This is Holly's Christmas stocking. Her grandmother made it especially for her and it also reminds her of her grandfather when she uses it each year. Holly gets presents from Santa in her stocking on Christmas Eve, ready for her to open on Christmas morning. Christmas is a Christian festival which celebrates the birth of Jesus. This is Erica's fortune stick from Japan called an Omikuji. She showed us how it works to bring good and bad luck. First you shake it upside down, then one of two sticks will come out, either a stick with good luck or bad luck symbols. We inquired further into the the use of fortune sticks www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/omikujihere. Continuing in our learning about Japanese culture and festivals, Shoichi presented information about Children's Day. Boys celebrate on the 5th day of the 5th month, girls the 3rd day of the 3rd month. He showed us an origami Samuri Warrior Helmet, the special rice cake and the Koinoburi (a pole with carp shaped flags) which symbolises strength and success; according to a Chinese legend, a carp swam upstream to become a dragon. There were lots of questions about the sizes and colours of the carp. Erica explained the colours to us; green for grass, blue for water and red to symbolise people growing up. Sosuke said the 3 sizes represented the father, mother and child in the family. More information can be found web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/calendar/may/children.htmlhere. Hugh shared information about how he celebrates Christmas the same as Holly. He showed photos of Christmas tress and decorations. Holly asked about the meaning of Christmas trees and what they represent. We discussed suggestions and then inquired into the history of Christmas trees. We found www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6J0FJY0PQgthis video useful. Hugh also told the class the Christmas story and showed a picture of the wisemen visiting baby Jesus in a stable in Bethlehem. Antoine celebrates Halloween and he brought his iron man costume in to show us what he dresses up in for 'trick or treating'. He explained this means you go and visit houses and people give you candy. Some discussions took place about the meaning of Halloween and why it is celebrated so we inquired further about this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=91EstdKw4CEThis video helps to explain the tradition of celebrating halloween. Seeun dressed up in her Hanbok just as she would for special Korean celebrations such as New Years Day, Weddings and peoples 60th birthday parties. You can find out more information about the Hanbok wiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/Hanbokhere. Chinese New Year is celebrated by giving children red packets with money inside. Gracie explained they are red because the colour red represents energy, happiness and good luck. It is polite to receive the red packet with two hands and it should not be opened in front of the person who gave it. Lots more information about red packets can be found www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/theme/PwKiICEFJXMOJghere.
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