The Scientists of Year 5 looked at a range of plants last week on National Poetry Day.
They explored a range of ideas from the pain of sitting upon a cactus to the parallels between the external structure of a cactus and the emotional depths of humans.
Henry C is to be especially congratulated upon his poem which is copied here but was presented in a most unusual way. Henry intended his words to form a FACE shape on the page and to encourage the reader to turn the paper around in a circle in order to read the poem mimicking the whorls of spines around the cactus flesh.
Congratulations on your richly deserved Headmaster’s Commendation Henry!
A Cactus’ Thoughts
Henry C – Year 5
I am a cactus
I try to make
Friends but they
All get prickled and run away.
I can’t make friends because I can’t move to find them
Because I’m rooted to the ground.
No-one likes me because of my appearance
But people always say “it’s what is on the inside that counts”
So please can you say that about me?
