St Martin's Day (Laternenumzug) |
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When: Wednesday 11th November (until Sunday 15th November)
Where: Online
Where: Online
- From Friday 23rd October: Enter the competitions for the best lantern design, best St Martin's drawing, most delicious looking Weckmann and best St Martin's performance.
- EXTENDED TO Wednesday 4th November: Competition closing date.
- Wednesday 11th November: St Martin's Day! Come back to this website to see performances and vote on the shortlisted competition entries. Eat some homemade Weckmänner, light your lantern and go for a walk, sing some songs, send us some photos!
- Sunday 15th November: Closing date for voting - winners will be announced during the following week.
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St Martin’s Day (Martinstag or Laternenumzug) is a German tradition, celebrating the feast of St Martin on 11th November. Children walk through their hometown carrying lanterns, singing songs about Sankt Martin and enjoying sweets and buns or bread figures (Weckmänner) especially baked for this occasion. We usually celebrate at the school with a sale of homemade Weckmänner and hot dogs, followed by a lantern procession, St Martin's songs and a performance of the story of St Martin.
But this year's St Martin's celebrations are moving online! Just because we can't meet together, doesn't mean we can't celebrate in other ways - here's how to get involved: |
PLEASE MAKE A DONATION!
We're aiming to raise £1000 for the Primary Library. This is what we donated last year and with your help we can give the same again. Our normal St Martin's Day is not only fun for everyone, it is also a great fundraiser for the PTA. Remember that all of the money we raise goes back to the school: this year, more than ever, we need the continued support of the parents. Think about how much you would usually spend at the St Martin's Event and consider making an equivalent donation if you can. |
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Photo/movie consent
If your child appears in any of the photos or movies submitted, we will need your consent to publish this: please indicate that consent is given on the entry form. We would also like to share images and movies with the Goethe-Institut; they have their own form which needs to be downloaded, printed, signed and returned. If you are willing to share in this way, please complete their separate permission form. This should be returned directly to Fr Havenstein ([email protected]). |
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The plan was that children in years R to 2 would make lanterns in school before half term; however, for those who are self-isolating that won't be possible - but that doesn't mean you can't still enter the competition! If your child makes a lantern at school, great! You can use that one (if you want) - it should come home by Friday 23rd October. For all those children who aren't at school, or who are in years 3 to 6, you can get creative with your own design - just Google make a St Martin's lantern for some ideas! Once you're done:
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If you don't feel up to making your own lantern, or you'd like an additional challenge, enter the competition for the best St Martin's drawing. You can illustrate any scene from the story of St Martin, or anything else related to St Martin's Day - lantern designs that have not yet been turned into lanterns are also welcome in this category!
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How delicious looking are your Weckmänner? Make some at home, just like you normally would for St Martin's Day, and then enter your most tasty looking Weckmann into our competition (children do need to be involved in the making process!) Eat and enjoy them at home ... mmmmmmm.
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We have some amazing singers and performers at the school and we want to see your interpretations of the St Martin's songs, or the St Martin's story. Entries can be solos or groups and these can be created and filmed at home or at school.
NOTE ON SUBMITTING MOVIES You have three options for submitting your movie - you must indicate on the form which method you will use - submissions will not be accepted without a completed form:
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Frau Havenstein is the Primary PASCH co-coordinator. In this role, she liaises with the Goethe-Institut and our PASCH partners all over the world. PASCH stands for Schulen: Partner der Zukunft.
Here a little bit of information on PASCH:
The PASCH initiative ("Schools: Partners for the Future“) is a global network of more than 2000 schools that maintains a close relationship to both, Germany and German language. The Goethe-Institut supports over 600 schools in the national education systems of over 100 countries.
The “Schools: Partners for the Future” (PASCH) initiative was launched in February 2008 by Germany’s Federal Foreign Office. PASCH is coordinated by the Federal Foreign Office and implemented in cooperation with the Central Agency for Schools Abroad (ZfA), the Goethe-Institut, the German Academic Exchange Service and the Educational Exchange Service of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany.
Photo and video consent
In her role as PASCH co-coordinator, Fr Havenstein shares materials such as St Martin's photos and videos. She would like to share some of the competition entries. If you give your permission for your child to feature, please fill in the photo permission form and return a scan or a photo of the signed form to her ([email protected]). The children would not be named.
This photo permission is entirely optional and does not exclude you from entering the competitions. If you have any questions at all, please feel free to email me Fr Havenstein at [email protected].
Here a little bit of information on PASCH:
The PASCH initiative ("Schools: Partners for the Future“) is a global network of more than 2000 schools that maintains a close relationship to both, Germany and German language. The Goethe-Institut supports over 600 schools in the national education systems of over 100 countries.
The “Schools: Partners for the Future” (PASCH) initiative was launched in February 2008 by Germany’s Federal Foreign Office. PASCH is coordinated by the Federal Foreign Office and implemented in cooperation with the Central Agency for Schools Abroad (ZfA), the Goethe-Institut, the German Academic Exchange Service and the Educational Exchange Service of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany.
Photo and video consent
In her role as PASCH co-coordinator, Fr Havenstein shares materials such as St Martin's photos and videos. She would like to share some of the competition entries. If you give your permission for your child to feature, please fill in the photo permission form and return a scan or a photo of the signed form to her ([email protected]). The children would not be named.
This photo permission is entirely optional and does not exclude you from entering the competitions. If you have any questions at all, please feel free to email me Fr Havenstein at [email protected].