In just ten days from now, our visiting author, Children’s Poet Laureate Kenn Nesbitt, will be hopping on a plane, and making his way to Shanghai….

Why you ask?

To see US??? YES-YOU! We are going to be in for a treat having Kenn ALL TO OURSELVES in the Elementary School for five glorious days. It is a wonderful opportunity for our students, especially considering all of the poetry the students have been creating over the past weeks. Students are still creating lovely pieces, exciting poems and musing lyrically in their classes as we speak… and many have co-ordinated their poetry units around Kenn’s visit.

I really enjoyed looking through the many blogs our teachers work hard on, and browsing through the  poetry of our students. Thanks to teachers like Ed Hagen for posting photos of your students at the poetry slam, as well as actual copies of his students’ poetry. Meanwhile across the hall, here are some of Emmy David’s parents and students celebrating the success of 2ED.

Considering the fireworks we’ve all just experienced, I really enjoyed 1EV student Sisi’s poem.

Fireworks

By Sisi

Pop! Like

Some 

Popcorn so

Many

Colors

Bursting in the sky

Like a sparkling star

Disappearing in the dark, black

Sky

Little bees falling 

From the sky

 I must also compliment my daughter Mimi from 1CN for writing about love…

Love by Mimi

Love is special

Love is everywhere

Love is in your heart

and in the air

Love is forever