Tuesday 13 April 2010

EASTER SUNDAY AT ASBURY HOUSE

Residents of Asbury House had a very good time on Sunday, 4th of April. They celebrated Easter with a good lunch, drinks and Easter cakes.

After lunch children had fun with the Easter Egg Hunt around the house. And at the evening everybody enjoyed some games organised by Colby and Leihlyn in the common room.

Easter Traditions in UK

Lent is the period of 40 days which comes before Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday. For many Christians, this is a period of fasting and repentance in preparation for Easter, culminating in a feast of seasonal and symbolic foods.

Simnel Cake
In the late 17th century, girls in service brought a rich fruit cake called simnel cake home to their mothers on the fourth Sunday of Lent. The cake was enriched with marzipan and decorated with 11 marzipan balls representing the 12 apostles minus Judas, who betrayed Christ

Hot cross buns
The Greeks and Egyptians ate small cakes or buns in honour of the respective goddesses that they worshipped. Buns marked with a cross were eaten by the Saxons to honour their goddess Eostre - it is thought the bun represented the moon and the cross the moon's quarters. To Christians, the cross symbolises the crucifixion.

Easter eggs
Throughout history, eggs have been associated with Easter celebrations. In ancient times, the egg was a symbol of fertility and new beginnings. Christians adopted this to represent their Saviour's resurrection.
The tradition of colouring eggs in bright colours - representing the sunlight of spring - goes back to the Middle Ages and is still an important custom for many Christians. In Germany it's traditional to paint eggs green and eat them on Maundy Thursday while in Greek and Slavic cultures eggs are dyed red as a symbol of the blood of Christ.
As time has gone on, the decoration has become more elaborate with colourful patterns, images of flora and fauna, and in some cases delicate gold and silver leaf details. The most famous and ornate of Easter eggs must be the jewelled and enamelled eggs that Fabergé was commissioned to make for the Russian tsars.

Rabbit and lamb
Another traditional symbol of Easter is the rabbit. Known for its fertility, it symbolises new life. The lamb was adopted from the lamb sacrificed at Jewish Passover and for Christians it came to signify Christ's death on the cross.

Egg hunt
is a game during which decorated eggs, real hard-boiled ones or artificial ones filled with, or made of chocolate candies, of various sizes, are hidden for children to find, both indoors and outdoors.
When the hunt is over, prizes may be given for the largest number of eggs collected, or for the largest or the smallest egg.
Font: www.bbc.co.uk/food/news_and_events/events_eastertraditions.shtml




Bread by Rene


Tomb Cake by Leihlyn


Simnel Cake by Maggie


Leihlyn explaining the meanings of the cakes for the children




Egg Hunt


Egg Hunt




Games with Colby




Egg and Spoon Race

Monday 15 March 2010

BISH HAS A NEW LOGO!


The logo was designed by Jose Nunez Varela. Jose lives in Wesley House and he is the winner of the BISH Logo Competition which took place in April 2009.

Thanks Jose for your effort!! And thank you for everybody who took part!

The logo will be used for our new website, which will go live soon

Wednesday 24 February 2010

Half Term at Asbury

Asbury House have had a busy half term week in February.
It started with children's paintings on Monday afternoon.
On Tuesday was the Shrove Tuesday with nice and yummys pancakes made by a very good cook.
And on Thursday there was a Ping Pong Tournament. Everybody enjoyed playing and watching...
Check out the pictures bellow.

Children's paitings on Monday



Shrove Tuesday photos



Ping Pong Tournament photos












Monday 8 February 2010

CHARITY TOURNAMENT FOR HAITI

On Saturday, 6th February 2010, Wesley and Asbury Houses had a Charity Tournament to raise money for the people in Haiti. There was Pool and Ping Pong games at the tournament. The event took place in Wesley House. The residents of Asbury House (about 13 people) came to join residents at Wesley. It was a great afternoon!

The winner of the Pool Tournament was Ali (former resident in Welsey House) and the winner of the Ping Pong was Amir (resident of Wesley House), both from Iran.
Congratulations to the winners!!!
The money raised for Haiti was £96.71. This amount will be added up to the £172.00 raised during the Half Marathon, happened in October 2009. The final total of the amount raised was £268.71 and this amount will be send to Haiti this week.
Thank you for everyone that came to the tournament and all the donations!
Photos of the Charity Tournament for Haiti




Tuesday 29 December 2009

CHRISTMAS DAY AT ASBURY!!






Residents at Asbury House had a great time on the Christmas Day!! Lunch started at 1.00pm and went on until 7.00pm!

Great food, refreshments, puddings... Santa Claus came in to deliver gifts for children. There were games going on all afternoon and good friendship around.

Just a wonderful day!