I love the fact they are more than often based in the school environment giving the idea that there is much to reflect on in the day to day experience at school. From registration to home time and all the parts in between this is a humorous look at school life through the eyes of children.

Here is a quick description and cover image of book Heard it in the Playground written by Allan Ahlberg which was published in June 1, 1989. Pages 120 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20201017013841 Republisher_operator archivebooks04. For strugglers, poetry can be less daunting than a novel or even a short story and can also more easily capture children's emotions and reflect them in a more accessible and concise way. Equally, the juxtaposition of pupil attitudes with those of teachers, dinner ladies and parents offers an insight into how other people around school perceive their environment.Ahlberg’s voice is clear and strong, regardless of whether he’s describing the frustrations of a stressed out teacher in charge of thirty 7 year olds, a longest kiss contest taking place in the cloakroom or the delight and sheer chaos of a dog in the playground. There is a great range of poems in this book which a teacher could definitely use in a Year 6 class.

Allan Ahlberg is one of the UK's most acclaimed and successful authors of children's books - including the best-selling Jolly Postman series. Whether it is poems about something living in Harrison’s desk, the school boy’s love of kicking a ball, the dread of parents’ evening or the timeless questions “why must we go to school?

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stains on pages and the side **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. A marvellous collection of poems, some funny, some thought-provoking, all written with the inimitable Ahlberg wit and wisdom.This is because poems can be selected with regards to time constraints throughout the day (short ones at the end of the day when there is a spare 5 minutes! Ahlberg suggests music to set the songs to and that ‘Heard it in the Playground’ could be performed as a class. I think that this collection of poems would be a great way to introduce poetry to children in key stage 2 and they would be thoroughly enjoyed by children up to year 6. Heard it in the Playground' (Allan Ahlberg's follow-up collection of school-themed poems to 'Please Mrs Butler') is just as observant, funny and relatable as it's predecessor (if not even more so! Whether you are a pupil or a teacher ‘Heard it in the playground’ is a collection of poems and songs that will strike a chord.

The poems are very comical and each child should be able to relate the topics to their own school experiences. Using school experiences in a clever and fun way, this book really engages you - there are even instructions on how to sing some of the songs. Enabling children to relate to written language and poetic prose through amusing anecdotes of familiar school experiences is a great way to introduce children to a variety of writing styles, rhythm and rhyme. There are poems about lost scissors, the class hamster, making friends and falling out, the excitement of a stray dog in playground – and the infamous Derek Drew! It has repetition, rhyme, different sounds, nonsense words and changing dynamics which would be great to perform with a class.I really liked this book as it has a some great rhyming language, it allowed the children to understand more about what poetry is and the type of language included. Billy McBone is a light hearted and amusing poem about a boy in school who is a bit of a day dreamer. This is a fantastic book with a variety of different poems and activities for a KS2/Year 6 classroom.