Saint Patrick’s Day in K1C!

[2018-03-30]

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Saint Patrick’s Day in K1C!

Happy Friday Everyone

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Written by: Divan

Photographed by Sammi

Let’s see a little bit more about Saint Patrick’s Day:

Saint Patrick’s Day is a big celebration of everything to do with the country, Ireland (a large island in the British Isles) – it’s people, art, religion and all the things Irish people like to do. Saint Patrick’s Day happens every year on March 17, which marks the date when Saint Patrick (a Bishop) died.

In Ireland, everybody has the day off work and school on Saint Patrick’s Day. All around the world people celebrate this festival otherwise known as “St Patty’s day” – not just people from Ireland or of Irish descent. They wear green clothes and eat traditional Irish food like Irish stew or corned beef and cabbage and drink Irish beer like Guinness.

The color green is part of Saint Patrick’s Day because it’s the color of Spring. One of the Irish traditions is to pinch anyone who is not wearing green on Saint. Patrick’s Day. The most common symbol of this day is the shamrock, which is a leaf from the clover plant.

This is how we celebrated:

As we were learning so much about Arbor Day and the importance of trees and plants in our daily lives, we thought it would be a great idea to combine that with Saint Patrick’s Day and be completely green this fine Friday morning! So we asked our parents to dress or accessorize the children in the color of the day and started our party!

The festivities commenced with each member of K1C testing our green finger abilities by planting our own succulent seeds. We brought in some hand trowels, medium sized plastic cups, seeds and garden soil to simply yet effectively familiarize ourselves with the process.

Next we learned all about Saint Patrick’s Day. The shamrocks, Leprechauns and luck of the Irish! After being introduced to a few pictures of what this festival looks like in Ireland, we used colored paper, glue and crayons to create our own versions of how we would visualize Leprechauns.

While we were busy completing our crafts, lucky chocolate gold coins were waiting for us to be found and enjoyed, so we ended our morning with a treasure hunt in and around our classroom.

Learning about the traditions that drive different cultural celebrations is a great way to put history into real context. The fact that we don’t have to be Irish or be in Ireland to join in the festivities just made today that much better.

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