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Poetry with Simon Mole inspired by Heitor Villa-Lobos' 'Little Train of Caipira'

Take a look at some wonderful work made by children across the UK whilst they stay at home.

In week one's activity Simon Mole took us on an imaginary train ride to create our own poem inspired by the Little Train of Caipira.

Let your imagination run wild as you follow Simon Mole's step-by-step guide in creating your own poem. Where will you go? What will you see? Who will you meet?

Here are your creative responses...

"Week one: Write a poem inspired by a journey with Simon Mole."

"The Little Train of the Caipira; a piece of music written by Heitor Villa Lobos."

"I would love to go to the Antarctic so I loved writing this poem."

Ten Pieces Creative Response - I made my poem into a song
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I have done a poem about the journey on a train to Paris inspired by Hector Villa-Lobos' music and his train ride through the hot countryside of Brazil. With the help of Simon Mole I completed this challenge!
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"I have chosen the Wild West because it has been my dream to one day go there. This is one of the weekly activities set for my homework, it is a challenge for myself to write this. The music from the Wild West films inspires me."

I put my poem into a song that is called "Train journey".

Heitor Villa Lobos and Simon Mole were used as inspiration for this poem by Lucie.

"I used the Simon Mole work on 'The Little Train of the Caipira'; a piece of music written by Heitor Villa Lobos. It was very good!"

"I listened to The Little Train of the Caipira and then used Simon Mole's step-by-step guide to make my poem"

This is my daughter's poem about a journey that has been inspired by her recent schoolwork on the environment and her love of nature.

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This is my poem based on my train travel experience.... I have kept the name same as the story - The Little Train. Rishav Ray (Year 5)

Creative responses to Simon Mole's poetry activity using 'The Little Train of Caipira' as inspiration.

"Emily loves Hogwarts and poetry. This poem was written for a 'Music' school assignment."

"Train piece"

Cara's poem about a journey to the zoo.

"I love being outside and exploring with my dog Audrey and these times inspired me to write my poem. I wrote the poem whilst listening to The Little Train of Caipira imagining the great Brazilian outdoors."

"It is based on the activity set by the poet Simon Mole and the train journey."

"Music poem writing" by Alex Short

"This poem was written as a school assignment."

"Listened to 'The Little Train of the Caipira' by Heitor Villa Lobos in a weekly music class."

"I have done task one - the poem"

"Adithi responding to the Week 1 challenge which we promoted in our newsletter on Friday. She took the idea of journeys and came up with dream destinations, thoughts and poetry."

"Sisters Adithi and Akshara responding to the Week 1 challenge which we promoted in our newsletter on Friday. They took the idea of journeys and came up with dream destinations, thoughts and poetry."

"Adithi responding to the Week 1 challenge which we promoted in our newsletter on Friday. She took the idea of journeys and came up with dream destinations, thoughts and poetry."

"Akshara responding to the Week 1 challenge which we promoted in our newsletter on Friday. She took the idea of journeys and came up with dream destinations, thoughts and poetry."

"Adithi responding to the Week 1 challenge which we promoted in our newsletter on Friday. She took the idea of journeys and came up with dream destinations, thoughts and poetry."

I have written a poem about a train journey to Blackpool, inspired by The Little Train of the Caipira; a piece of music written by Heitor Villa Lobos.

The Noisy Forest

My son Stanley , ten, listened to Simon Mole's step-by-step guide to writing a poem about a train journey. Brilliant! Stan wrote a few words and ideas at the various 'pause' moments, then I cut up the words and phrases, mixed them up and asked him to try and come up with a poem. For a boy who finds it hard to focus for any length of time, he found this surprisingly amusing and fun, even posing for photos. A positive poetry session - hurrah! Thanks Simon :)

"This was one of my weekly school activities which was inspired by The Little Train of the Caipira."

