Christian Foley Year 5

Christian Foley is a writer, rapper and a teacher – all at once. His interactive freestyles and improvised performances, lauded by stars like 50 Cent and creator of Hamilton, Lin Manuel Miranda, have gone viral multiple times and made him a regular on television and radio, amassing over thirty million views worldwide and features across British and international press.

And today we were lucky enough to have him visit Thurston and work with pupils in Year 5 and 6. Christian was an amazing role model for our pupils and got them enthused about writing their own poetry as well as performing his with him.

You can find out more about Christian’s work on his YouTube channel, instagram page and TikTok and his website.

Christian challenged pupils to write a poem inspired by his poem ‘I tried to write a poem’, the results were amazing, here is a small selection.