British Festivals

Who is the patron saint of England? Why is Pancake Day so important in Britain? Why do many small towns and cities all over England have a May Queen? We wanted to find an answer to all these questions so we organised a British Festival Day. Students from 1º ESO A-B-C had to learn about these festivals in order to explain to their classmates how British people celebrate them. What's more, we invited 3º Primaria pupils from the other bilingual school in Montoro, Nuestra Señora del Rosario Primary School, to attend and take part in the initiative. 

May Festivals

Antonio and Fran told us about why the coming of spring symbolizes the birth of a new cycle of life. To represent that, in many towns a queen is elected, the Queen of May, who starts the celebrations. In order to choose the Queen, we had 3 candidates from the primary group, and Celia and Sofía asked them questions (in English, of course!) about their subjects at school. They had to ask many questions because they knew all the answers! Finally, once the Queen had been chosen, two handsome knights (Juan and Juanma) wanted to be her King, so they had to win a dance competition to become King. It was really funny! 

 

The May Queen and her King

the May Queen

Contest to choose the May Queen

Questions the candidates had to answer to become Queen

Pancake Day

Mª Antonia and Raúl explained when Pancake Day is and why it is celebrated in Britain. Miguel sang a rap song to introduce all the ingredients we need to cook a delicious pancake. After that, we played two traditional games, Flipping the Pancake and a Pancake Race.

Singing the song "Pancake Day"

Explaining the ingredients to use

St. George's Day

St. George's Day is celebrated on 23rd April. Why did St. George become the Patron Saint of England? and What is the legend of St. George? Sergio and Leo told us about that. In order to clarify everything we had a terrible dragon, a beautiful princess and a brave St. George on stage. Laryssa explained what happened in the story: the dragon (Fernando) wanted to eat a princess (a girl from the primary students), but St. George (Rodrigo) wanted to rescue her and kill the dragon. Laryssa then asked the kids some questions. If they answered correctly, St George would save the princess, but if they diddn't .... Fortunately, they knew all the answers!

The protagonists of the legend

The dragon comes into the room to eat the princess