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Move On

we’d already left
by the time we went:
our “goodbyes” were said, our
tears were spent on
“the shame”. the
“crying shame” that
others felt for us.
and
as they read us out
name by name
by name we
processed and filtered out
but we’d already gone.
Chloë Campbell (Nursery) finds an ingenious way to plant herbs and vegetables
our eyes: wet, because they
should be. True or false?
our shoulders That is the
shook, carrying
other people’s expectations. question
we were happy to leave,
but not to move on, The Learning Enhancement Department
so they cried for us. asked Junior School pupils whether
something could be true and false at
a man, the same time. These are some of the
numb with pain, doesn’t responses.
hurt. I think things can be true and false at the
same time because if you look at some
not like how others do stories or myths some of the story might
when they see his injuries. be made up, while other parts must have
been based on something true.
Malachy Harris (S6)
Eirene Cai (P4)
Keira Duff (P4), with ‘Dawn’
Yes, because if you walk up a mountain
you will be cold, but you’re also getting
closer to the sun!
Zain Subesinghe (P4)
False teeth are false and true. It is true
that they exist, so false teeth are true
and false.
Mia Parkin (P7)
Yes – you can cry from sadness but you
can also cry from happiness.
Ursula Berry (P5)
I don’t think facts can be true and false
at the same time because they would
contradict each other.
Magnus Di Rollo (P2)
Facts have to be true. But opinions
could be true and false at the same
time because some people might think
it’s true, but other people might have
different opinions.
Millie Nisbet proudly shows the cave she made for her teddy bear using junk materials Jack Harley (P2)

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