Children at the Bilingual Primary School in Brighton have been celebrating the Day of the Dead – or Día de los Muertos.
They wore costumes and painted faces as part of the celebrations at the school, where Spanish is taught from Reception year as part of a bilingual and bicultural education.
Head teacher Wendy King told them how amazing they looked when she took assembly.
She said afterwards: “Day of the Dead is a great learning opportunity. The children looked wonderful.
“They don’t just learn Spanish here. They’re broadening their minds and learning about wider cultural experiences.”
The school is holding an open evening at its new premises in The Droveway, in Hove, next month.
Although the building isn’t finished, it will give prospective parents a chance to see the progress on the site while learning about opportunities at the school.
The open evening is from 4pm to 7pm on Tuesday 8 December. Ms King will make two presentations – at 4.30pm and 6pm. To book a place, go to the school’s website.
The Bilingual School will move from its current home at the Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (BACA) in February.
Existing parents and pupils have been invited to a show round at the new school on Wednesday 24 February.
The children’s first school day at the new site will be on Thursday 25 February.
Ms King said that prospective parents are welcome to see the school in action at its current base and could book an appointment with her for a viewing.
In the meantime children are preparing for Children in Need a week on Friday (13 November). Their fundraising activities include a “dotty danceathon”, sponsored spelling, cake baking and sponsored paper aeroplane throwing.
The week after, the Bilingual School, like other schools across the area will mark anti-bullying week.
The Bilingual School currently has 250 pupils. When it moves it will have places for 90 Reception children each year – or three forms of entry – up from the current 60 places or two forms of entry a year.
Eventually the school will have 630 children. At the moment the oldest children are Year 4 pupils who are eight or nine years old.
The school said that it currently has a few places for children in Year 3.
