THIRD MOBILITY: BIRMINGHAM

St Benedicts Infant School

With our mascot, Curro

Exchanging mascots

CHESNUT LADY

BEN IN GRADE 1C

BEN IN GRADE 1B

BEN IN GRADE 1A

BEN IN SPAIN

THIRD ACTIVITY: EASTER BONNET PARADE

About the celebration...

An Easter Bonnet represents the tradition of wearing new clothes at Easter in harmony with the renewal of the year.

The "Easter bonnet" was fixed in popular culture by Irving Berlin, whose frame of reference was the Easter parade in New York City, a festive walkabout that made its way down Fifth Avenue from St. Patrick's Cathedral:

In your Easter bonnet

with all the frills upon it,

You'll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade.

In infant school children are asked to design an Easter-themed hat at that time of year.

At CEIP Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla we celebrated the Easter Bonnet Parade on Wednesday 31st March:

3 years'

4 years A

4 years B

4 years C

5 years A

5 years B

5 years C

RAFFIE IN YEAR 5 C

RAFFIE IN YEAR 5 B

RAFFIE IN YEAR 5A

CURRO IN FRANCE

Curro is happy with his new friends in Nantes.

SECOND ACTIVITY: PEACE AND NON-VIOLENCE DAY

About this celebration ...

• Why the 30th of January?

This day is celebrated each 30th January, the date of Mahatma Gandhi’s death, who defended firmly peace and non-violence. His believes still last nowadays as a good example of coexistence among the different cultures.

• Why the dove as peace symbol?

The dove with an olive tree branch was universally known as a peace symbol after the twentieth century wars. It has a biblical origin: It appears in Noah’s Ark after the Flood.

Spanish famous painter Pablo Picasso painted the peace dove and it is one of his most known works.

• What do we do at school?

At school children learn that love is better than egoism, that non-violence is better than violence, that peace is better than war. Our children are educated in tolerance and cooperation attitudes. This day at school we do special activities to commemorate it.

RAFFIE ARRIVES AT SCHOOL

Children at Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla School welcome Raffie the Giraffe, the mascot from Belgium.

FIRST MOBILITY: NANTES IN FRANCE

NEW YEAR'S CARDS

Children prepared New Year's Cards to be sent with Curro to France:

5 years A

5 years B

5 years C