On Thursday 12th October, the whole school celebrated the National Day of Spain (Fiesta Nacional de España).
This is an annual public holiday in Spain which is celebrated on October 12th. It remembers Christopher Columbus who first set foot in the Americas in 1492.
On this day. Spanish people will have the day off, schools and most businesses are closed. In order to celebrate the day, the King and Prime Minister lead a military parade. This parade includes representatives from Spain’s military units and various vehicles that they use. Usually, the people of Spain will use this day to spend time at home or in the company of friends and family.
Because we all learn Spanish at Christopher Pickering, we decided to celebrate this day with a range of exciting activities. We had a non-uniform day and all came to school wearing the colours of the Spanish flag. We started the day with an assembly with Mrs Porteous and Miss Dale where we learned all about the special holiday and even learned a Spanish song to sing together.
In our classes, we learned different Spanish songs and nursery rhymes and also played some classic classroom games speaking only in Spanish. Some particular favourites were cabezas abajo pulgares arriba (heads down, thumbs up), lotto (bingo), Simon dice (Simon says), salchichas (sausages) and caliente/frio (hot/cold).
We all had lots of fun learning Spanish and can’t wait for our next lesson!