A Poem for Room 12 by Mr Smith

Some of you asked for a copy of the poem that I wrote for Room 12.  I've copied it into this blog post for you, so that it's always available for you to read.  Thank you once again for the wonderful time that we shared together and for being such an amazing class. It was an absolute privilege to share the classroom with you and to get to know you all.

A Poem for Room 12, by Mr Smith

Room 12 has been a truly incredible place to be

It’s full of learning, friendship, and true camaraderie

I’ve had such fun with you all I never would have guessed

I hope you don’t remember me as a terrible, awful, nasty pest.

There’s, Molly, Hannah, and Chloe, but wait here comes Lucy too

Peter, Hunter, Pearse, Anna, and Athena with no shoe

Arabella, Caitlin, Millie, and Sophie make a four,

If you add in CC and Isabella, there’ll be a whole lot more.

Reilly has his cello and Charlie’s got his football dream

Fred, Hayden, and Leo, they make such a great team

Robbie, Henry and Archie I cannot leave them out

Because if I do there’s Zach and Alex who’ll surely give a shout.

It must be morning, Ollie’s got some news to share

And over in the corner, is Noa putting out the chair

Jack was here but now he’s gone to wherever he may stay

So that just leaves Mr McIntosh, to mention right away.

Remember at the beginning and we made a juggling ball?

I think we had a lot of fun; at least that’s what I recall

Balloons, rice and a little bag, colours and designs were made

Together we ventured out with them and in the playground we played.

We read a book by Roald Dahl called the BFG

About dreams and giants and a girl whose name was Sophie

We thought about the dreams we have and whether they could come true

In our books, we wrote them down and shared our point of view.

What imaginations you really have to see such wondrous stuff

A golden boot, vampire bats, and unicorns that are full of fluff

Some were likely, some were certain and some that just could not be

I thought all were amazing and brilliant, and explored some probability.

When you see yourself in the mirror, there’s a reflection looking back at you

And down the centre, right in between, there’s a line that divides the two

We used contrasting colours and paper folded in two or four

To show our lines of symmetry so they showed up even more 

Cut out a circle of paper and then you fold it one, two, three

Take a piece of pizza pie and trace your design so you see

Rotate around, rotate around, rotate around that’s the key

If you fit in more times than one, you've got rotational symmetry.

Now, how to find your way around I wonder if you know?

East, south, west, north, please tell me it’s not so

The compass needle always points to the north and after that it’s east

Never Eat Soggy Weetbix always remember that at least!

What shapes we found and placed them together with no gaps in between

To make some wonderful patterns, the best that I’d ever seen

Now what do we call it?  What name could it be?

Why it was tessellation of course! Oh silly, silly me.

How do you write instructions, please tell me what you need

Begin with a title that says it all and sows a little seed

Next you add a description and maybe a picture or two

Follow the steps you find below and you’ll know just what to do.  

In the mornings after a little maths we took ourselves under the sea

With a special room 12 brain break created just for you, by me

We looked around, we saw such fish, and wonders of the deep

And after we had finished, there was not a sign of sleep!

We learned about cause and effect on the oceans you recall?

How pollution, over fishing, and climate change are problems for us all

We need to act, we need to think about what it is we do

So in the future this planet of ours will still have seas of blue

And in those seas the fish will swim and the whales will blow and dive

All of the life below the surface will multiply and thrive

We need the krill, we need the sharks, we need the tuna and wahoo

Because without those last two fishy types, what’s the cookie cutter shark to do?

Now here we are it’s come at last, the end of my short stay

Room 12 you’re the most wonderful people, and I know you’ll always be that way

And even though I’ll be gone, the memories shall never fade

Because you have created for me, the most brilliant dream that was ever made.

                                                                           Mr Smith

                                                                            25 September 2015