In December, Year 5 took part in Newton Abbot’s annual Lantern Parade celebration led by Karol Da Silva and the team from ‘Creation Myths Puppets’.
Firstly, we attended a workshop run by Karol and the Creation Myths Puppets team in order to create our lanterns for the parade. This year’s theme was ‘The Wild Creatures Are Coming to Town’ and we were the gnomes. Alongside another local school, we spent the day crafting with willow to create our gnome frame and structure before decorating it with tissue paper. We worked together as a team to ensure that everyone was successful- it was amazing seeing the children supporting one another and as always the adults got stuck in too!
Then, on the evening of Wednesday 13th December we all joined together with other schools across Newton Abbot to take part in the Lantern Parade itself. We spent some time at Bearnes Primary School getting organised and handing out lanterns. Our school was the final school in the procession and we walked behind a giant fox! We had an absolutely amazing time walking through town as part of the parade and thoroughly enjoyed the story and music at the end of the procession…even if we were a bit TOO close to the speakers! Everyone got to take their gnomes home with them after the parade. A huge thank you to everyone who could attend and made it an amazing night! Keep an eye on YouTube as footage from the parade may be uploaded.