St David's Day and Line dancing fundraiser at school

On St David's Day schools up and down the country ditched maths, geography and chemistry for a day of competition in music, poetry and art. 
They call it an Eisteddfod (ice-teth-vod). 
A celebration of creativity traced back to 1176 AD when Lord Rhys invited musicians and poets to compete for a seat at his table. 

St. David's Day is celebrated on March 1, St David is the patron saint of Wales, St. David was a sixth-century priest who founded an austere religious order and many monasteries and churches, and ... ??

The welsh flag

Today in Wales, it is popular to have pancakes and to dress up in traditional dress. Some of our friends told us that you can go and have pancake running races....you carry a pancake in a pan and the team to get it to the finish line first wins. A lot of people like to wear a daffodil.

         

Dressed as cowgirls for a fundraiser...Sophia rather miffed when a friend said she looked more like a cowboys wife!

Yep, thats our Holly!

Julia getting into the swing of things
Northop Hall celebrated with craft making and traditional dance