Monday, 17 March 2008

St Patrick, 17/03/08

Chat about St Patrick - Story of St Patrick - Emblem = Shamrock - Flag design

Game: Captain's Aboard - Irish theme Name walls - north, south, east and west. Actions - Shamrock (in 3s) Leprechaun (jump about) Flag (in 4s) Kiss the blarney stone (lie on floor) St Patrick (line up in front of person saying this) Freeze

Craft Bases:
1. Lucky Shamrock - cut shamrock shape as template - colour green. Cut "plant pot", colour, stick strip of card to back to push shamrock through. 2. Irish Flag - using template Beavers draw cross onto a piece of paper (appx 15cm x 20cm) -as template, colour in. Attach to garden cane or straw.

Game: St Patrick and the Pirates Mark a ship shape onto floor. 3 Beavers are pirates, one is St Patrick, every one else are slaves. The slaves run around and pirates catch them and take them in to ship. St Patrick tags the slaves within the ship - he is not allowed to enter - to free them. After a short time swap the roles.