How quickly May has come round again. It was time to make a decorated pole and erect it again. Žaneta Tomanová, one of our parents who is Czech, took the lead. (The Maypole is a bigger tradition in the Czech Republic than in England.)
Children chose their preferred coloured ribbon and we practiced saying the colour in Czech. We talked about the Czech tradition as well as the roots of words. The ribbons were attached to a ring, and the pole was raised. Then it was time to start the dance around the pole. Up you get and join the dance!
Adults reflected on the connections being made between countries, cultures and languages. (All very Froebelian!) And, we remembered Žaneta coming barely a couple of months ago to read to the children a beautiful book that tells of the string that connects us all.
