The children had a double celebration on Tuesday as it was Shrove Tuesday as well as St David’s Day. We are blessed as a class as we have children from very diverse backgrounds, including children with families from Wales. It was wonderful to see children dressed in the green, red and white colours of the Welsh flag. April even took part in our assembly by teaching the whole school how to say Good Morning in Welsh.
To mark the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday, the children were inspired by the story of Saint David to write their own Lenten promises. The children’s promises range from praying each day, donating money to charity instead of eating chocolate and keeping their bedrooms tidy. The children enjoyed making their own daffodils and used these as part of a thoughtful class liturgy led by Scarlett, Cian and Athina. These Lenten promise daffodils are now beautifully displayed and they are certainly brightening up the classroom, just like the children.
To end the week, the children showed great imagination in smashing costumes that celebrate their love of reading. It was lovely to see how the children enjoyed sharing their favourite books with a reading partner from year 4. The challenge at the start of the day was to publish our own class book and the children wrote some wonderful poems in the style of Edward Lear’s poem ‘The Owl and the Pussy Cat’. As part of World Book Day, we have been rejuvenating the class book library, which now includes some great book labels and bookmarks created by the children.
The children would love to start bringing home some high quality books to share with their parents and if you would like to order a book for our library, please click on this link: Year 2 wishlist. So that your generous donation will always be celebrated, a book plate with your child’s name will be added to the book before it is added to the library!
