Easter
March 2024
During a whole school assembly, our wonderful, confident and articulate Language Ambassadors shared different traditions that occur in their countries of origin at Easter/Springtime. We learnt that:
Germany – fires are lit to burn away the darkness of Winter and to welcome in the Spring.
Finland - children dress as witches and knock on doors asking for sweets in exchange for twigs.
Bulgaria - eggs are painted red, the sign of the cross is made with the wet painted egg on people’s foreheads then they have a hard boiled egg fight. The winning egg is said to bring good luck and is kept until the following year.
England - thinking about the empty tomb in the Easter story, we love to eat 80-90 million chocolate eggs each year.
Ireland - hard boiled eggs are rolled down hills and whichever doesn't crack/cracks the least is the winning egg. Our assembly saw the Irish egg, aptly taking the winning title.
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