What a Hullabaloo!

What a Hullabaloo! It's the resulting poetry from the 'Big Write'

The work on these pages was completed by year 6 at Huntington primary in a 40-minute time frame.

The work has been based on inspiration from such stories as 'Wasp in Beard', 'Foot in Pond', 'Nipper in Slipper', 'The Green Head of Man' and 'Apple on Foot' from 'What a Hullabaloo!'

I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I do

Wasp in Beard
By S

I ordered the dog to lick clean the sofa
And dashed for the door and almost tripped over
I thought I'd be good boy and show them what for
By being a good boy and shutting the door

The gang was waiting outside on scooters and bikes
Scooters without brakes and bikes that I liked
Tall lad, short lad, strong lad and me
Were off on an adventure yippee, yippee!

Wasp in beard
By W

It's night time, while everyone's asleep
I creep to the kitchen
I open the bread bin, but there's nothing!
I walked past the floorboards very creaky
But I did it carefully and very sneaky

Just then I hit the jackpot
The iced fingers were on the shelf top
And luckily they were out reach
But then I had an idea to breach

My grandpa's clutch was against the wall
I used it to get down one
Not one but them all

Wasp in Beard
By J

It was a peaceful morning
And upstairs I heard dad yawning
I wandered what the gang was up to
But I desperately needed something to do

I couldn't go through a whole day
Without doing a bit of play

I heard secret bird noise calling outside
I had to be careful and watch my stride
The shakes and vibrations I make
Can make my sleepy parents awake

Wasp in Beard
By I

I sat on the sofa, waiting for the call
Then it came from strong lad, long lad and small
I crept towards the back door eager to hit the street
With all the floor boards creaking beneath my feet
I tripped over small lad
His glasses knocked off his face
And now were all tangled in grubby shoelace

Cobbled path was bumpy
As we raced down on our bikes
We were going down at very high speed
A speed we all like!

Faster and faster we peddled as the field came into sight
It felt so strange to be biking
In the dead of night

All around us dirt hills that once belonged to a mole
Zooming down the hill we went
Trying hard to slow
Then lad with no brakes soon went out of control
Racing after him, long lad went
Even though his back wheel, was recognisably bent
Happy was lad with no brakes that worked
That's when he told us the bike was only leant!

Wasp in Beard
By S W

The gang had a plan
To mess with the man
They came to a halt
Because there was an electric volt
And the crazy man who then had come
Was shouting loud to spoil our fun

We ran like crazy bees
And hid behind a wonky tree
Angry wasps came out of holes
We started throwing mud, as well as moles
Then the red-faced man
Chased us past an old wrinkly gran

We cheered and cheered as we looked back and heard
The man getting stung by a wasp on his beard

Wasp in Beard
By H Z

So I let dog lick stain of sofa
I dashed to the window and tripped over and over
I climbed through the window thinking it was polite
Not waking mum and dad in middle of night

The gang was standing with scooters and bikes
Scooters to small and bikes that I like
We rode up to the wood as fast as we could
Dodging the conkers before we went bonkers

Wasp in Beard
By J

I leapt out window over hedge into ditch
Crossed over fields and onto the pitch
The opposition were there with football on minds
My gang arrived and we smacked their behinds

4-0 it was, we won them clean
And with me in strike you know I'd be mean

Wasp in Beard
By M

We took too the short cut
Through some corn fields
Passed the museum where knights had shields

It was getting dark now, we don't care
The gang were in line for a very good
Scare
Lights were not needed
Not for the gang
We had nets plus a frying pan
To catch people who would hurt us
So big lad decided to desert us

Wasp in Beard
By C

I was looking out the door
Waiting for the lads to soar
When it hit me in the knee
That I couldn't find my key
When I finally found my key
Look who was standing in front of me

Me and the lads set off to ride
When suddenly we had to hide
We took a short cull through the alley
When we bumped into little Sally
We asked Sally if she wanted to come
And ride with us in the afternoon sun

We were riding along
And we started to sing a song
Then we caught some people playing ping-pong

Wasp in Beard
By D

Doughnut dripping on floor
Jam trickling down door
I called cat to lick up mess
Then I heard gang calling just after a rest

I saw gang there
They were starting to stare
At the state of my bike
I guess they didn't like

We set off down the road
By passing a big fat toad
We came to a gate
That was in a right state
Then we rammed our bikes into it
And went straight through it

We started to ride across field
Then saw the farmed armed with a shield
We headed straight for him getting faster and faster
Then he moved out of the way and we struck disaster

