Oscar is Writer of the Week!

Every week, I get to read something that makes me go "Wow" - and this week, it was a poem by Oscar, one of my brilliant Year 6 students from Burgess Hill.

His challenge was to look closely at his own name and see what words, sounds and ideas he could find hiding inside it.

How he did it...

Oscar didn't just choose random words - he zoomed in on the letters and sounds in his name and let his imagination build from there.

• O – a world, a football, a moment of surprise: "Oh!"

• S – super snakes

• C – seas of imagination

• AR – the sound of "pirates"

• Scar – the hidden word inside his name (and a lion from the Lion King!)

Every image links cleverly back to his name, and what's more, he gave it a thoughtful shape and rhythm. The repetition of "In my name…" ties it all together beautifully.

A huge well done to Oscar! 🎖️ I hope this poem is just the start of many more.