Saturday, January 31, 2015

Swimming Lessons 2015

We are so fortunate to have the Center at Norpoint, a beautiful recreation facility, five minutes from our school. And what is better than taking swimming lessons every winter with our friends? Week by week and year by year, we are all becoming better and more confident swimmers.















Sunday, January 11, 2015

A Taste of the Middle Ages

As a culminating event, we wrapped up our studies of the 
Middle Ages with a Medieval Feast and classroom presentations. The students' unique passions and learning styles came out as we decorated the lunch room, made costumes, had a bit of 
merry-making and presented our classroom projects to our guests. Even the Queen of Seabury attended, Mrs. Wollum, 
and she gave a royal toast to 
the Navigators, to the Spirits 
and to the entire Seabury community. 


Large banners with scenes from the Middle Ages

The Navigators' Illuminated SEABURY Letters
and
The Navigators' Tapestry
(made in the style of the Bayeux Tapestry)

The tapestry up close:
The Vikings of the early Middle Ages

St. Francis of Assisi

Fighting Knights


A peacock centerpiece

Walter the dog  transformed into a wild boar with an apple in its mouth

Making fancy goblets in front of our Castle

The Great Room complete with the high table, torches, banners, pennants and centerpieces. 

Home-made pretzels

Cheese and herbs

Chicken legs

The guests have arrived. Standing room only.

Long live the Queen! Long live the Queen!

The Royalty and Nobles
Queen Wollum, King Arthur, Lady Guinevere and Lady Suzanne 

The Queen is presented with her Royal Seabury Goblet

Here's to Seabury!

Here, here!

Here, here!

The feast is ready.

It has been a plentiful year.

Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.

"Please, sir, I want some more."

 
Let the merry making begin!
What is Camelot?
A place where people park their camels!

Why are the Middle Ages called the Dark Ages?
Because there are so many knights!

Mrs. Maitlen and Mrs. Towne all dressed up for the occasion.
They seem to have a lot of fun together!

Thank you, parents, for making our feast possible. 
As you can tell, we have learned a lot about the time period and we thoroughly enjoyed having you join us today to share in our festive re-enactment. 

Thursday, January 8, 2015

The Music and Dance of the Middle Ages

Over the past few months we have been experiencing the Middle Ages. In December we had Shula Kleinerman, founder of Seattle Historical Arts for Kids, come share with us her knowledge and skill of Medieval music, instruments and dance. We were enthralled with the talent and passion of her young apprentices and enjoyed learning a circle dance complete with horses pawing the ground and neighing. 

 

The vielle and the viola da gamba

Olde English sounds different than modern day English

Big to the left and big to the left
Small to the right and small to the right...