Young versifiers emerge with lots &lots of credit
Young versifiers emerge with lots &lots of credit
SHORT, sharp verses that are easy to remember is what we invited the under-13s to submit for the Farmlife competition about keeping safe on the farm (Farmlife, Aug 7) .
We received a large number of entries. Obviously lots of children wanted to win one of the 12 JCB skid-steer toys from Ertl/Britains we were offering as prizes for the best entries. Age, originality and the impression that youngsters had really considered farm safety for themselves, were among the things the judges took into account in making their decisions.
The winners were:
Paul Glanvill (12), Woodbury, Exeter; Kellie Kingston (9), Wickwar, Glos; Thomas Miller (6), Kingswood, Bucks; Jonathan Ranjit (6), Ipplepen, Devon; Amy Blackwell (11), East Challow, Oxon; Clare Ragg (9), Trewalder, Cornwall; Jennifer Cartwright (11), Tern Hill, Salop; Mark Nattriss (8), East Lexham, Norfolk; Ashley Kerrindge (10), Battisford, Suffolk; James Gould (11), Rodgrove, Somerset; Julia Krier (12), Cockerham, Lancs; Robert Fleming (9),
Berwick-on-Tweed.
Three of the entries are reproduced below.
Dont
Dont stand under a trailer that dumps
Cos if it falls on your head youll have bumps
Dont be in the way of spikes
Or ride on the back of quad bikes
As only sheepdogs are allowed to do that.
Thomas Miller (age 6)
Farm Rap
Playing on the farm
Is very unsafe,
You can get hurt
In any place.
Playing round tractors someone
could get hit,
Playing in the barn
and in the slurry pit.
We know its fun,
We know its cool,
But dont do it
cause its a rule.
So stay in the
garden where you
cant get hurt,
And keep away from
the mud and dirt.
Kellie Kingston (age 9)
Keeping safe
Safetys important
On our Dads farm
He checks it daily
So we come to no harm
We stay clear of tractors
Balers and ploughs
And take great care
With calves, bulls and cows
We know that its dangerous
To play with fire
Of telling us that
Mum and Dad never tire
We must wash our hands
We are regularly told
Its our hearts desire
To live to be old
If we ride our bikes
Near the slurry pit
Mum flips her lid
And has a fit
So, we try to remember
While out to play
To follow the safety rules
Throughout the day
Paul Glanvill (age 12)