom, time he'd pass
He'd go upstairs to get some peace
Would sit on the bed and leave a crease

HIS FAVOURITE LINE WAS "YOU PLANK OF WOOD
STOP DRIVING! DO ME SOME GOOD!"

Off he went to go fly fishing
Swoosh Swoosh the line went swishing
the fly dropped in the river
but women drivers made him shiver

Morgan Cooke

My Grandma Lillian
was one in a million

THE GREATEST GRANDMA IN THE WORLD

She took me for walks
We had lots of talks

THE GREATEST GREANDMA IN THE WORLD

She bought me sweets
and lots of treats

THE GREATEST GRANDMA IN THE WORLD

She taught me how to ride my bike
She showed me how to fly a kite

THE GREATEST GRANDMA IN THE WORLD

Jake Waine

A soldier's life is not for all

A soldier's life must be willing to give all

So if I die here in this hell hole

Tell my children I died a hero

As I stand here on the battlefield alone

All I can think about is going home

My feet are heavy, my mouth is dry

So if I die here in this hell hole

Tell my children I died a hero.

I think of all the people I killed

I wonder if it was their own will

So if I die here in this hell hole

Tell my children I died a hero

The pride of my people is what I earn

The heat of the machine gun is starting to burn

Everyday I ask God for protection

So if I die here in this hell hole

Tell my children I died a hero.

Simon Gheresus

The Dog FIght

Shoot me not

It's not my fault

I was not the one who abused me so

And I did not hurt you, but you hurt me.

SHOOT ME NOT - IT'S NOT MY FAULT

And now they say it's all my fault

And you give me the only way out

But don't blame us and forgive us

In our final battle to the death

Shoot me not, it's not my fault

Charlotte Roscoe

Now my fairy is a friend Mary

Looking down from the sky

I will always remember her

as each day passes by.

I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HER

Now God has a v ery special

'Fairy in Heaven' Her name is

'Mary the Special Fairy'

I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HER

As time passes by,

I do not cry,

I say a little prayer

For she knows I care

....and always will

I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HER

Katie Overy

Relatives - Passed Away

My Grandad Tom he is a star

But now he is so very far

I LOVE MY GRANDAD TOM

Now he's gone and left me here

I can only shed a tear

I LOVE MY GRANDAD TOM

I look up at the stars at night

And see the only one that's shining bright

I LOVE MY GRANDAD TOM

Leighton Rothwell

Year 9 Set 1

A Saturday Afternoon Visit to The Lowry Theatre.

Mrs Smith, Mr Carroll and Miss Richardson accompanied year 10 GCSE Drama pupils on a trip to the theatre.

Year 9 Romeo and Juliet Task

The Inquest



Pupils have to perform a piece and offer their opinions at the inquest in Verona regarding who is to blame for the deaths of the star-crossed lovers.








Transcript

Ladies and Gentlemen

I am here today, at the inquest into the Deaths of Romeo and Juliet, to offer my highly regarded team of lawyers’ opinions as to the reasons for the deaths of these star crossed lovers. It is obvious that there are several parties who can be seen to have contributed towards their tragic situation but we firmly believe that the most guilty party in the state of affairs was no other than the nurse.

Today, you must find the nurse to be more guilty than any other party because she had the ability to control the sequence of events and prevent anything that happened from taking place.

How on earth can you believe any other character is guiltier than this sole, culpable party?

The nurse behaved in a deplorable, despicable and dangerous manner in trying to arrange the marriage by visiting Romeo, a Montague, and arranging the marriage by visiting the Friar at his cell. As a result, she clearly acted against the wishes of her family and such behaviour can only be described as a mischievous female who held no care for the child in her care.

Chris Linsdell, a local cart thief who regularly makes up songs to entertain other mad people, is her husband and firmly believes that she is guilty too. In a statement to Verona’s Courts, he stated, “my wife has always loved gossip and would have enjoyed being in the middle of this secret arrangement. She has never liked Juliet’s mother and father and deserves all she gets for acting in such a devious, dreadful manner!”

In Verona, it was evident that 76 people died in the town square only days before their untimely deaths and it was foolish, thoughtless and insensitive to try to arrange such a relationship at the present time.

In another court case in 1657, a nurse of another wealthy daughter was beheaded for merely giving her a Ribena instead of a Vimto as this was regarded as being ‘a rude breach of their parents’ confidence’, according to Judge Bileast Doolan of Mantua and as a result deserved nothing more than a painful death.

85% of servants who come before a court in cases like this are found to be guilty and I believe, the local community believes, the judge will be believe and hopefully, you the jury will believe that there is no other punishment which can be given to her.

How can we adopt new principles which go against what courts normally find for such cases as this?

Once again, I implore that you find the nurse to be found guilty and be tried individually for the situation that we find ourselves in. She was in a position of responsibility to guide Juliet and help her parents bring her up. She, and only she, went against the wishes of the person who supplied her wages and made decisions which expressly went against their wishes.

This world will be better off if she is found dangling like an apple from a tree in the morning as she had no respect for her employees and deserves everything that she gets. Of course other people will offer thoughts as to other people’s accountability for these two unfortunate deaths but nothing compares to this cruel, nasty and selfish woman’s desire to have a little more gossip to treasure for herself.

You cannot see any other decision. Can you?