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    A message from Mrs Pipe

    15/5/2020

     
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    ​     What do people need?

    As I drove home the other day, I heard Benjamin Zephaniah read one his poems aloud. He had chosen to read this poem as he thought it was poignant for the time we are in now. I really liked it. I hope you do too.
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    What do people need?
     
    People need people,
    To walk to
    To talk to
    To cry and rely on,
    People will always need people.
    To love and to miss
    To hug and to kiss,
    It’s useful to have other people.
    To whom to moan
    If you’re all alone,
    It’s so hard to share
    When no one is there.
    There’s not much to do
    When there’s no one but you.
    People will always need people.
     
    To please
    To tease
    To put you at ease,
    People will always need people.
    To make life appealing
    And give life some meaning,
    It’s useful to have other people.
    It you need a change
    To whom will you turn.
    If you need a lesson
    From whom will you learn.
    If you need to play
    You’ll know why I say
    People will always need people.
    As girlfriends
    As boyfriends
    From Bombay
    To Ostend,
    People will always need people-
    To have friendly fights with
    And share tasty bites with,
    It’s useful to have other people.
    People live in families
    Gangs, posses and packs,
    Its seems we need company
    Before we relax,
    So stop making enemies
    And let’s face the facts,
    People will always need people,
    Yes
    People will always need people.

    –Benjamin Zephaniah
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    Staying in touch
    We are trying our best to keep in contact with you all, whether that be the teachers on Google Classroom, or myself, Miss White and Mrs Hartmann calling and texting families to check that all is well. I know that we have all really enjoyed the human contact and finding out how things are going.
     
    One thing we are trying to do is sort out niggles about home learning. If you do have a problem, please do ask. We can only help if we know there is a problem and we really do want to make sure that issues are resolved as swiftly as possible in these difficult times. We may not be able to solve it, but we will try.
    Please do get in touch if you need any help or just a chat. Our emails are below:

    epipe@topsham.devon.sch.uk
    mwhite@topsham.devon.sch.uk
    nhartmann@topsham.devon.sch.uk

    Have a lovely weekend

    Mrs Pipe


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