"This is a short story/poem from the Week One weekly challenge, as described by Simon Mole, inspired by The Little Train of the Caipira by Heitor Villa Lobos describing my daughter Nancy's train journey to America!"

My son Stanley, ten, listened to Simon Mole's step-by-step guide to writing a poem about a train journey. Brilliant! Stan wrote a few words and ideas at the various 'pause' moments, then I cut up the words and phrases, mixed them up and asked him to try and come up with a poem. For a boy who finds it hard to focus for any length of time, he found this surprisingly amusing and fun, even posing for photos. A positive poetry session - hurrah! Thanks Simon :)

"Poem using our pet cats (Spock and Sparkle) and sister (Daisy) for characters"

Annie's poem, a response to the week one activity

I used the Little Train of Caipiri poem as inspiration and I also listened to an Axé song which I loved!

"A journey poem" by Abbie Michael

'On a train to Spain' by Noah

"This is a picture inspired by Steve Riech's Music for 18 musicians"

"Holiday Song" by twins Seb and Luca

Written piece by Brooke based on "The Little Train of the Caipira"

Poem based on a journey to Spain

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Poem based on a journey to Croatia

Poem inspired by Villa Lobos by Orla ages 9

It is a poem about a journey, set by Maya Rosa's teacher Mr Luke.

A poem called "Salamina Mountains"

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This is the ten pieces activity about where I imagined going and what it felt like on my journey.

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A poem by Anna-Patrice

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"Poetry inspired by Simon Mole"

"This is the first time Sadie has been set this as a challenge from her Teacher. We listened to the music about the Brazilian train, watched the Simon Mole video and wrote our own poem."

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Jack Devine (age 8) has used 'The Train Journey' piece as inspiration and followed Simon Mole's Tutorial on how to write a poem.

"I watched the videos and wrote a poem for my home schooling. I loved it."

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"Ten pieces poem on my train journey"

In response to listening to 'The Little train of Caipira' written at home as part of Darsh's online learning.

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"My teacher set this for school work today and I enjoyed it."

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"This poem was a music activity set by my teacher Miss Terry for the Villa Lobos "The Little Train of the Caipira" music."

My school set this music task as one of our activities to do today. It was fun.

A response to 'The Little Train of Caipira' and Simon Mole, which Angus's class used for Writing today.

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A response to 'The Little Train of Caipira' and Simon Mole, which Angus's class used for Writing today.

Mathilda was set some work to write a poem inspired by a journey with Simon Mole.

"I listened to a story about music being created to imitate a train. I made my own story about a train adventure I would have with my friend Kuba."

"My upload is based on the piece of music called The Little Train of the Caipira and following the video by Simon Mole, I created my own poem about a journey on a train to France."

"I used The Little Train of the Caipira as inspiration."

It is a poem about a journey, set by Maya Rosa's teacher Mr Luke (part 2)

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Inspired by Simon Mole's poetry activity

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"I was set this by my Middle School and I used the train journey for inspiration"

A poem called "What is it like?"

A poem by Oliver "We Are Off To Go". I listened to the Simon Mole tutorial and wrote a poem about my feelings when I go skiing with my family.

A poem called "St Ives". My daughter wrote this poem during lockdown. Most importantly it was fun for us all to throw ideas around for ryhming words and my daughter had fun creating her poem.

The Train Journey

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Ten Pieces at Home Creative Response - "My Maths"

"I went to Spain on my trip"

A poem inspired by The Little Train of the Caipira weekly challenge

The Train Trip Part One

The Train Trip Part Two

It is a poem about a journey, set by Maya Rosa's teacher Mr Luke (part 2)

A train journey by Kimberley

A train journey to Disney World

A fictional train journey to Disney World in Florida

"I used the film by Simon Mole to help me write the poem. I liked writing about the underwater world and using my imagination for the water."

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"For my poem I used my dream holiday and I chose to go with my sister because she likes the Bahamas too!"

