Celebrating Halloween in poetry
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Welcome back for a brand new column from Dharma and Alex.
This past week the Grade 5 and 6 students went on a class trip to an Iroquois village in Delaware for their social studies unit. Students learned so much and had a great day.
Recently Mr. Perras came to the Grade 8 class for two days to teach the students all about robotics and work at becoming better problem solvers.
Getting into the spirit of Halloween this year at Sacred Heart has changed a bit. Something different to set the tone this year, a poetry contest was held for this year’s Halloween hosted by the students’ council. All week students have been submitting their scary and creepy masterpieces. Everyone is winner but the student’s council chose the following aspiring writers as winners of the competition: Keegan Grade 3, Breanna Grade 6 and Paige Grade 7. Their winning poems are included at the end of this column.
To celebrate Halloween, students can bring in costumes and all the primary students and even some juniors will be having Halloween activities and games in their classrooms followed by a dance for students in each of the divisions.
Students are reminded to remember all of the safety rules to be safe and have fun! Happy Halloween!
The Candy Witch
Hear the crackle of the house
Also the loud squeal of the mouse
Taste the candy going down
Then you see a bright green frown
The witch is here and very near
Then my eyes filled up with fear
The witch was green and very scary
And her wart was very hairy
She was walking close and very slow
I was so terrified but I couldn’t go
She handed me a paper bag
I just kept staring at that hag
Actually she was very handy
She gave me a bag full of candy
She rode away on her broom
While I yelled a big thank you!
Paige, Grade 7
The Halloween Patch
As I walked down the large path
I came across a pumpkin patch
As a pumpkin gave me an evil stare
I was brave enough to not care
As the seedless pumpkin watched me
I sang and skipped with glee
“Oh what a great Halloween it will be”
It was a full moon, what a scary night
But I was glad the moon made it really bright
As I looked at the pumpkin turn red
I was stunned to see it turn into a head
Then I ran and woke up from my bed
Breanna, Grade 6
Halloween Night
A family went out on Halloween night.
Thought they saw a skeleton and couldn’t believe their sight.
If you see a coffin,
Don’t look inside because there’s probably a goblin.
You always see a bat on a Halloween night
but you have you ever seen a cat?
And although vampires are dead
They still have to brush their teeth for bed
Keegan, Gr.3