CELEBRAMOS HALLOWEEN EN EL COLEGIO
What and when is Halloween?
Halloween is the
day where children can dress up in costumes and go house to house (they go
”trick-or-treating”) to ask for sweets! Halloween has been celebrated in the
United States of America every year since the 19th century. Halloween
is celebrated on 31st October and is the day before All Saints’ Day
– November 1st.
Halloween activities in Maria Ana
Students of the
Maria Ana Primary school were very excited to participate in the activities
prepared for them. The school wanted the students’ full participation as well
as hoped they would be very surprised! The week before Halloween, students
prepared pumpkins and different displays for the school. Many had brought
carved and painted pumpkins, handmade crafts (coffins, graveyards), and more!
All of the students that brought a pumpkin or handmade craft engaged in the
school’s contest: there were many crafts to choose from.
To ready the
children for activities being held on Friday, 28th October, songs
and vocabulary were learned. The children enjoyed learning the song “Knock
knock, Trick or treat” and are able to sing the song – just ask them! In the
morning, the students from kindergarten – with their teachers – held a
mini-theatre show for grades 1st through 2nd. Afterwards,
there was a costume show – each class was able to show off their wonderful
costumes! A couple of costumes that were the most amazing were an astronaut and
Edward Scissorhands, but in all, everyone dressed wonderfully. There was also a
sing-a-long to “Knock knock, Trick or Treat”; the students enjoyed both very
much. This day there were many workshops as well: storytelling, spooky fruits -
they made fruits looking like ghosts or pumpkins - Halloween crafts, and more.
They also learned to create crafts using recyclable material, which is also
part of their lessons. Plastic pumpkins were made using the ends of two bottles
– they were made fantastically!
Towards the end
of the day, it was time to announce the winners of the pumpkin carving and
craft making contest. There were three winners from first place to third place
for both kindergarten and primary grades. Despite there being only three
winners from each grade, everyone did their best making their Halloween
pumpkins and crafts! We hope you continue to make even scarier Halloween crafts
for next year… Until then, please look forward to the future holiday activities
Maria Ana primary school will have for you!
