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Kingsmead Eyes Speak Led by Gideon Mendel

sheila

chakur

I am ten years old and I am going to be eleven in February. I was born in Homerton Hospital in 2001. My Dad comes from a place in Africa called Angola and my Mum comes from Portugal. I have three brothers and two sisters. I live in Hackney and I want to be a singer or an African dancer like Miss Harley when I grow up. I like to go girls’ football club and play matches for my school. I also like to learn interesting things so I can get a better life when I am older.

A girl sits and watches television,
But she is watched too by ghosts on a mission.

Scary and Creepy

Tonight is the night
When the ghosts growl and vampires bite
When the floorboards jump and creep,
And spirits wander as we sleep,
Hide beneath your duvet cover,
Close your eyes,
Don’t scream for your mother,
Or they will know you are hiding there,
Don’t run away, they know how to scare,
You hear whispers, and your name is called,
Ghosts walk through the frozen walls,
A girl sits and watches television,
But she is watched too by ghosts on a mission

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Listen to Sheila recite her poem