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October

inspiration

The increasingly autumnal days of
October encouraged creative writing in
the Junior School, not least Hallowe’en
and the opportunity of the midterm
break for pupils to send postcards to
their teachers. P7 pupils also created
propaganda posters as part their study
of World War II, while P6 examined the
Victorians.

Antonio McCathie (P3)
Maya Abadan (P4)

Carving a Pumpkin A Victorian

When you carve your pumpkin, you fill it
with light, Orphan
And in the dark it’ll be a scary sight.
When you carve your pumpkin with a Standing in the dark shadows under
sharp tool, the bridge, I could see a small figure.
Will it be a ghost or will it be a ghoul? As I walked towards it, I noticed it was
a young boy. It looked as if he was
When you carve your pumpkin at quivering. He was really shaking. His
Hallowe’en, hands clutched to his knees, I could
Will you leave it outside for it to be seen? almost hear his heart pounding in the
When you carve your pumpkin, it’ll be cold foggy mist. I noticed that he had
fun, a large scar down the left side of his
Catriona Polson (P7)
It only takes twenty minutes to be done. face. I could see he was quite a freckly
Daragh Lennon (P4) boy with jet black scruffy hair. His face
was as pale as paper and his shirt and
brown shorts were ripped and holey.
As I crept closer, I could see he had a
picture of someone clutched in his left
hand. I could tell it was a woman, his
mother maybe.
He started talking to me. ‘W – what
are you doing?’ I could tell his lip was
quivering.
I replied, ‘I was just out on my early
morning stroll.’
‘Oh, but I’ve never seen you here
before,’ he answered.
‘I must make my way home,’ I told him.
And with that I turned around, my oil
lamp in my left hand and headed back
to the Pig and Whistle.
Ceiba Colquhoun (P6)
Milly Scannell (P7) Lucy Beckett (P4)

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