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Lower School World Maths Day Within the first hour of this eagerly anticipated event we had three pupils appearing in the top 100 throughout the world and as the day progressed they were joined by even more pupils from our school. By the end of the day, unfortunately, St. George’s Duisburg had fallen off of the Top 100 worldwide although only by a very small margin, less than 400 points… Through our sponsorship, you were able to raise an impressive 800€ which is a valuable contribution towards continuing our use of the Mathletics resource. Thank you to all of the children and parents who have helped in making this possible. Mr J. Hullock St. George’s School Duisburg World Maths Day Top 10 1st Sanskruti (4J) 1880 2nd Oliver (6W) 1830 3rd Keerthi (5C) 1789 4th Sophia (4J) 1747 5th Aryan (3B) 1659 6th Bentje (6K) 1589 7th Lennart (6H) 1518 8th Lennart (6K) 1431 9th Frederik (6H) 1360 10th Amie (3P) 1149 Easter Bells in France Year 5 classes have been learning about Easter celebrations and traditions in France and have also enjoyed making beautiful Easter decorations. In France, even though Easter bunnies are found everywhere in local stores and “ pâtisserieschocolateries,“ it is traditionally believed that it was not them who brought Easter eggs to children. The eggs are brought by the Easter bells “ cloches de Pâques“ on their way back from Rom. Since the 7th century the Catholic church have forbidden the ringing of the bells in homage to the death of Christ between Maundy Thursday and Easter Sunday. In France legend has it that on Maundy Thursday the bells´chimes flee to Rom where the Pope blesses them. There they collect the Easter eggs which will be scattered in the gardens on their return journey. By the morning of Easter Sunday, they have returned and are ringing joyfully to celebrate the resurrection of Christ. When children hear them, they go to the gardens on egg hunt. The Easter Bells are often represented with a pair of wing, ribbons and sometimes are transported in carts. Year 5 classes and Mme Duplâtre wish Bonnes Fêtes de Pâques à tous!
Lower School Friedensdorf Foundation Following the great success of our Christmas time Charity Box Appeal, Year 5 went on our first class visit to the Friedensdorf Foundation in Oberhausen. As the day begun, the children were helping to sort and pack the coach with the fantastic donations received. We would like to thank all the parents who donated a huge number of wonderful items. The rest of the day was a great success with fantastic sport and craft activities enjoyed by all. There were many parents who also attended this trip and the Year 5 teachers and children would like to say a special thank you to all of them.
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