On Friday the 10th of March, Calderwood Lodge celebrated the Jewish festival of Purim. Purim commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from Haman, who was planning to kill all the Jews. This took place in the ancient Achaemenid Persian Empire. The story is recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther.
During the day we took part in different stations in each classroom. We began in the hall where each class paraded on the stage.
Station A – Quiz
Station B – Drama
Station C – Games in the hall
Station D – Hamantaschen and story telling
Station E – Mask Making
Station F – Mishloach Manot bag decorating
Station G – Dancing with Shosh
Station H – Puzzles and games
We all enjoyed dressing up in our fancy clothes and costumes. Here is what Primary 6 dressed as:
Esther – Doctor
Zipporah – Guitarist
Zidane and Fatimah – Pirates
Ava and Jenna – Mario and Luigi
Daniel – Storm Trooper
Jamie – Ash Ketchum
Ben – Astronaut
Flora – Ice Skater
Zaynah – Wonder Woman
Harrison – Bobba Fet
Faizan – Kylo Ren
Louis – Freddy Fuzz Bear
Sophia – Little Red Riding Hood
Ksenia – Unicorn
T.J – Mad Hatter
Zak – Dalmation
Ellie – Persian Girl
Miss Aslam – Bunch of purple grapes
Our favourite staff costumes were Mr Guetta who was dressed as a girl from Tel Aviv and Miss Aslam and Miss Reid who were dressed as a bunch of grapes.
It was a day full of fun and excitement!
Written by Jenna and Daniel