Wasp in Beard
By S M

Chocolate melting on my plate then on hand
Falling to the ground and ready to land
I should eat the chocolate very quick
Before in my hand had started to drip

Little man and hard guy were waiting outside
So I opened the window and went for a slide

Wasp in Beard
By T

The gang had a plan
To mess with a man
They came to a halt
At a risky fault
The crazy man was not much fun
With great big shout he made us run

We ran like crazy bee's
We hid behind a lumpy tree
Angry wasps came out of a hole
We started throwing grass as well as a mole
The angry mole chased after us
And startled we ran past

We ran past the man
Who now had a gang
We ran for our lives
We came past the mans wives
They cheered and did a little dance
And said to the crazy man, give them a chance
What a Hullabaloo

Wasp in Beard
By D

We rode to a field on our muddy wheels
Long lad crashed but the gate was sealed
So we all though it was the end of fate
And then we all got in a huge state
We tried to jump over the gate
But we couldn't because we were in such a state

The farmer came to the sealed gate
Where he saw us in such a state
He saw muddy wheels
Where the gate was sealed
He looked extremely angry
We thought he was going to burst with candy

Wasp in Beard
By P

The sofa police awoke
I just hope
They do not find
My big big crime
Gang outside sing
Strong lad equals a king

It's conker time
And autumn chimes
How many conkers are there?
That we will share
Police dislike mud
Even though we eat spuds

There are four of us
Together we're stronger than a bus
Tiny wasp bites fill us up
Even though we drink from a cup

Wasp in Beard
By J & K

We road like yaks across roads and some ran
Thinking of a plan to mess with the man
Going to the field while little dog howling to his master
Going through field farmer comes out with a gun
We'd better go now
And thought we'd better go now

We got to the field at quarter past one
I ran too fast so I slid on my bum
Reaching the conkers with the farmer in last
I was feeling hungry at that point so I needed a filling for my tum

Wasp in Beard
By B B

We rode to a field
Where a gate was sealed
We jumped on it but it fell down
So we all planned to ride into town
But the farmer came out with his shotgun
Still eating his dinner, still eating his bun

The cows rushed out
Licking their snout
At the sight of water
They used their legs as a transporter
The farmer was onto us as quick as a flash
As he used his gun to go bash bash

Wasp in Beard
M

They rode like great riders
They hid like good hiders
We went in to the park crazy and bonkers
All shape and size were the conkers

I forgot about that jammy sandwich
The sofa police would smell a hitch
Down they would come and spoil the fun

But I was ok I was safe had my full case
That was all right as this was no real race.

Wasp in Beard
By A

I jogged out of the hut
Carrying a nut
Waiting for the bang, the
Noise from the gang

The noise came to me
So I came to them
The gang had a plan
To mess with an old man
We came to a halt at
A risky fault

The crazy man held up
A water bubble gun spraying everywhere
As it was fun
A bubble went that way
A bubble went another way
But we just realised bubbles
Weren't coming this way
We buzzed off like bees avoiding
The bubbles

Running towards a bunch
Of puddles

Foot in Pond
By C

So quiet you could hear a pin drop
It smashed as it fell
It was as if a rock hit a window heavily
She ran down the corridor like a headless chicken

She headed to the playground
Screaming like she had seen aliens
And then she reached it
Then she fainted

Then she was wordless
The cogs were clicking inside her like a clock
Then the rusted bell rang
A football came at her hitting and popping and ending up in the pond

Foot in Pond
By E

Beyond the graveyard many were dead
Sleeping tight all till the end
Teachers and parents remain every Saturday
The crew will be back
By time it's morning the place will be spotless
As they sneaked around like sneaky burglars
By time they had finished the place was spotless

They cleaned peoples graves and washed up their coffins
They brushed peoples teeth and cut their hairs
And gave them lessons and gave them baths

They came out one evening they started to get tired
They fell asleep whilst hair cuts and had rests between lessons
One of them said we are getting to old for this, why don't we stop?
All of them agreed and all of them went to sleep
But more had returned and more crew arrived each night
They came on and on

The Green Head of Man
By H B

The kitchen was full as an elephant's tummy
My teeth were so gummy
That I yelped and yelped mummy
While the dog was having his dinner that was so yummy

Meanwhile granddad was in his bedroom
Had just got married so all his clothes were for a groom
I walked in to see what was going on
But there was only a pong

The Green Head of Man
By B S

The kitchen was full as an elephant's tummy
My teeth were so gummy that I yelled mummy
While the dog was having his dinner it was so yummy

Now the room of granddad was a little better
It was cosy and warm as dawn came to its end
As granddad eyed us all in case somebody stole the remote
While the dog lay flat all covered in slack
We had to move quickly in case he got us back


Green Head of Man
By S

The dog was all moody and waiting for tea
But couldn't be patient so went for the dish
As we skidded round like drunken ice-skaters
We then forgot Oh No! It's the painters!

