Today we we dedicated our learning to all things regal in honour of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations for our Queen, Elizabeth II!
Would you believe she even popped in for a visit?! She met some of our pupils to say hello and joined in some lunchtime fun and class activities!
After watching an information video which covered every decade the Queen has been on the throne, we challenged one another to a Royal-themed quiz. Some of the questions really got us thinking!
Leswalt village has lots of Jubilee activities planned; from a concert on Friday night to a street party on Sunday so we decided to design some red, white and blue themed bunting which could be used to decorate the streets! We also made some paper chains to add to the party look too.
We got our thinking caps on for an activity which asked what we might do if we were King/Queen for a day as well as some Royal research questions. Did you know the youngest ever reigning monarch became King of Oyo of Uganda at the age of just 3 years old! And the longest ever reigning monarch was Louis XIV of France who reigned from May 14th 1643 until September 1st 1715- a whopping 72 years and 110 days!
Lunchtime had a celebration vibe with a picnic enjoyed by all in the sunshine. We combined our lunch with an annual One Planet Picnic, minimising our use of single use plastic for our take-away lunch. Michelle provided compostable spoons for our yogurts. We recycled our pots in our new council plastic collection bins. We also used paper bags instead of plastic. Those that brought in their own lunches used re-usable snack pots and water bottles. (see photos below)
After a delicious feed, we designed some fantastic artwork combining the Union Jack; the Queen’s love of Corgis and the Royal Crown Jewels! We took home our masterpieces to display in our own homes this Jubilee weekend. We think the Queen would most definitely approve of them!
To round off our Royal-themed day, we learnt the words to the National Anthem; God Save the Queen and our very own adapted lyrics to join in a whole school Grand Old Duke of York. We sang these with gusto to bring our school day to a regal end!
The lyrics went something like this:
“Oh, Queen Elizabeth the 2nd
She rules well over us all
She’s sat on the throne for 70 years
Lets’ celebrate and have a ball!”
Happy Platinum Jubilee Queen Elizabeth II – the longest reigning monarch of Great Britain ever.
Enjoy your Jubilee Holiday everyone!
