Easter celebrations cancelled at Primary school

More nonsense .

Oreo

Thanks Allira you’re a regular fount of knowledge 😃

My mother sang all the old songs all the time!
I probably know (or knew) most of the words by heart, although I didn't inherit her vocal talent.

Thanks Allira you’re a regular fount of knowledge 😃

Yes there was

Oreo

Wasn’t there an old song by somebody like Bing Crosby ( Mum adored him and so did Nan) about Easter Parade and ‘ put on your Easter bonnet, tra la la’ it must be an old tradition?
I may pin a bunch of flars on me titfer while carrying a large Easter Egg .Talking of which have you seen the prices of large Easter Eggs now?!

There was a film called Easter Parade.
The song was sung by Judy Garland with Fred Astaire, but I think Bing Crosby sang it too

In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it
You'll be the grandest fellow in the Easter parade
I'll be all in clover and when they look us over
We'll be the proudest couple in the Easter parade

Just to add, my grandsons aged 6 and 9 go to the village Catholic school. I’m a regular granny (not Catholic background, liberal C of E). It’s a lovely, small family school with many grannies or grandads involved in pick ups, drop offs and various assemblies or sports day
Our boys gave up chocolate for /lent, mummy joined in solidarity. They’re very excited about Easter Sunday. They’ve learned about Ramadan and fasting, they’re curious and interested
My other grandchildren share their school with Muslims, Hindus and Jewish children. They’ve learned about lent, hannukah and Ramadan. The 4 children are curious, interested and talking with family
Fabulous

Wasn’t there an old song by somebody like Bing Crosby ( Mum adored him and so did Nan) about Easter Parade and ‘ put on your Easter bonnet, tra la la’ it must be an old tradition?
I may pin a bunch of flars on me titfer while carrying a large Easter Egg .Talking of which have you seen the prices of large Easter Eggs now?!

I don't recall whether my children took part in an Easter bonney competition, but I taught in4 schools where they were held. My children had a service at the end of every term, a mothering Sunday service and a leavers' service, when they were presented with a Hamlyn's children's Bible, but it was a church school. The local school here walks to the church for various services, not a parade. I think there is some confusion between a walk to the church and a Parade, as the brownies, cubs etc do, or the traditional Whitsun parade, usually organised by the Sunday school but now rarely done.

Iam64

What a boring grump he must be - imagine living with someone whose faith squashes the joy out of the greatest story ever told

The two Christian Reverend Grumps from this area have moved on, thank goodness.

My sons school always did Easter bonnet parade and a walk to the church for Easter service.
I don't think it is a problem that a variety of schools do different things, I imagine it is when something has always happened and then is stopped. People will naturally ask why this is.

My school as a child, my sons school, my grandchildren's school, never did bonnet or parades, like Jaxjacky I hadn't heard of it.

Grandchildrens school does loads of days for book day and comic relief and many others.

As regards Easter, this is what I found. In one year only, year 5, they do the whole thing

"The children will learn about why we celebrate Easter. They will take part in a journey to discover things that happened during the week of Jesus’ death. Through role-play, storytelling and listening they will travel through the palm-waving celebrations in Jerusalem of Palm Sunday, take part in the last supper, listen in on what happened in the Garden of Gethsemane and hear about Jesus’ cruel death on the cross on Good Friday. They will experience for themselves some of the emotions felt by those who knew Jesus well. They will then go on to discover what happened three days later, on the very first Easter morning, when the tomb was found to be empty!"

I presume other years have stories and so on.

I prefer The Vicar of Dibley version of Herod who gave out sweets to the children.

What a boring grump he must be - imagine living with someone whose faith squashes the joy out of the greatest story ever told

Not very Christian, was he, Granny23 😯

Granny23

I have never been able to decide if the decision to cast the only three children of colour in my DGDs school as the 3 wise men in the nativity play was a good idea or a racist one. Afterall Mary and the baby Jesus dolls were always pale skinned.
But I took exception to the minister who regaled the Primary one children with a detailed account of of Herod ordering the killing of every first born baby boy. My DGS took the story to heart because he was a first born boy. Every time there was a knock at the door hr ran upstairs and hid under his bed. DGS was quite a sensitive child and reacted badly to the same Minister's graphic description of the horrors of the crucifixion which was totally OTT for a class of 5 year olds.

I wonder if he was the same Minister who stood and proclaimed that the Nativity story was not factually correct, that the shepherds would not have been in the fields with sheep in winter, that they were all probably stinking because of lack of bathing facilities and Mary wouldn't be wearing a clean white dress either etc. Adults know all that but it rather ruined the magic for the children in the congregation.

I dislike the hell, fire, and damnation teachings of Christianity. Fortunately, I haven't seen that approach taught in schools for decades though. Teachers, and religious ministers, should realise how deeply some children are affected by these stories, especially at a young age.
I don't think that was the case at all in the school mentioned, but it is an interesting thought.

I have never been able to decide if the decision to cast the only three children of colour in my DGDs school as the 3 wise men in the nativity play was a good idea or a racist one. Afterall Mary and the baby Jesus dolls were always pale skinned.
But I took exception to the minister who regaled the Primary one children with a detailed account of of Herod ordering the killing of every first born baby boy. My DGS took the story to heart because he was a first born boy. Every time there was a knock at the door hr ran upstairs and hid under his bed. DGS was quite a sensitive child and reacted badly to the same Minister's graphic description of the horrors of the crucifixion which was totally OTT for a class of 5 year olds.

I did type rapped but autocorrect changed it.

Jaxjacky

I’d never heard of an Easter Bonnet parade/event until this hoo ha kicked off, I’m rather pleased my children, aka me, didn’t have to make one. I had enough working full time with other last minute school panics for cookery ingredients/costumes etc

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I believe it was one of the things that was cancelled at this particular school. I'm sure my GC did this when they were in nursery and reception.
Seems fairly innocuous with no religious connotations so surely no problem.

My DD consistently forgot her cookery ingredients, it was me that got my knuckles wrapped at parents' evening. 😯

I’d never heard of an Easter Bonnet parade/event until this hoo ha kicked off, I’m rather pleased my children, aka me, didn’t have to make one. I had enough working full time with other last minute school panics for cookery ingredients/costumes etc

love0c

The worried well - making things and dressing up!

Some kids don't like making things and dressing up. Do you think all children like the same things? So some children like dressing up and some don't.

I can just imagine how thrilled my sons would have been if they'd been told to decorate a bonnet and then wear it.

The worried well - making things and dressing up!

theworriedwell

Allira I hope you realise if you don't have the elf on the shelf you've cancelled Christmas, denied Christmas and ruined years of tradition. Don't try saying you'll go to Midnight Mass and think that makes up for it. 😂

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You just made me cry theworriedwell 😥
Oh dear.

Ps 🤥

"You aren't following the Trump tradition of ignoring the facts."

Oh no! I must have that syndrome......(forgotten its name)

TiggyW

Easter bonnets are a celebration of Spring! Eostre was a Pagan goddess, not Christian. The Easter festival later became a Christian event.
What’s wrong with celebrating the arrival of Spring, new life, warmer days, etc.? It doesn’t need to be portrayed as religious. It’s part of our culture. Anyone who doesn’t like it should live somewhere else…

In the Holy Land they thought it was Passover. I wonder if they realised it wasnt and that the Romans timed the crucifixion to fit in with a pagan festival.