We answered the door inviting them in
They were carrying boxes black, white and red
One of them tripped up like a two legged cat
The other couldn't help it they were extremely fat!

We got so annoyed we kicked them out,
They picked up their boxes and walked away,
After they left like demented chickens,
My friend came round Nevel Pickens!

The Green Head of Man
By H B

The kitchen was full as an elephant's tummy
My teeth were so gummy
That I yelped and yelped mummy
While the dog was having his dinner that was so yummy

Meanwhile granddad was in his bedroom
Had just got married so all his clothes were for a groom
I walked in to see what was going on
But there was only a pong

Nipper in Slipper
By B G

So me and my gang carried on playing
Until my parents started shouting
So then they started shouting
Me and my gang went to the kitchen
Where my pet dog was sniffing away

Me and my gang started eating until
We said we don't like this
So the parents got mad

Nipper in Slipper
By S

We ran upstairs, it felt like Mount Everest
Long haired girl was bright, she was the cleverest
All of us, yes the 7 of us, got our pj's on
Our old underwear did have a bit of a pong

Oh no we all gasped
No sweets, strong lad had had last
Lets go to those corner shops
Maybe they will have some pear drops

To the shops we all went
I got £5, which I had lent
There were no pear drops but some Randoms
And a kid cycling wildly on his small tandem

Back we went to the house
On the way home we saw a mouse
Thin lad picked it up
Boy oh boy is he tough

Four paws of claws
By M E

We got string and stink bomb out of big lads pack
And tied the trip wire on big mans tent flap
Quickly we chucked stink bomb in cosy warm tent
All chortling and laughing like girls off we went

Big man woke up and stink bomb he found
He tripped over trip wire and fell flat on ground
All angry he was, he cursed and swore
But like rats in a sewer we were there no more

He quickly jumped up and brushed himself off
But as he got going he tripped on a cloth
That was the best part of our great plan
To humiliate and laugh at that horrid old man

We hoisted the ropes to lift that old man up high
But we couldn't get him up try after try
So there he was only half suspended
And we left him there and that's where it ended

Then that was the end of that horrid old man
And as quick as lightening off we ran
That fun had made it a brilliant day
And it was fish and chips for tea, hurray!!



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Four Paws of Claws
By G M

Running like runner beans out of the hut
Small lad came out with a rather nasty cut
Jumping around like crazy frogs
When big lad tripped over a hard wooden log

Cuts and bruises all over us
We set off taking a ride on the bus
Down, down, down the lane
Big lad and small lad in lots of pain

As we were called off the bus
Small lad was causing a lot of fuss
As I hopped of the bus into the wood
Just behind me big lad got off with a thud

Last travel before we were there
But ahhh we adventured into a bear
The bear was tall and a little bit fat
And his teeth was as sharp as bats

Four Paws of Claws
By H

The tent was all cold and really quite freezing
So he crawled under blanket all tired and sleepy
The blanket was fluffy like a woolly sheep
As he lay down like a cow in a muddy heap

The leaders crept round the tent very noisy
They tiptoed and skipped all of the evening
And as they crept round like wolf in a den
We were their prey chickens and hens

Parents collected us next day
We told them about our time in the tent
Scout leaders went home relieved from the stress
After scout camp holiday a big bad mess

Four Paws of Claws
By A

The living room of grandma
Contained a furry tabby cat
Somehow it is as ancient as grandma herself
But the furry tabby cat was asleep like the dead in a grave
But now in came the kids, all noisy and loud
While the dog had his dinner safe and sound
Like fans at a football match, they screamed their heads off
As they had locked their parents up in the loft

Up in the loft they were not having fun
Because they were sure that they were getting a numb bum
"Stop whining!" yelled granddad "Don't make me come up there.
So shut up or I'll fetch an angry wild bear!"

And when they got out, they curse and swear
But as for the kids, they didn't care
True to his word, granddad fetched a real bear
And when mum and dad saw the bear
As fast as lightning they shot up
To the loft and stayed there.

