BookBuzz

This is just for the Year 7's !!

Book buzz who sent you all a book at the beginning of the year would like some feedback from you on the books received.

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When Things Go Wrong

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,

When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,

When the funds are low and the debts are high,

And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,

When care is pressing you down a bit,

Rest, if you must — but don’t you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,

As every one of us sometimes learns,

And many a fellow turns about

When he might have won had he stuck it out.

Don’t give up, though the pace seems slow —

You might succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than

It seems to a faint and faltering man.

Often the struggler has given up

When he might have captured the victor’s cup.

And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,

How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out —

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt —

And you never can tell how close you are.

It may be near when it seems afar,

So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit —

It’s when things seem worst that you mustn’t quit.

Author unknown

500 Word writing competition

Have you heard about Radio 2's writing competition for 10 to 13 year old ?

Click on the logo to go to the website, watch the video and get some expert tips.

Go on give it a try!!!!

 If you want to check out some of the winners from last year click here!

Goals!

The theme this week is about goals! In this poem I especially like the last stanza!

Always remember Champions are made not born....we all have a chance to achieve!

Evaluate your goals to gain,
assign a value to the pain,
give it all, leave no remains.
Nothing tried, nothing gained.

Negatives should all be told,
bogus plans cannot be sold,
make new plans, learn from the old.
Victory rewards the bold.

Seek out those who are end-users,
avoid the shouters and abusers,
resisting change is for losers.
Set the stage become a mover.

Champions are made not born,
express your values, shine the worn,
glue together what is torn,
Achieve your goals, be reborn.

Unity

In keeping with the theme of the week here is a poem about unity..

We depend upon each other, each one in

his own small way -  giving something

of himself in terms of service day by day –

working for his own reward yet adding to the

common good.  Half our troubles would be

ended if this truth were understood.

We are bound by unseen cords and every-

thing we say and do – tends to help or harm

another. Let us try then to pursue – nothing

that would cause division, hate, unrest or

jealousy. Put no strain upon the ties of fellowship and unity.

All our lives are interwoven. On each other

we rely. Brain and brawn must work together,

letting ancient grudges die. At the desk and

at the plough, in mine and mill and factory.

All are needed in the drive for peace and for prosperity.

Patience Strong

New Year, New You ?

Two poems of the week for you to start the New Year with !

New Year Resolutions

Here comes the New Year
And it's time to make resolutions
For I promise to be sincere
And bring in me a revolution

In class I'll talk less
In studies I'll surely progress
All my lies I'll confess
I'll go play with egress

To my friends I'll be kind
Have my character refined
To a helper of mankind
With a sound mind

I'll follow my teachers advice
regularly I'll exercise
My mother I'll idolize
Beyond doubt I'll civilize

These are my resolutions
To bring in me an evolution
To follow them I'll try my best
Until then I'll not rest.

Aditya Chattapadhyay

And........

Last year I did some rotten things.
This year I will be better.
Here are some resolutions
I will follow to the letter:

I won’t make dumb excuses
when my homework isn’t done;
when the truth is that I did no work
’cause I was having fun.

I won’t fly paper airplanes
when the teacher isn’t looking.
I won’t sneak in the kitchen
just to taste what they are cooking.
I will not twist the silverware
to see how far it bends.
I will not take the candy bars
from lunch bags of my friends.


I will not skateboard down the hall
or skateboard down the stairs.
I won't run over teachers,

and I won’t crash into chairs.

I will not do these rotten things;
my heart is full of sorrow.
But I have got some brand-new tricks
to try in school tomorrow.

Bruce Lansky