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Year 2 go on a Sound Collecting Mission

Year 2 found inspiration in the poem, ‘The Sound Collector’ by Roger McGough and went on a sound collecting mission down Hoxton High Street to gather ideas for their own poems!

Year 2 found inspiration in the poem, ‘The Sound Collector’ by Roger McGough and went on a sound collecting mission down Hoxton High Street to gather ideas for their own poems!

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