After National Poetry Day last week, ECS has seen some fringe poetry events taking place across the curriculum. Some of Year 7s tried Mathematical poetry, Mrs Lake-Johns was impressed and amused by their creations, so much so that she even wrote her own!
“Star”
Poppy M – Year 7
Odd, even whatever you do, I love Maths and so do you
Add, Subtract, divide time, hit the music Mrs Lake-Johns
Symmetry, whole number, zero, all simple unless you’re zero
Kite rhombus rectangle square,,,,, STAR!
“ Worst Maths teacher ever”
Maria N – Year 7
Maths
What a melancholy business
Sums
What a sad sight
When I walk past a room
And see the children at work
I think
Oh the poor dears, just dying
But I’m a Maths teacher see and that class is my class
That I’ve skived off from teaching today!
“Maths, Maths, Maths”
James M-C – Year 7
Maths, Maths, Maths
The most annoying subject in the world
Adding subtracting dividing times-ing
What else?
Well actually there’s a lot of mathematical terms like
RAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
Don’t, just don’t.
Not a good idea
“Dreadful Maths”
Samuel R – Year 7
Maths is a subject stressful as can be
Tests all the time, teasing me
BIDMAS and decimals, I always get wrong
Sums I do all incorrect
Addition and subtraction are trick questions
Fractions and percentages just never make sense,
I just don’t understand the need for long division
What is the point of dreaded prep?
It’s such a sad sight when you receive homework
But you know you’re in luck when your teacher plays
SAUSAGE SONG!!!!
“OH NO”
Josie C – Year 7
Times-ing, Adding, dividing and subtraction and many more,
Sitting in a test waiting for the clock to tick to the end
Then you realise you actually have to do the Maths
I find myself thinking about so many other things than Maths itself
Then I realise the clock fell off the shelf
Watching the clock with so much boredom
Then I realise I’m dead on the floor!
“Keep Going”
Archie T – Year 7
1,2,3,4 Maths is not hard no more
Just think about it, 1 + 1 ain’t hard
And that’s Maths
Whether you are counting to 3
Or trying to find out what 8 multiplied by 3 x 63 is
Just believe and if you don’t succeed, try again.
“Maths with Mrs L-J”
Josh T – Year 7
Decimal dividing co-ordinate deciding
Lattice multiplication, mental calculation
First use brackets when using BIDMAS mathematics
Parallelogram, pentagon, rhombus, hexagon
Using protractor take care, sharing sweets leave none to spare
Maths is always fun with Mrs Lake-Johns
“Have you got what you need?”
Xanthe S – Year 7
You need a pencil case
At all times with
A ruler
Protractor
Calculator
And most importantly
A BRAIN!
When you have
All these things
You need to find
A test that is
Challenging!
“Prep”
Mrs Lake-John
The dog ate my homework
I had a sporting match
Evensong ran over
What will she accept?
My pencil case went missing
I had a tummy ache
Computer wasn’t working
What will she accept?
Couldn’t find my book
Lost my homework diary
It was Grannie’s birthday
What will she accept?
Will she even notice
If I slip it to her late?
Should I buy some flowers?
What will she accept?
It takes soooooooooooooooooo long this prep
Not so much the task she gives
But the thinking and the plan
For the excuses she’ll accept!