A Collection of Children's Poems: Book V

William Butler Yeats (Irish poet, dramatist, writer, and one of the most notable figures of 20th-century literature) once said, "Education is not the filling of a pot but the lighting of a fire." At Ernest Bevin Academy, it is the goal of the English Department to create a love of learning English language and literature and celebrating this love of learning to master the art of poetry and creative writing. At Ernest Bevin Academy, students learn about themselves and the world through self-expression in the form of poetry. From the moment students enter Ernest Bevin Academy, our English teachers set to work at dispelling and dismantling all the damaging preconceptions that tragically so many students pick up when they first look at a daunting poem. Our students spend a half term studying poetry every year, and what is more...they courageously try their hands at forming what at first seems so difficult. Here is a collection of that toil and endeavour. It is something that will be held for them for the rest of their lives...we hope it might enrich yours. A Collection of Children's Poems returns for its fifth instalment, celebrating once again the imagination, honesty and ambition of young writers across Ernest Bevin Academy. Guided by our core values of Ambition, Perseverance and Unity, this new volume brings together thoughtful, sincere and powerful voices from every year group. These poems explore real emotions, personal challenges and the world as our students see it - capturing childhood with clarity, depth and courage. >We hope that you will enjoy reading these poems too as much as the staff and wider community of family and friends of Ernest Bevin Academy. A huge well done and many congratulations to the students at Ernest Bevin Academy.