Children's Poetry Competition

Woodlands Farm's writer in residence, Clare Best, organised poetry competitions at two local schools: Kirton Primary School and Middlecott School Kirton. Children wrote on subjects connected with the farm and with healthy eating. Many of the poems entered were written at Clare's workshops following school visits to the farm.

Gerard Benson, the well known children's poet and performer, and founder of 'Poems on the Underground', was competition judge and prize-giver. On National Poetry Day, October 6, he performed his own poems, read out the children's winning poems and awarded certificates and prizes at special assemblies at both schools.

Middlecott School Winners

Year 7

Colours

Yellow is
a luscious lemon
a ripe banana
and a juicy melon

Green is
a crunchy apple
a juicy grape
and a zesty lime

Red is
a delicious strawberry
a ripe tomato
and a tasty cherry

Orange is
a soft peach
a ripe apricot
and a crunchy carrot

Brown is
a crusty bread roll
a slice of succulent beef
and a spicy sausage

Allison Hardy

Middlecott School's Poems