Meaningful Chocolate Resources for Easter 2018 Why Easter eggs? KS1-2 NOTES KS1-2 Assembly Notes Why Easter Eggs?' 1 of 9
Aim: to explain why eggs have an important part to play in celebrating the Christian Festival of Easter Notes give a guide to: 1. An Easter Challenge which helps to illustrate that eggs are an important part of our diet and that a large part of the animal world lay eggs. 2. Telling the Easter story with illustrations by Martina Peluso from the Meaningful Chocolate Company s Easter booklet. 3. Reflecting on the different ways that eggs remind people of the Easter story. Resources provided: Notes and PowerPoint resources Images provided by Wikipedia under the Creative Commons License or www.freeimages.com https://www.freeimages.com/photo/omelette-1330024 https://www.freeimages.com/photo/egg-3-1324581 1023px-Bombina_bombina_1_(Marek_Szczepanek)_tight_crop.jpg 1024px-Antarctic_adelie_penguins_(js)_21 1024px-Deviled_Eggs_-_3-23-08 1024px-FrenchToast.JPG 1024px-FoodOmelete 1024px-Natrix_natrix_persa3 1024px-Platypus_BrokenRiver_QLD_Australia.jpg 1024px-Poached_eggs_with_moccha_salt 1024px-Spider_home_basement 1024px-Sturgeon aid1261939-v4-900px-scramble-an-egg-step-6-version-2 1024px-Tachyglossus_aculeatus_side_on.jpg American_Beaver.jpg Egg_curry Peacock_Plumage Picklegegg Scotch_Egg_open Water_Vole_on_Boot_Hill_(5592665124).jpg You will also need: a variety of chocolate eggs (not essential) KS1-2 Assembly Notes Why Easter Eggs?' 2 of 9
It s that time again you know eggs and fluffy chicks and chocolate eggs. So, how much do you know about eggs? Points to talk about: Can you think of all the different ways you come across eggs? The most obvious answer is food. For the whole of human history eggs have been a vital part of many people s diet. Which meal do you associate most with eggs? Breakfast? What animals lay eggs and what sort of eggs do we eat? Have you seen eggs in the wild? Have you ever seen eggs hatching? Eggs can feed us but they are also a source of new life. Eggs hatch to reveal what? The above questions help prepare for an Easter Challenge Quiz. KS1-2 Assembly Notes Why Easter Eggs?' 3 of 9
Are you ready for an Easter Challenge? too. There are two challenges and they can be played in any way you wish but we suggest 2 teams of 3 or 4 children. It may be helpful to choose a couple of pupils to keep score Game 1: How do you like to eat your eggs? We got loads of people to suggest their favourite eggy dishes there are so many but we ve come up with ten, no fuss ways of serving up your eggs. Now when we say eggs, we are talking about fresh eggs, not chocolate eggs! I know that Cadbury s Creme Eggs have 25 years of advice on how to eat theirs but this is strictly about cracking open a fresh egg and cooking it. And just to make it a bit harder, we ve made it a bit like BBC s Pointless so you need to guess the least popular ways of preparing eggs to score the most points. The trouble is that if it s not on the list at all, you will get zero points! So lets get a couple of teams together Each team takes turns in coming up with their cooked egg idea. If the idea isn t one of the 10, they score nothing. If the answer is part of the list above, I will click the correct box and it will open up to reveal an image of the egg cooked using the method suggested and the points scored. The slide show will return to Slide 3 on click until the game is over. The boxes link to a picture of: 1. Scrambled eggs (Score 10 points) 2. Poached eggs (Score 10 points) KS1-2 Assembly Notes Why Easter Eggs?' 4 of 9
3. Fried egg (Score 10 points) 4. Boiled egg (Score 10 points) 5. Scotch egg (Score 20 points) 6. Curried eggs (Score 30 points) 7. Omelette (Score 30 points) 8. Eggy bread (or French toast) (Score 30 points) 9. Pickled eggs (Score 50 points) 10. Devilled eggs (Score 50 points) Finish this game by re-inforcing how much eggs are eaten around the world and are a really important part of our diet. Game 2: What doesn t lay eggs? The second game demonstrates that a huge variety of wildlife lay eggs. Birds (well at least female ones) all lay eggs. But the next two slides show animals that all lay eggs with one exception. Can the teams work out which is the odd one out? Slide 15 from left to right: Platypus is one of only 5 mammals that lay eggs. The beaver is the odd one out. As a mammal, it gives birth to young. The Peacock is a male bird, so his mate, the peahen lays the eggs! Snakes, in this case, the common grass snake, also lay eggs. The fish, a sturgeon, also lays eggs. from an egg. Slide 16 from left to right: Spiders are arachnids and lay eggs. The spiny ant eater or echidna is a mammal but also an exception in that it lays eggs! Frogs and toads lay eggs (frogspawn) and the water vole is the exception and as a mammal it gives birth to young. Finally the penguin may be feeding it s baby but it came Suggest you score 50 points on the right answer plus 10 points for extra information given. KS1-2 Assembly Notes Why Easter Eggs?' 5 of 9
