Year 11 student, Jim R has written the following poem about the current pandemic. Excellent work Jim. In years to come I’ll sit with my grandchildren close by Reflecting on my life, emitting a sigh, ‘Tell us a story grandad, they desperately plea’ I think for a while and say I’m the class of 2020 For ever more this will be a historical year A global population living in fear COVID 19, social distancing, self-isolation Quickly becoming buzz words of the nation It started in China in the town of Wuhan A virus that jumped from animal to human, It spread around the world at incredible pace The message to all, ‘please create space’ Not many weeks passed before it truly took hold Affecting the young but killing the old. The Prime Minister and Prince Charles proved you couldn’t avoid it widespread within England but London was the location worst hit As the NHS struggled to deal with the outbreak It became clear to all Boris had a decision to make And then it came one glorious, sunny afternoon, ‘Please work from home and schools will shut down soon’ ‘GCSEs and A levels cancelled’ was the astonishing headline Followed by guidance to students ‘you will all be fine’ Whilst parents and pupils were confused, reeled in shock Supermarkets reported ‘toilet rolls are now out of stock’ And then came the point where rules were laid down ‘You can leave your house but don’t go out of town’ The overall objective was to halt the strain on the NHS Many Years of underfunding had left it a mess But the cases increased, and the death toll rose Drs and nurses exhausted, suffering incredible lows As demand became higher, hospitals across the country were erected Thousands of volunteers, airline staff, the general public quickly selected. ‘How did it end’ my grandchildren shriek. ‘With thousands of deaths I whisper’ as my eyes start to leak ‘People lost jobs and companies ceased to trade The population adjusted their lifestyle, all very afraid’ However, some good came of those miserable days A decrease in pollution, a reduction in the haze Although a positive outcome was hard to find It became a period where the message was ‘be kind’

Year 11 student, Jim R has written the following poem about the current pandemic. Excellent work Jim.

In years to come I’ll sit with my grandchildren close by
Reflecting on my life, emitting a sigh,
‘Tell us a story grandad, they desperately plea’
I think for a while and say I’m the class of 2020

For ever more this will be a historical year
A global population living in fear
COVID 19, social distancing, self-isolation
Quickly becoming buzz words of the nation

It started in China in the town of Wuhan
A virus that jumped from animal to human,
It spread around the world at incredible pace
The message to all, ‘please create space’

Not many weeks passed before it truly took hold
Affecting the young but killing the old.
The Prime Minister and Prince Charles proved you couldn’t avoid it
widespread within England but London was the location worst hit

As the NHS struggled to deal with the outbreak
It became clear to all Boris had a decision to make
And then it came one glorious, sunny afternoon,
‘Please work from home and schools will shut down soon’

‘GCSEs and A levels cancelled’ was the astonishing headline
Followed by guidance to students ‘you will all be fine’
Whilst parents and pupils were confused, reeled in shock
Supermarkets reported ‘toilet rolls are now out of stock’

And then came the point where rules were laid down
‘You can leave your house but don’t go out of town’
The overall objective was to halt the strain on the NHS
Many Years of underfunding had left it a mess

But the cases increased, and the death toll rose
Drs and nurses exhausted, suffering incredible lows
As demand became higher, hospitals across the country were erected
Thousands of volunteers, airline staff, the general public quickly selected.

‘How did it end’ my grandchildren shriek.
‘With thousands of deaths I whisper’ as my eyes start to leak
‘People lost jobs and companies ceased to trade
The population adjusted their lifestyle, all very afraid’

However, some good came of those miserable days
A decrease in pollution, a reduction in the haze
Although a positive outcome was hard to find
It became a period where the message was ‘be kind’

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