The School Outing
Mrs. Stokes took Green Class on an outing to the zoo
I’ll tell you all the naughty things the children got up to
While Paul was watching the penguins waddling down the path
He leaned too far and fell right in and then he had a bath
When Matthew fed the monkeys with nuts and bit of bread
A monkey stole his bobble-hat and put it on his head
When Chloe road a camel it went over a bump
She fell and landed in some mud. She really got the hump
When Helen posed for a picture in front of a giraffe
It bent down low and licked her face and everyone did laugh
Ashley tried to imitate a snake by going ‘Hiss’
It sounded so much like it the snake gave him a kiss
When Lara patted the panda there was a thunder clap
The panda was frightened of thunder. It jumped on Lara’s lap
Hailey was in the hot house watching butterflies
A big one landed on her nose. That was a surprise
Jimmy sat in the bird house eating crisps from a packet
A parrot on his shoulder did a whoopsy down his jacket
Mrs. Stokes had had enough; she went bright red with rage
She ranted, raved and gave a roar – they put her in a cage
I’ll tell you all the naughty things the children got up to
While Paul was watching the penguins waddling down the path
He leaned too far and fell right in and then he had a bath
When Matthew fed the monkeys with nuts and bit of bread
A monkey stole his bobble-hat and put it on his head
When Chloe road a camel it went over a bump
She fell and landed in some mud. She really got the hump
When Helen posed for a picture in front of a giraffe
It bent down low and licked her face and everyone did laugh
Ashley tried to imitate a snake by going ‘Hiss’
It sounded so much like it the snake gave him a kiss
When Lara patted the panda there was a thunder clap
The panda was frightened of thunder. It jumped on Lara’s lap
Hailey was in the hot house watching butterflies
A big one landed on her nose. That was a surprise
Jimmy sat in the bird house eating crisps from a packet
A parrot on his shoulder did a whoopsy down his jacket
Mrs. Stokes had had enough; she went bright red with rage
She ranted, raved and gave a roar – they put her in a cage





The poems in this book are grouped in the following sections – Attitudes, Christmas, Clothes, Concern for others, Discussion poems, Educational poems, Fireworks, Friends, Honesty, Misbehaviour, Mothers, Names, School, Sea/seaside, Silly poems, Sound, Space, Sportsmanship, Twins, Weather