Finish this game by giving the score and re-inforcing that eggs are important for food but also they are a symbol of new life. So what about chocolate eggs? How many chocolate eggs can you think of? Easter eggs Galaxy Golden Eggs Mini eggs Creme eggs Rees peanut butter egg Cadbury s Oreo egg Cadbury s Caramel egg Kinder egg So, how did Easter Eggs become part of the Easter story? Explain that you are going to tell the Easter story to the children and that you want them to see if they can explain why we have all sorts of egg traditions associated with Easter. KS1-2 Assembly Notes Why Easter Eggs?' 6 of 9
2000 years ago, a man called Jesus brought a message of hope and love to the world. He visited Jerusalem and people celebrated, waving palm branches in the air. But some people wanted to get rid of Him. On the Thursday, Jesus washed the feet of His friends. He did this to teach them that they should serve and help others. Jesus then had a last supper with his friends. He shared a cup of wine and a piece of bread, telling His friends to do this in remembrance of me! During the supper, a man called Judas slipped out. He was going to betray Jesus. Later that night, Judas brought the soldiers and led them to Jesus. Jesus was praying but He was arrested and led away. Pilate washed his hands of the whole affair. On the Friday, a man called Pilate put Jesus on trial. Pilate handed Jesus over to be killed. The soldiers put a purple robe on Jesus and a crown of sharp thorns and led Him away. Jesus then had to carry His cross through the streets of Jerusalem. The soldiers put Jesus on a cross between two thieves. When Jesus died, there was an earthquake and darkness fell. Mary, the mother of Jesus, was sad. The body of Jesus was taken off the cross and placed in a tomb. They rolled a large stone over the entrance to keep the body of Jesus safe. Early on Sunday, the women went to the tomb and found the stone rolled away from the entrance. Suddenly, two men in bright, shining clothes stood by them. They asked, Why are you looking among the dead for One who is alive. He is not here. He has been raised. KS1-2 Assembly Notes Why Easter Eggs?' 7 of 9
Jesus had risen from the dead and He tells His friends to go and tell everyone about God s love. How do you think friends of Jesus felt? That s a story which is sad when Jesus dies but ends in great moment of hope and joy when Jesus rises again. It s a story about rebirth and hope and shows God s love is stronger than anything else. So why do we celebrate with a chocolate egg? Which of these ideas do you think is the best? Eggs are used because they remind us of the shape of the boulder that was put over Jesus tomb? An egg is a perfect way of showing how we can experience new life at Easter because of God s love? People used to give up eggs, meat and rich food over Lent (That s why we have pancakes on Pancake Tuesday because it was a good way to get rid of all the eggs and fat.) So having an egg at Easter was a special treat to celebrate how Jesus resurrection had brought hope back to all of us? Lots of people give up chocolate for Lent, and some even give the money that they save to charity. So a chocolate egg is a great way of marking the end of Lent. Do you have any other ideas? There are lots of reasons people share eggs at Easter. Some people just think they are a good symbol of Spring. Some people can t remember why they share eggs. Christians share eggs as a special way of remembering what happened that first Easter. This Easter, remember to celebrate all the life around you and how when Jesus rose from the dead, he brought a message of hope, new life and the love of God. KS1-2 Assembly Notes Why Easter Eggs?' 8 of 9
Reflection Dear Lord Thank you for the joy of Easter. Thank you for all of the new life around us. Thank you for the beautiful flowers of Spring. Thank you for all the birds and animals and our natural world. Thank you for the time we spend with loved ones on Easter Sunday Thank you for Jesus who brought new life and hope to us all by rising from the dead. Help me spread the joy of Easter, this day and every day. Amen KS1-2 Assembly Notes Why Easter Eggs?' 9 of 9