The Travel Through Time by Freddie Part One

The Travel Through Time by Freddie Part Two

"I wrote this poem using the Simon Mole teaching video. I like designing and making things and I read a book about the War and wanted to imagine leaving war behind for a new dimension."

My Train Journey by Jamie Henley

Inswywinsy panda poem by Sophie

Sweet Land by Abbi

Part 1 by Mariha

Part 2 by Mariha

Part 3 by Mariha

"The poem is inspired by the Week 1 activity poem inspired by a journey with Simon Mole. This is a true experience of travelling by a local train from Guwahati to Bongaigaon in Assam in the North-East of India."

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"This is a poem written by Lina Salonko (10 years old), inspired by a journey with Simon Mole. Lina hasn't been in New York and is dreaming to get there at some point. She wants to go there with her mum, dad and Yumi, the black lab."

I did the week one activity, following Simon’s Mole instruction.

"Music Island" by Simona

This is a poem by George, aged 10 for Simon Mole's activity to write a poem inspired by a journey

A Train Journey by Charlie

Charlie Hughes, Year 3/4. Ten Pieces at Home Creative Response.

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A Disney themed creative response.

"A journey to the jungle" by Logan.

The Train to Fairyland

My daughter, Emi, wrote this poem (hand written) about an adventure with our dog “Finn” after seeing the video by Simon Mole. She hopes that you like it. Page 1 of 2

My daughter, Emi, wrote this poem ( hand written) about an adventure with our dog “Finn” after seeing the video by Simon Mole. She hopes that you like it. Page 2 of 2

The Land of Sweets by Abira

The Train to Legoland by Abira

A journey inspired by Egypt by Yahya

On A Train to Moscow by Sam, aged 9

A journey inspired by Heitor Villa Lobos.

A Journey to Florida by Casey

"The Little Train of the Caipira; a piece of music written by Heitor Villa Lobos."

"The Little Train of the Caipira by Heitor Villa Lobos."

"Miri Is 11 and was inspired by The Little Train of Caipira. The poem is about an imaginary journey to a magical chocolate factory in London."

"Max is 8 years old and he was inspired by The Little Train of Caipira. The poem is about a memory of a beautiful Greek beach at sunset."

"The Little Train of the Caipira; a piece of music written by Heitor Villa Lobos."

"My creative work is part of one of my school's challenges."

"Task: Write a poem inspired by a journey with Simon Mole"

"My daughter (5) was inspired by the 'The Little Train of the Caipira' by Heitor Villa Lobos to write her poem about a train journey to her Grandad's house. He is very much in her mind at the moment as we can't visit him during lockdown as he lives at the other end of the country. She added illustrations of all the things she thought about for her poem. Being led through the poem by Simon Mole really helped her focus on what she wanted to include."

"This is a poem about my favourite train journey with my Granny. It is the first weekly activity"

Inspired by Simon Mole and the piece Little Train of Caipira

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"It is a poem from the week one challenge."

Ewan has created a journey themed poem inspired by the music of Hector Villa-Lobos. In particular he enjoyed, "The Little Train of the Caipira".

A Weekly challenge set by my daughters school, inspired by the videos and poet.

"Part of Music school work. We were challenged to write a poem about a view from a train."

This poem was put together after listening to The Little Train of the Caipira by Heitor Villa Lobos) and Simon Mole video on poems. Homework for school (5.6.20) by Joshua (aged 8).

I have used Heitor Villa Lobos's pice of music that I have turned into a poem called "my little train."

My poem is inspired by weekly music activity - Week one. The little train of Caipira, a journey with Simon Mole.

"This poem is the activity for Week 1. I showed it to my teacher and she said I should upload it; it is a poem about travelling to the beach. I used the 2nd video as inspiration when he was talking about the different ideas for your poem! Thank you for reading it, Eva Year 7"

"Grace's poem following The Little Train of the Caipira"

"The Little Train of the Caipira; a piece of music written by Heitor Villa Lobos."