--- title: "The Sound Collector Visits St. Andrew’s!" url: "https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/blog/2025-07-01-10-27-00-the-sound-collector-visits-st-andrew-s" school: "St. Andrew's CE Primary School" --- # The Sound Collector Visits St. Andrew’s! ![Image of The Sound Collector Visits St. Andrew’s!](https://files.schudio.com/st-andrew-s-c-of-e-c-primary-school/images/blog/4B438796-4446-4A94-ADD1-18696D132653.jpeg) 1 July 2025 [Emily Leigh](https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/blog/author/eleigh) [Class One](https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/blog/category/class-one) As part of our exciting poetry unit based on *The Sound Collector* by Roger McGough, the children in our mixed EYFS and Year 1 class became real-life sound detectives! We took a walk around St. Andrew’s School—both inside and out—to tune into the sounds all around us. The children listened carefully and recorded everything they could hear: the *tapping* of the keyboard in the school office, the *chattering* of children in the school hall, the *rustling* of paper in Class One, the *whirring* of a helicopter overhead, and the *vroom* of cars passing on the road outside. With their lists of sounds and their matching objects in hand, the children returned to class full of ideas and inspiration. Instead of the Sound Collector visiting a house like in the original poem, our poems imagine what would happen if he visited *St. Andrew’s School* and took all of our special sounds away! The children worked brilliantly to gather rich, descriptive vocabulary and are looking forward to using their sound collections to write their own imaginative versions of the poem. We can’t wait to share them with you soon! [English](https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/blog/tag/english) [Science](https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/blog/tag/science) [EYFS](https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/blog/tag/eyfs) [ Growing Scientists!](https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/blog/2025-06-19-14-45-00-growing-scientists) [Shadows ](https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/blog/2025-07-02-14-30-00-shadows) ![St. Andrew's CE Primary School](https://files.schudio.com/st-andrew-s-c-of-e-c-primary-school/images/logo/St-Andrews-footer-logo.png) ### St. Andrew's CE Primary School Main Street Clifton Campville Tamworth B79 0AP 01827 373 266 © Copyright 2024–2026 St. Andrew's CE Primary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)