This collective worship/assembly script focuses on May Day, holidays and preparing for new beginnings. It traces the origins of May Day celebrations from ancient Rome to Pope Pius XII establishing May Day as the feast of ‘St. Joseph the Worker’ and the Church proudly stresses that Jesus was a carpenter, trained by Joseph.
Also, for Catholics the month of May is the month of Mary, the Blessed Virgin who is the Mother of the Church and therefore the example for every Catholic to celebrate.
Running time is approximately 15 minutes long and it is intended to be delivered by children, but could be led by the teacher.
Extract:
We have been learning about the tradition of Celebrating May Day, which this year falls on the 6th May.
In medieval times, May Day was often celebrated by young men and women dancing on the village green around a specially decorated tree called a maypole.
The branches of a slender tree were cut off, coloured ribbons tied to the top and the revellers held on to the ends of the ribbons and danced. Some villages still carry on the tradition today.
Before the dancing began there was also a procession led by a woman appointed May Queen for the day.
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