Living St. Patrick at Luigi Pirandello School

Here at Luigi Pirandello School we are celebrating that we are in the month Saint Patrick, of one of the most beloved celebrations for the Anglo-Saxon countries that takes place on March 17^th. But for our fourth graders it goes further, why? Because we decided that our celebration is not only going around Saint Patrick but instead we chose to know a lot more about one of the most fascinating countries in the British Islands and the hometown of our celebration: Ireland.

So, we took some of the symbols that marked the entrance of Christianism into Ireland by Saint Patrick’s hand and actually is the most known emblem of this Irish Holyday, which is the Shamrock. The shamrock symbolized the powers of nature for old Celtic tribes and was the way Saint Patrick chose to explain to those ancient tribes the union of Christian trinity, Father, son and Holy Spirit. For our students the use of the shamrock is the way they can express their relation with nature and the care of environment and also communicate how they can help their mates to understand the importance of those actions.

Javier Ortega

English teacher.