Category Archives: International Days
Erasmus comes to Birmingham
Welcome to our visitors from Italy, Turkey and Greece!
Day 1 – Arrivals
Day 2 – Stratford Upon Avon and the Barbecue
Day 3 – A Trip to London
Day 4 Carnival Day at St Vincent’s
It’s party time. St Vincent’s parents were out in force cooking their national dishes. We ate and sang and danced! But it was time to say to goodbye to our Turkish friends with presents…
Welcome to St Vincent’s
Some English dancing
Year 3 dance the Labada
Year 4 dance to a playground song
The choir entertained us.
A tricky one from Year 5
Reception and Year 1 sang Jump Jim Joe
Year 2 sang John Knackaknacka
Year 6 led the Bungalo
Farewell and safe journey
Greek Day
On Friday we celebrated Greek Day at St Vincent’s. We wore blue and white, the colours of the Greek flag. We found out lots of information, especially about Heraklion in Crete where our friends live. We watched some Greek dancing and had a go ourselves. In class we wrote stories in the style of a Greek myth. Some of us painted pictures of the characters or buildings we had read about. Others made clay pots and tiles or jewelery.
St Vincent’s Abroad
Day 1 of our trip to Heraklion.
All packed and ready to go. A quick drive down and lunch at Luton Airport .Then off we flew. Arrived in Crete about 10.15pm local time and the girls went off to meet their host families. Sleep well everyone!
Day 2
A day of dancing and music. The girls performed their English Square Dance wonderfully. Beautiful weather and food ….mmmm.
Day 3
A visit to the Bronze Age archaeological site at Knossos this morning. Then we worked with our friends to make memory books about our project. Off for some free time this afternoon. 2 of the girls are playing Monopoly …. in Greek!
Day 4
We started the day at the Aquarium – sharks, jellyfish and enormous lobsters. Then off around the island to see Elounda – the home of the rich! then Spinalonga and finally lunch at the beautiful sea lake at St Nikolaos city.
Day 5
Finally, it was time to say goodbye. Thank you so much to our hosts for making us so welcome. We hope to see you very soon in Birmingham.
St Patrick’s Day Parade
What a fabulous day! Thank you to the parents who came in during the week to help make costumes and well done to everyone who came along today to march. You looked amazing and brought a smile to all the crowds who watched. Well done Miss Lane for organising this again.
Polish Day
We found out lots about Polish traditional tales. Some children made leaflets about Turon where our friends live.
Italy Day
What a brilliant day! The children learned all about Italian art and culture. They are experts in the ‘pasta twist’ and know all about opera singing. We hope you enjoy their pizza suppers.
Black History
Each class has been celebrating the life of a significant black person.
Reception and Nursery children learned a Bob Marley song. – Three Little Birds.
Bob Marley was a Jamaican reggae singer, song writer, musician and guitarist who achieved international fame. His distinctive songwriting and vocal style established his worldwide reputation as one of the world’s best-selling artists of all time. He infused his music with a sense of spirituality.
Year 1 learned about Martin Luther King who worked against apartheid in America
Watch this space….
Year 2 learned about Miriam Makeba, South African singer and outspoken opponent of apartheid
Year 3 learned about Olaudah Equiano, a Nigerian slave who later worked to end the slave trade
Year 4 learned about Joan Armatrading, a well known singer who was born in the Caribbean but grew up in Birmingham
Year 5 learned about the comedian, Lenny Henry
Year 6 learned about Harriet Tubman who worked against slavery in America
Same value – different appearance!
A Harriet Tubman Rap
St Vincent’s in Poland
On our way
Day Two – Making friends
Visit to Turkey
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3