Our spring festival

Spring has now unwrapped the flowers, day is fast reviving,

Life in all her growing powers towards the light is striving:

Gone the iron touch of cold, winter time and frost time,

Seedlings, working through the mould, now make up for lost time.

Herb and plant that, winter long, slumbered at their leisure,

Now bestirring, green and strong, find in growth their pleasure;

All the world with beauty fills, gold the green enhancing,

Flowers make glee among the hills, set the meadows dancing.

Friday was our spring festival and the last day of term. The children made flower garlands for their hair, danced and sang and finally ate; it was a wonderful morning... and now only five more days until we are off on our Hawaiian holiday.

Class seven performed Medieval Sword Dance with music, vigorous leaps, claps, shouts and clashing of sticks to chase away the shadows of winter - it was a real highlight, they looked like they were having such fun!