Grade 1.1 have been treated to some special parent visitors in the class over the last two weeks. We had Erica's mum 'Miss Jackie' who shared lots of Japanese games with us. The first one was Karouta - a matching pictures and words card game. Erica had helped make an English version for us to play. The children were enthusiastic and competitive whilst playing this game! She taught us Cup and Ball and a few of the children had a go too. If you get the ball in the cup, you get one point. You then do it again and again to see how many points you can get in a row. If the person misses, they then have to start over with zero points. Then we learned about origami paper folding and made a fish. The last game was called Junken Hoi. This is similar to Rock, Paper, Scissors. The children enjoyed playing in Japanese and English.
Holly's mum 'Miss Sophie' came and talked to us about Ireland. We learned about some special foods which all had one thing in common - potatoes! We practiced saying some Irish phrases and learned about popular tourist attractions. Then we listened to a traditional story about the Giant's Causeway and two Giants who were supposed to fight each other. You can listen to the story here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q37SCd6mQv8
Juliens' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Esmail, explained the Belgian celebration of St Nicholas which takes place on the 6th of December. St Nicholas was an important Bishop who took care of the poor and looked after children. Children leave out their shoes on the evening of December 5th for St Nicholas to fill them with sweets and fruit if they have been good. It is also a tradition to bake Speculoos - spiced biscuits. Mr. and Mrs. Esmail worked with groups of children to make these in the class. Our classroom smelled of lovely cinnamon while they were baking. During this time we worked on Venn Diagrams comparing the similarities and differences between St. Nicholas and Christmas celebrations. Of course the highlight of the day was eating the delicious biscuits. If you'd like to try making some speculoos tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/the-real-belgian-speculoos/here is the recipe for you.
Hugh's Mum, Luci, explained the English tradition of having a cream tea. The cream tea originated in the south of England in Devon and Cornwall. People will have a cream tea to celebrate special occasions such as someone's birthday or anniversary. Traditional foods at a cream tea are sandwiches and scones with cream and jam. In Devon the cream is put on first, then the jam. In Cornwall it is the other way around, jam first and then cream. Luci helped us make cucumber sandwiches and scones with raspberry jam and clotted cream. Here are some other recipes for delicious foods to enjoy at a cream tea.
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