Tuesday 6 March 2012

SOL: 6.3.12




Pantoum: Hair

Hair is itchy and gross
The time has come to wash it
I heard dirty hair keeps the nits away
Creepy crawly bugs invade my scalp

The time has come to wash it
Scrubbing scouring to rid myself of the imagined invaders
Creepy crawly bugs raid my scalp
Running my hands detecting the nasty creepy-crawlies


Scrubbing scouring to rid myself of the imagined invaders
Hate them with a vengeance
Running my hands detecting the nasty spiders
A trip to the chemist is dreaded

Hate them with a vengeance
I’m too old for this infestation
A trip to the chemist is dreaded
A teacher’s worse nightmare, I’m sure

I’m too old for this infestation
I still need my mum she’d know what to do
A teacher’s worse nightmare, I’m sure
Come on girl get over your pride and get to the chemist

I still need my mum she’d know what to do
I heard dirty hair keeps the nits away
Come on girl get over your pride and get to the chemist
Hair is itchy and gross

4 comments:

  1. Oh dear! Get to the chemist! This is something I never considered while I was teaching. Hope you and your hair are back on track soon!

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    1. I've never actually had kutus/lice/nits myself but I have seen them crawling around in students heads. So I'm safe for now (I think lol).

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  2. You have caught that moment we all experience so well! All it takes is the note...we've found lice in your room and I'm off to the nurse, scratching all the way!

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    1. Last year was a nightmare. So for our Topic work we wrote Persuasive arguments: Why Lice are Pest? It was great fun and we were able to discuss why it's important that we need to rid our class of the nasty little pests.

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