Remember, remember, the fifth of November - a very British (THG) tradition
On the fifth of November this year we, the bilingual class 6c, celebrated Guy Fawkes Night. It was a very interesting experience and a lot of fun.
On the day before we made a doll Guy in our Bili lesson. Everyone brought towels to stuff the big guy. Then we practised a poem, which retells the story of Guy Fawkes.
First our teacher Mrs. Fix prepared the bonfire with the help of some parents and colleagues. After everybody had arrived on the school yard, we told the story of Guy Fawkes, because even our parents and siblings celebrated Guy Fawkes Night with us. First we told it in English and then in German, because not all the guests speak or understand English. While telling the story, we threw the picture, that was matching the part we were telling, into the fire.
Guy Fawkes was a Catholic, and because the king didn't like Catholics and forced everybody to go to the protestant church, Guy Fawkes and other Catholics plotted against the king, but Guy Fawkes was caught while preparing the Gunpowder Plot to blow up the parliament. Fawkes was sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered. In Britain this day is being celebrated, both to remind the citizens not to plot against their king/queen and also to commemorate the bravery of the men who stood up against injustice (although we think killing people should never be the solution to a problem!)
At the end of the story two of my classmates brought our guy in a wheel barrow. The guy landed in the fire, right next to the pictures. Then we recited the poem
Remember, remember, the fifth of November, gunpowder treason and plot;
I see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot;
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, 'twas his intend
To blow up the king and the parliament
Three score barrels of powder below
Poor old England to overthrow
By god's providence he was catch'd
With a dark lantern and burning match
Holler boys, holler boys, let the bells ring
Holler boys, holler boys, god save the king!
In the UK the bonfire night is usually celebrated with fireworks. Since this was not possible, we lit sparklers, which we found was even nicer. After that we opened the marshmallows to make s’mores on the bonfire and enjoyed a warm cup of punch.
Then almost everyone from our class sat down and we played 'Werewolfs' - it was really fun! But then we couldn't find the seer and the cupid and some kids had to go home, so we stopped playing. After the remaining students played the game '14...15...' everybody went home. The Guy Fawkes Night was really fun and is a great tradition at our school.