Welcome Michael Rosen!

Oakwood Junior School has been very privileged today. The children's laureate, Michael Rosen, visited our school to take assembly and to work with some children on writing poetry.

He amazed us by turning ordinary, family situations, like reading the newspaper at breakfast time and trying to avoid going to bed, into the most hilarious stories and poems. Have you ever tried to look at your own eyebrows? Or how about burying toothpaste top treasure in the shaving soap?

Then, he worked with a group of children from across all classes of Oakwood, along with two children from each of Sinclair, Weston Park, Bitterne Park, Redbridge and Holy Family schools. We learned how to write poems with a chorus, we thought about what we might carry in a special bag, and we created a rhythm poem.



Some children in year 3 and 5 made sandwiches and cake for lunch, and we even had visitors from the Daily Echo and Meridian Television! Watch out on Meridian Tonight!



All the children had a fantastic day with one of our country's most famous and well-loved children's poets, and we would all like to say a big thank you to Michael for choosing to work with us!