Easter Competitions
Last year our Easter competitions had to be done remotely but this year we would love to have the children bring in their creations for us to see and judge during the last week of this term.
The details for the competition for each year group are shown below. We are planning to have an outdoor Easter bonnet parade at which the Year 2 children can show off their headgear. As this will be dependent on the weather we would like all competition entries to come into school on Monday 29th March and we will then hold the parade on whichever day has the best weather during that week. All entries will then be sent home.
The categories are -
Reception - Easter Basket.
Create an Easter basket using recycled materials and using some of the symbols of Easter that you have been learning about.
Year 1 - Easter Garden
An Easter garden is a traditional way of remembering what happened on Good Friday and usually includes a hill, as the bible says Jesus was crucified on a hilltop, three crosses, a stone to represent the stone across the entrance to the tomb. Some simple instructions for a garden are shown below.
This is the only exception to bringing entries into school. As Easter gardens are quite bulky to bring in we would like these to be created at home - perhaps as a plot in your garden or in a container on your patio - and then a photograph sent in for us to make a display in school. We will create a slide show of all the entries to share with all the children in school.
Year 2 - Easter Bonnets
An Easter bonnet is any new hat worn traditionally on Easter Sunday. It is the tail end of an English tradition of wearing new clothes for Easter and is in keeping with the spirit of renewal and redemption at this time of the year.
For our Easter bonnets, we would like you to take the theme of renewal further by reusing and recycling materials for your hat.
