Fastelavn/ Halloween 2015

This week we are celebrating the Danish festival, Fastelavn (wrong time of year I know, but we are in the southern hemisphere!). Based on some very old traditions, it involves lots of dressing up, black cats, a barrel like a piñata, a decorated whipping branch, oranges and some boller buns to eat with a cute little rhyme to go with the yummy buns (similar to trick or treat). Lots of fun, especially dressing up and studying the atlas. I hope we did our 2 little Danish cherubs justice by celebrating their culture.... and of course Lego!!

 

The best bun dough recipe was found HERE

this was my first attempt at making Boller. The kids thought they were delicious!

The English translation on the right sounds like our version of Halloweens trick or treat.

 

Book Week 2013

 

 

 

 

Celebrating Book week with a character parade at Norfolk Island Central School.

This is the second year that book week celebrations were held at NICS. On Wednesday the 21^st of August the event was organised around a book fair by current librarian Suzanne Hardy.

The Book fair included a dedication ceremony to thank Trish Magri for her years of service as the school librarian. Books were available to donate to the library for $5 per book. These donated books come complete with a bookplate inside the book stating the name of the child donating and 'Thaenks f’ acklan Mrs Magri'.

With the whole school assembled on the lawn next to the library, the primary classes began their parade across the library ‘randa.

We were all entertained by the range of costumes resembling each child's favourite book character. Popular costumes included characters from Enid Blyton’s the faraway tree, Zac Power, superheroes, witches, Alice in wonderland and fairytale characters.

The K-6 teachers also got in on the act amusing all of us by dressing and acting as their favourite literary characters.

The teachers costumes included little red riding hood, Belle from Beauty and the Beast, the Mad Hatter, The Gangster Granny, The wicked witch of the west and Billy the punk.

The Minischool pre-schoolers came to the book fair dressed up as well, so were invited onto the stage to show off their costumes. All were brave walking across the stage in front of the entire school. The Preschoolers costumes included Spot the dog, Cowgirl Jessie and Sherriff Woody, dragons, Pirates and the Cat in the Hat. Their teachers were Mary Poppins and Fancy Nancy.

There are still good quality books available to donate to the library. Just pop $5 into an envelope with your name to the front office at the Norfolk Island Central school.