Four Paws of Claws
By S H

Gang planting stink bombs on every side of school
Bombs blew sky high
Smelt worse than 1000 smelly men in a gym
On a hot day
On the walls it was slimy green

Head red with rage
Red in face
As hot as a conker
Feeling as though going to be sick

Head up high walking steadily towards the gang

Four Paws of Claws
By B G

The tent was strong and stiff, cramped and week
As the BBQ glowed like a night light in a tree
The bees buzzed while having our tea
That was the only thing we could see

As the groups ate away at their spaghetti Bolognese
Dipping toast in jam
Making they're way to the bottom of the pan
They travelled away with a hump on their back into the forest
With a man with a bald patch on top of his head

Four Paws of Claws
By L G

The gang think of a plan
To try and get the air force man
They sneak around like little rats
Unfortunately they got chased by bats

The gang this time dress up as spies
And they fly through the midnight sky's
To camouflage them they use the wings of an eagle
So when they are hungry they can eat some bagels

Unfortunately this one doesn't go right
So they set things right through the night
They say sorry to the air force man
But they set him up in another prank

Four Paws of Claws
G Q

Our tent was cold, cramped and weak
The campfire glows as we're fast asleep
Our camp leader creeps like a sheep in a wolf's den
Off into the forest like a cat into the night

Now camp leader was gone
It was time to carry on
The prank we had in store using stink bombs and twigs
We set off like a man heading to a pub

The forest was dark glum and deep
Our camp leader gone like a baby to sleep
We laid our prank on the muddy wet floor
Then speeded back to our small tent door

Like 6 little kid's arriving at a party
Not to awake until the morning


Four Paws of Claws
C D

We walked down Main Street
Following the sound of the beat
The song was from Hong Kong
We went for a stroll
And we fell down a large hole

Later on we came on a low house
With a low door plan
And we saw a long lad

Four Paws of Claws
H N

We walked out of hut marching like soldiers
Over long hills and mountains like boulders
We rode like dudes screaming and shouting
Over town, scouting and mountain

Sweets in our pockets and faster than rockets
I chewed on my best sweet, which was a topic
We climbed on our bikes and went like the clappers
Lots of the girls were waving like flappers

Four Paws of Claws
R N

Skipping like skippers out of the hut
Too bad that small lad ran into a mutt
Over long and hills of the sort
But one lad always got caught

Long streams of grass hanging in the air
Everybody shouting like they just don't care
Strong lad went bonkers
Trying to find a few conkers

Long lad fell in a spiky ditch
Which really made him itch
Then they found the gate was locked
Everyone was in for a shock

We rode on our bikes back to a house
Only to find a little white mouse
Screaming and shouting that's what we did
But we unfortunately woke my uncle Sid

Four Paws of Claws
By F

We strolled out the scout hut
Shoulders back, strong afoot
The gang marched down the lane
Already suffering in pain

We walked ten meters then fell to the ground
We picked ourselves up then we found
That we only had ten minutes left
We ran to the field then we had empty chests

We set up camp and went to explore
The gang found something they thought they'd adore
But then they found it was more than that
It looked like a bear and had teeth like a bat

The gang had tea of sausage and beans
Their buttons were nearly popping off their jeans
They went to bed in their old tent
It was a great night spent

Four Paws of Claws
By L

We strolled down the main street
Following the clatter of the cane beat
And when boss-one wasn't looking
We counted head hairs that needed plucking
We went through big ditches
And around very big pitches

When we arrived at the site
We scattered out of boss-ones site
Into the bushes round the bend
Then for us it was up a dead end
Later on boss one caught us

When we had set up our tent
He came over and then went
Into the tent we had rigged
So the tent collapsed while he was in it

Four Paws of Claws
By B

We walked down long road
And saw a big green toad
Small lad started loudly screaming
While tall lads face was fastly beaming

We were all running
All except tall lad was being cunning

Later on we saw a mole
The mole was in a little hole
We all climbed up a tall pole
To get away from the large mole
Tall lads mum said "can I have some money"
And tall lad said "get your own money"

Four Paws of Claws
By J C

Small lad was packed up and ready to walk
He went with the gang who did nothing but talk
Through fields and boulders
Trouble for big lad with broad shoulders
He wouldn't fit he would have to shrink a bit

On the long hike the leaders took sail on a bike
When we got to camp
There was an old smelly tramp
He told us stories of things he had seen that were very very gory

Apple on Foot
By K S

Frizzy haired friend got to sleep in the end
Face was as fluffy as a sheep's tummy
He had a head like a skeletons foot

The gang laughed at teacher who was barking like a grizzly bear
He shouted "get on with your work class"
"No wipper wipper more clip trap!"

