This week, the pupils of Leswalt have had an egg-citing time exploring the Easter story through arts and crafts, baking, finding out about cultural traditions and becoming quiz masters! 
Working together, the older pupils buddied up with their younger friends as they planned, designed and decorated hard boiled eggs.
Mrs Baillie had the unenviable task of judging the decorated eggs – tough decision as they had all been so creative!
The winners were…
P1-4 1st – Beathan and his Minion
2nd – Aria-Rose and her fluffy bunny
3rd equal – Eilidh with her Ninja Turtle and Cameron with his witch
P6/7
1st – Ewan with his couped ewe(!)
2nd – Ben G with Pikachu
3rd equal – Rachael with her butterfly and Isla with her Minecraft egg
They then had great fun rolling their eggs down ‘the burn’. We talked about the symbolism of the eggs being rolled too.
As P1-4 had learnt lots about the Easter Story before the holidays, they taught the older ones all they knew and then everyone worked in pairs to create quizzes for one another using Microsoft Forms! 
P1-4 also baked a Simnel cake with the help of Mrs Kyle and James made some yummy chocolate crispy nests! Cameron could tell me that they had decorated the cake with 11 toppings representing the disciples – not 12 as Judas had betrayed Jesus. This cake is traditionally eaten at Easter time and the boys and girls enjoyed munching it up!
What a fun week we have had learning about Easter
UNCRC
Article 14 – Freedom of Thought and Religion
Article 31 Rest, Play, Culture, Arts
Article 29 Aims of Education
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