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

Food Fun

A is for apples crisp and crunchy,
B is for bananas I love to munchy.
C is for cherries ripe and sweet,
D is for dates I love to eat,
E is for eggs that are covered in a shell,
F is for fish that really smell,
G is for grapes, green and nutritious,
H is for ham that is really delicious,
I is for iced water that makes me goosey
J is for juice that is very juicy,
K is for kiwi I could eat for an hour
L is for lemon that is very sour,
M is for melon that waters in my mouth,
N is for nuts that come from down south,
O is for orange that comes from a tree,
P is for pear that I keep just for me,
Q is for quiche that is full of good food,
R is for raspberries that taste very dude,
S is for strawberries that you pick from the ground,
T is for turnips that make a good sound,
U is for ugli fruit that is very ugly,
V is for vegetables that are very snuggly,
W is for watermelon that is very crunchy
X is for Xmas roast that I have at brunchy,
Y is for yogurt that is like slop,
Z is for zest that is my one and only top.

Jade Lunn

Middlecott School's Poems