Apple on Foot
J & J B

With bone like neck
Nose like peck
He uses to peck children
He is a fuzzy haired fellow

With fungus growing on his bald shiny head
And eats with his gummy gums
And earwax clogged up in his ear
Dribbles onto the socks he never washes

Apple on Foot
B S & J J

A man with a skeleton like head
Who nearly looked dead
With his hairy spider hands
His evil plans

He drinks loads of Coke
He is really skinny bloke

Apple on foot
By J

A skeleton like head
Which looks very dead
Rotten teeth really yellow
Horrible, scary, crazy fellow

Apple on Foot
By I

A man who has a skeleton like head
And lazes on a big black bed
Next to a ship wreck
And has bony knees
And organs that wheeze

Apple on Foot
By P

The frizzy haired fellow sneaked off to sleep
With a fluffy face like that of a sheep
His head was like a pink pigs belly
And his foot in a cowpat

Apple on Foot
By J

A skeleton man with long fizzly hair
He looked a bit like a clown boy, coming downstairs

He had a shiny baldhead with hair at the back
He had a neck like a leopard and a nose like a bat

You could see his ribcage and his giant heart
He had bony legs
He had giant claws and black eye balls
And make up on
His belly button was like a giant chocolate button on his tummy

At night he gives people a fright and haunts the streets

It was a great night spent

Nipper in Slipper
By B G

So me and my gang carried on playing
Until my parents started shouting
So then they started shouting
Me and my gang went to the kitchen
Where my pet dog was sniffing away

Me and my gang started eating until
We said we don't like this
So the parents got mad


Nipper in Slipper
By R

We went to bed and at midnight we invaded the kitchen
Like rats in a tip
And nicked all the good stuff
And we had a picnic in the bedroom

We went to the beach and got a nipper
We took it back home and put it in the slipper

In the morning we stayed asleep
My mum put on the slippers
And lost her toe and screamed like mad
She was wondering why we put the nipper in slipper
Me and the gang were grounded for life
And we said we were sorry
But my mum was still angry

For dinner was cabbage and lettuce
The worst food ever
Sausage and meat along for the ride
I went to prison and that was the end

Nipper in Slipper
By A C

The old four paws started choking
Belching, spluttering, gasping and wheezing
The parents got angry like a bull seeing red
And the gang were solemnly sent to bed in disgrace

We tried to act innocent
But nothing seemed to work
We crept up to bed and quickly turned light out
Without screaming or shouting or pouting

We slept until morning not daring to move
We didn't creep down to hunt for some sweet stuff
We were silent all night in case the parents bought handcuffs
Maybe we'd be loud next sleepover day

The gang don't really come much on sleepover day
I think they would rather a pigsty to stay
The parents are still mad from that unfortunate night
They said I've gotta feed the dog and I'd better do it right!

Nipper in Slipper
By A S

Now this isn't Friday night sleepover stuff
This is torture and we're still hungry because food wasn't enough
So at midnight we went in the kitchen and grabbed some yum yum treats
All us boys and girls love our sweets

Parents found out that good food was wasted
They even found out that it wasn't even tasty
And they heard the dog slurping under the table
What was going to happen next?
Oh yes! Of course we got sent to the stinky stable

Nipper in Slipper
M

The garden of wildlife was full with a whole host of family avoiding the bird table
And as we danced around it like Michael Jackson wannabes
The bird looking mesmerised in case we knocked it over

As if they were headless and had loud speakers
They went into the loft and kicked each others sneakers
The dog sat there really annoyed
In case they broke his chewing toy

Into the kitchen they once again went pushing and shoving


Nipper in Slipper
By E

We ran upstairs and it felt like Mount Everest
Longhaired girl was smart she was the cleverest
She made a plan
Too trick her friend, longhaired man

First we ran to sweetshop
Then we bumped into a cop
He asked "what you doing?"
We just said "just mooing!"

He thought we were weird
But he had a beard

When we got to shop
On the hill top
It was closed
I hurt my toes
Kicking the wall
We went downhill
And heard a call


Nipper-in-Slipper
By J

So when midnight came
We tiptoed down
To find all sorts of goodies
Like gob stoppers, Chewits, jellies and chocolate
Oh what a treat
So we took sweet things upstairs and hid
Under duvet chewing on Chewits
Chomping on chocolate, crunching on gobstoppers
And feeding old four paws little jelly sweets