Year Six

I am Lianna and I am in Year Five. I am really excited to go to do new subjects or learn things from Year four and five. I am also excited to go and get thrown wet sponges at. Year Six is personally the most important year because it is your last year at primary. Year 6 is all about getting ready for secondary school and saying goodbye to the school and moving on to another, harder one where you know only a few children from your previous school. What year are you going to in September? One thing that I want my Year Six teacher to know is that I am NOT the best child. I know I have said this online but it is only the truth. Sometimes I am a crying kid but mostly I am a sensible girl ( I hope!!!). What do you want your teacher to know about you? My questions about Year Six is : What is the best thing in Year Six? Do the teachers actually hit you on Victorian Day? And How does Bloom class look like? I was researching about the poet named after my new class. My new class is named after Valerie Bloom, who is a poet , here are some facts:


  1. Valerie Bloom was born in Clarendon, Jamaica in 1956. She had eight brothers and sisters.
  2. Valerie had written lots of stories when she was a child, but only started writing poetry when she was a teenager. She had her first poem published when she was just eighteen years old.
  3. She moved to England in 1979 and went to the University of Kent, Canterbury.
  4. Valerie has had many collections of her poems published. One of her favourites is called Fruit – a counting poem for younger children that includes the names of some of the Caribbean fruits.
  5. Many of Valerie’s poems are influenced by her Caribbean origins. She writes in English, but she often includes Jamaican patois, too.
  6. Valerie writes the first drafts of her poems very quickly in pen. She edits and shapes them and then types the final version on a computer.
  7. Her poems have appeared in over 100 anthologies.
  8. Valerie Bloom’s performances of her poetry are really popular. She has read her work on TV and radio many times.
  9. She was made a MBE in 2008.
  10. Valerie doesn’t just write poems. She also writes novels. Her first published novel was called Surprising Joy.