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Literary Figures Week 2018

We hope you’ve had a great project week and enjoyed the lessons you have had and the skills you have learnt.

What skills did you learn?

Which book did you learn about? Who was the author?

What was your favourite part of project week?

36 responses to “Literary Figures Week 2018”

  1. Yussuf S.

    The skills i used to write a poem was that i wrote in any tense and i could put any colloquiums any were i like this is because Benjamin Zephaniah does any way he like because he is writing the poem no any one else It was very fun because it wasn’t hard you could basically do what ever you like thats why we wrote only in 15 mins.BY YUSSUF BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH BY YUSSUF

  2. Ebraheem J.

    1.The book is called “The story of the Windrush by K.N Chinbere.

    2. My favourite part of the book is When Lord Kitchiner sings London is a place for me.

    3. The skill I have learnt is the Windrush full name is the Empire Windrush.

  3. Marwa H.

    We were learning about Nadine Kaadan and the book was called tommorow.
    We learnt how to write a dimante poem.

  4. Arafath A.

    1. I learnt how to cross hatch.

    2. The book I read is called Come All you little people and the author is John Agard.

    3. My favourite part is when we were shading.

  5. Haniah T.

    1. We learnt about Black History and what is it is, we also learnt that we shouldn’t be racist to anybody.

    2. We were looking at the story of the Wind Rush by Clegg Gifford.

    3. My favourite part of the project week was when we wrote a letter.

  6. Nadal I.

    My favorite part was learning about Benjamin zephaniah because he is a big influence to kids who Want to become poets or vegans let your dreams shine

  7. Yibo H.

    1. I learned to be more confident (Im already confident but i learned to speak louder)
    2. We learned about a book called “The Story Of Windrush” and it told us about racism and Windrush.
    The authors name is K.N. Chimbiri.
    3. My favourite part was when we did drama.

  8. Adam S.

    1. Not to be racist to other people that are white or black
    2.The story of the wondrous by K.N Chbrin.
    3.My favourite part of of project week is when we wrote a letter.

  9. Riqbah Z.

    Hione thing I have learnt is that was hot seating. That all l can say

  10. Rifath A.

    What I did in year 4 was that we learned about was an author called
    K.N. Chimbiri and who she is she is the author of Black history books for children. Her books are “Secrets of the Afro” and “The story of Windrush. K.N Chimbiri was born in London, England in 1968. She has worked with the V&A on Contemporary Kushite Kings and Queens (part of the Staying Power project in 2011).She has given talks for adults and for children on African history as well as tours on African Artefacts in the British Museum, the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology and the V&A. K.N Chimbiri founded her small publishing house Golden Destiny Ltd in 2009. Golden Destiny specialises in non-fiction titles for children, in particular Black history before mass enslavement.

  11. Ammara K.

    We learnt about the tigon and the liger. The author is keily swift.

  12. Ayaan P.

    The skills I learnt is how to use italics for more emphasis,acting techniques and the features of a play script.
    The book I learnt about is called ‘Coming to England’ and the author is Floella Benjamin.
    My favourite part of the week was when we found out where Trinidad and Tobago are and learnt their,cities,president and what countries are near it.

  13. Saee N.

    In year 2 we read the book ” Come all you little persons”.
    The author is Jhon Agard.
    I like animal dressing up and lot of writing about animals. Halloween dressing up was so nice.

  14. Sophia F.

    In year 6 we learnt about the poem Talking Turkeys by Benjamin Zephaniah. My favourite part of project week was when we got to write our own poem a similar way that Benjamin Zephaniah does.

  15. Arifa H.

    Arifa learnt about the horrible soup, the story was called billy and the beast and fat cat, the author was Nadia Shireen. Arifa enjoyed making the horrible soup, she enjoyed cutting the ingredients with the knife to shape them

  16. Aisha K.

    What I learned was poems.I also was learning about a poet whose name is Benjamin Zephaniah,he is very famous.Me and my class were learning about colloquials as it was to do with our poem.There was a bit of informal language in the stanzas of the poem but I also think the poem is brilliant.I used rhyming too.
    The poems my class and I had learnt about was Talking Turkeys,The British and We Refugees.And the author as I said at the beginning is Benjamin Zephaniah.
    My most faviorate part of the week was when I wrote my own poem about food and British Values mixed together.I absoulutely loved that !!!

