A Glance at British Spring Holidays

A Glance at British Spring Holidays

Pupil 1: Good afternoon! Today we are going to present you some of the British spring holidays and traditions closely connected with them.

Pupil 2: We’d like to start with a very colourful holiday - St. Patrick’s Day. Every year on March 17, the Irish and the Irish-at-heart across the globe observe St. Patrick’s Day. What began as a religious feast day for the patron saint of Ireland has become an international festival celebrating Irish culture with parades, dancing, special foods and a whole lot of green.

And we invite you to dance with us.

(an Irish dance) (слайды 1-11)

Pupil 1: Pancake Day ( also known as Shrove Tuesday) is the last day before the period which Christians call Lent. It is traditional on this day to eat pancakes. On Pancake Day, "pancake races" are held in villages and towns across the United Kingdom. This year we decided to organize such race at our school. We had a lot of fun and got precious experience. (слайды 12-18)

Pupil 2: Then Mothers’ Day comes. Children pay tribute to their mothers and thank them for all their love and support. Mothering Sunday is a time when children pay respect to their Mothers. Children often give their Mothers a gift and a card.

And this is our gift to all the mothers.

( a song) Maher Zain - Number One For Me (Love you mom)

I was a foolish little child

Crazy things I used to do

And all the pain I put you through

Mama now I'm here for you

For all the times I made you cry

The days I told you lies

Now it's time for you to rise

For all the things you sacrificed

Chorus:

Oh, if I could turn back time rewind

If I could make it undone

I swear that I would

I would make it up to you

Mum I'm all grown up now

It's a brand new day

I'd like to put a smile on your face every day

Mum I'm all grown up now

And it's not too late

I'd like to put a smile on your face every day

And now I finally understand

Your famous line

About the day I'd face in time

'Cause now I've got a child of mine

And even though I was so bad

I've learned so much from you

Now I'm trying to do it too

Love my kid the way you do

CHORUS

You know you are the number one for me (x3)

Oh, oh, number one for me

There's no one in this world that can take your place

Oh, I'm sorry for ever taking you for granted, ooh

I will use every chance I get

To make you smile, whenever I'm around you

Now I will try to love you like you love me

Only God knows how much you mean to me

CHORUS

You know you are the number one for me (x3)

Oh, oh, number one for me

(слайды 19-28)

Pupil 1: Easter is a very popular holiday in Great Britain. At Easter the British celebrate the idea of the new birth by giving each other chocolate Easter eggs, which are opened and eaten on Easter Sunday.

Egg-rolling is a traditional Easter pastime which is still popular.

Aside from eggs, the best-known English Easter food is probably the hot cross bun. We’d like to give you traditional Easter presents made by our students.

(give the judges a basket with eggs, rabbit and buns) (слайды 29-32)

Pupil 2: Many fans and enthusiasts of William Shakespeare, who was one of England’s greatest poets and dramatists, celebrate National Shakespeare Day, also known as Shakespeare Day, on April 23 each year.

The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare.

Special pageants |ˈpædʒənt| are held at Stratford-upon-Avon, where Shakespeare was born and where thousands of tourists go each year to see his plays performed. We offer you to listen to one of his sonnets.

(sonnet) William Shakespeare. Sonnet 130
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun.

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress when she walks treads on the ground.
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.

(слайды 33-36)

Pupil 1: Traditional English May Day rites and celebrations include Morris dancing, crowning a May Queen and celebrations involving a maypole. One popular Mayday custom was the making of a maypole. We want to give you an idea of this tradition.

(maypole dancing - ) (слайды 37-43)