To continue with our theme on the Owl who was afraid of the Dark, we organised a 'Fun in the Dark' evening at school on Thursday the 15 November.
Our Grade two's were so excited and could not wait to come to school when it was dark! They arrived armed with torches and a picnic supper, raring to go!
To start, they learnt about Guy Fawkes from Michael and then they helped him build a guy. Everyone had great fun stuffing the guy with newspapers, whilst chanting "remember, remember the 5th of November!
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| The guy is built - ready for the stake! |
Once the guy had been built Gill and I gave each child a packet that contained everything that they needed for a treasure hunt, as well as glowsticks.
The children looked at the secret number on the back of their masks and used that to find their partner for the activity. They set off and by the time they returned it was dark - at last they could use their torches!
Excitement was building as the children sat and ate their supper and waited for the guy to be lit!
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| Aphiwe looks for the next set of instructions |
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| Writing their name with chalk was one of the instructions. |
Now it was time for even more fun...sparklers were lit, poppers popped and scary faces were created. Time was running out much to everyone's disappointment. 
Sadly we ended our evening with a fireworks display, thanks to the generous donations from the parents.
What a wonderful evening. Everybody agreed that DARK IS FUN!!
The evening was so much fun, especially when the guy was burning and the wind blew the pieces of paper all over the place
ReplyDeleteHi Mrs whillier it was so much fun for you guys cause I was at home you guys must of have fun for me Dark Is Disappointing & unfair know I know my parents are so strict I wonder If you did a Bonfire or a me which is a Catherin wheel [From 5pm to 7pm in the night]
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