Wedding

It is tradition at Glinton Primary School each year for the Year 1 class to re-enact a marriage ceremony as part of their R.E. (Religious Education) curriculum. (This is a Church of England school, by the way)... The children have been studying "rites of passage" with marriage being the culminating landmark of this unit. I guess they will leave the funeral re-enactment for a later year???

In preparation for this event, the children were assigned various roles to play including bride, groom, parents, ushers, guests, etc. The village vicar, Reverend Hillary, even dressed to the occasion and performed the pretend ceremony at the village church - which happens to be conveniently located right across the street from the school.

Hope you enjoy this little slideshow of this special occasion:

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If nothing else, this eventful day provided a good excuse for the children to play dress-up and the mothers to practice their hands at sewing dresses, creating floral bouquets, baking fancy cakes, photography, etc.