    1. Jeremi J.

      The that I’ve learnt are play/scene title,synopsis and how to write a play script.
      The book that I learnt is ‘Coming To England’ and the author is ‘Floella Benjamin.
      My fravourite part of the week is when we learnt about Trinidad and Tobago.

  17. Aisha K.

    What I learned was poems.I also was learning about a poet whose name is Benjamin Zephaniah,he is very famous.Me and my class were learning about colloquials as it was to do with our poem.There was a bit of informal language in the stanzas of the poem but I also think the poem is brilliant.I used rhyming too.
    The poems my class and I had learnt about was Talking Turkeys,The British and We Refugees.And the author as I said at the beginning is Benjamin Zephaniah.
    My most faviorate part of the week was when I wrote my own poem about food and British Values mixed together.I absoulutely loved that bit.♥️😀♥️!!!

    1. Aisha K.

      I accidentally wrote it two times sorry.

  18. Hudayfa A.

    I learned how to be a good listener.
    My favourite part was making the soup and mixing.

  19. Miss Chahal

    A great video that showcases all the fantastic learning that has taken place in Broad Heath. Thank you to all the amazing teachers who inject fun into learning and well done to the children for all their hard work and creativity!

  20. Osato O.

    I learned a skill called a repeating pattern .The book was called Come all you little persons. The author was John Agard.

    My favourite part was when we learned about John Agard’s book.

  21. Menahel Z.

    The skills I learn was to write a poem using colloquialisms of Benjamin Zephaniah and how to write a poem in his style of writing.The book we learnt about was “Talking Turkeys.”It was written by Benjamin Zephaniah.My favrouite part of project week was writing a poem and performing it.I also enjoyed performing a poem from Benjamin Zephaniah.

  22. Harroop S.

    The skills were to use subordinating conjunctions and expanded noun phrases.
    I learnt about the book Tomorrow, the author of the book was Nadine Kaddan.
    My favourite part of the project week was learning about the book Tomorrow.

  23. Armaan K.

    The skills that I have learnt are Jamaican slang such as dis is da turkey and he can wait for da chop

    The book that I have been learning about is called Talking Turkeys by the author Benjamin Zephaniah and we learnt to use his slang.

    My favourite part of project week is using the VR headsets to find Jamaica and physical features of it.

  24. Aryan M.

    1) A new skill I have learnt during project week was definitely looking at words and seeing different meanings. Benjamin Zephaniah uses this skill a lot in his poems. Also, I know the difference between an immagrant and a refugee.

    2) I learnt about talking turkeys by Benjamin Zephaniah. Talking turkeys is about how turkeys are murdered during Christmas and it isn’t fair.

    1. Aryan M.

      3) My favourite part of project week was definitely writing my own poem about broad Heath.

  25. Ahmad A.

    The skills i have learnt to use are
    using collqoquiallism
    writing poems that have half rhyming and proper rhyming
    i learnt how read a poem with actions and expression

    The author we learnt about was
    Benjamin Zephaniah
    and the book we learnt about was Talking Turkeys
    by Ahmad 6 white

    My favourite part of this project week was
    learning about Black history month
    and another favourite part of literacy figures week was
    learning to recite Talking Turkeys of by heart and preforming it to the class

  26. Abdulah M.

    I learnt to use colloquialisms like Benjamin Zephaniah and how to write a poem in his style. We learnt talking turkeys and it had lots of poems.

  27. Head Teacher

    Wow, what a great record of some fantastic work . The quality of the video is fantastic! Well done to my wonderful English team( the dodgy character at the start is interesting!) and the children and teachers. Superb start to Autumn 2, now let’s really rock and make great progress.

  28. Alicia M.

    I learnt to use colloquialisms properly and how to correctly write a poem in the style of Benjamin Zephaniah.
    We learnt about the book called Talking Turkeys.The author of the book is called Benjamin Zephaniah.
    My favourite part of project week was learning and doing our presentation on Black History month,because I liked to learn about the African-American peoples history and what the struggles for black people were back then.

    😺

  29. Ellie-Louise T.

    well done made inpressed govvemt

  30. Aamina B.

    One skill that I learnt was hot seating andI learnt how todoa diamante poem.
    I read a book called tomorrow ( and the book is called tomorrow)Nadine
    Kaadan. Vrs.

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