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.
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
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