I am Murder.
I make people want to kill each other.
Sometimes I make people kill their own family!
I make them shoot or stab or poison each other.
I make terrorists blow people up.
I am mad!
Thomas Davies
I am Death.
I wear black clothes and my head is just a skull.
I stop people breathing so their friends will be sad.
I send human beings to live in hell.
I will come to all mankind and no one will escape me!
Ethan Greenacre and Llewellyn Smith
In Mrs McComas’ Class 3M we read ‘The Giant’s Goblet’ a creation myth with a Welsh flavour. In the tale, the giant creates all living things. We approached this from the standpoint that the creatures would not yet have had names, hence you could not say ‘dog’, instead you’d describe ‘ a species that wagged its tail and barked a lot ‘.
We produced a collaborative piece where I scribed for the class, then the children worked in groups.
In the beginning the earth was just an enormous rock floating in space. Then the giant had a brilliant idea. He’d turn the earth into a beautiful garden full of animals. He made a huge, grey beast which had tusks, a long trunk and flappy-floppy ears. He imagined a tiny, black and yellow striped thing that flew. It drank the juice of flowers and turned it into sweet yellow food. There was a large striped creature that roared and hunted for prey. He created an animal that had no arms or legs. It slithered and hissed and had venomous fangs. There was even a miniature creature with eight legs that spun silky webs to trap food. It was a wonderful time when everything was new and exciting!
Class 3M
In the beginning the earth was just an enormous rock floating in space. Then the giant had a brilliant idea. He’d turn the earth into a beautiful garden full of animals. There was a massive creature with gaps in its teeth. It lived in rivers in hot countries and likes to bath in mud. There was another species that lived in the water. It caught fish and wasn’t seen very often. There was a dangerous black and yellow striped living thing. It was a wonderful time when everything was new and exciting!
Brandon Osman, Daisy Hale and Connor
In Mrs Fardoe’s class we read the story of Orpheus in the Underworld. We talked about the magical powers of his lyre and the children suggested what miracles it might accomplish. We also found different ways of saying ‘when he played his lyre’ – when he plucked when he strummed, when he performed, etc.
When Orpheus played his lyre, volcanoes erupted into streams of fresh, cool milk.
When he plucked the strings, soldiers stopped fighting and helped their enemies.
When he played his instrument, flowers blossomed through the winter snow.
When he sang his song, a tornado became a light breeze.
Seeds sprouted in seconds and crunchy dead leaves came to life again.
When Orpheus played his music, the clouds disappeared and the sun shone on him like a spotlight. When he performed, everyone came from all around the world to enjoy and admire his fabulous talent.
Class 3/4F
When Orpheus sang, fishermen stopped to listen and the fish escaped from their nets and buckets.
When he played his music, dead grass made the valleys beautiful and green.
When he performed the rain went away and the sun came out. Dragons stopped breathing fire. When he played his instrument, rabbits hopped around in joy and the scarecrow didn’t feel so tatty. Spiders broke their webs and set the insects free.
Polluted rivers became really clean when he played.
When Orpheus sang, starving children felt full up.
The gods even came down from heaven to join in the chorus, and for the first time, the world was good.
Becky, James, Georgia, Joshua, Hannah Lewis, Gaby Hornshaw, and Kieran T
When Orpheus sang his songs, all the fluffy rabbits sat around him and listened to his poems.
When he sang, everyone that was ill got better again.
When he played, flowers, grass, and olive trees sprang up from the ground.
When he played his lovely, sweet songs, all the fish came to listen. When he plucked the instrument, zebras and hedgehogs and sheep came to watch and listen.
When he played, people stopped fighting each other.
Mountains erupted in streams of apple juice.
When he sang, everyone helped each other and there were no more dictators.
When he plucked the strings, animals stopped killing other animals.
When he played his music, his wife came alive again.
When he sang so sweetly, people came to enjoy.
When he played his graceful tunes, all the people in the world listened to him.
They circled round him and admired his talent and he became the most popular person in the world.
Morganna and Catryn
I have been
A lily on top of Snowdon
The wind that bends it
A jewel in the crown of the Prince of Wales
I have been
A rusty railway line underground
A leek in a bowl of cawl
The eye of a dragon
I have been
A dog named Swansea Jack, saving people
A fisherman in a coracle
A Welsh cob in a show
An altar in St Mary’s
There is nothing of which
I have not been a part
Liam Williams, Tia Schofield, Thomas Pratt and Kaitlin Davies
I have been
A Welsh costume worn by Catherine Zeta-Jones
Gavin Henson’s football kit
The armour St David wore
I have been
The dot on a Kyffin Williams painting
Gelert the hound who saved a baby
A goalpost on the Liberty Stadium
I have been
A cockle in Swansea Market
A flame from a dragon’s mouth
The mud on Lee Trundle’s boots
An eyelash of Charlotte Church
There is nothing of which
I have not been a part
Charlotte Phillips, Jordan Salisbury, Lauren Jones and Kiera Evans
