Tambearly International School students jumpstarted their Easter celebrations early with students in grades Pre-K through 12 putting their creative talents to work to create dioramas using blown eggs as the characters of their settings.
Each grade level was tasked with selecting and designing a theme using recycled materials to create the settings and egg shells as the characters. Themes reflected concepts studied in all subject areas including novels and works of pop culture studied in literature class, science concepts, events from history studies, musical productions performed through the music classes, Tambearly students' favorite sports game, fashion and design, and gaming/ technology.
According to Christina Chandler, vice principal at Tambearly, the students did an "egg-cellent" job working together to create their displays.
"The 'egg-stravaganza' event was an important part of our students' learning process as it helped all grade level students develop problem-solving, listening, leadership, and creative thinking skills. Students had the opportunity to strengthen relationships working collaboratively to create products that demonstrated their knowledge and skills learned as well as celebrate the upcoming season. This allowed students to connect authentically with their peers to articulate their ideas for a common goal. Through this project students also developed a sense of self-pride in successfully meeting objectives with each individual having an important role in its completion," said Chandler.
"The excitement and joy in all grade levels was realized with the dedication each student had in planning, preparing, and implementing their team's plan."
Pre-K students, ages three and four, learned about the life cycle of a chicken through their barnyard display of a colorful and bright chicken coop.
Montessori students, ages three through five, shared a prehistoric display depicting herbivores and carnivores in the swamps and forest of 150 million years ago.
Kindergarten students created a display reflecting on character traits of power and strength used to help others. Each student created an egg character of their favorite fictional superhero.
Grades one and three students focused on science studies creating works that reveal elements of outer space.
The first-grade students' diorama, a model representing a scene with three-dimensional figures - either in miniature or as a large-scale museum exhibit, was a representation of all planets in the universe being navigated by grade one students as "egg-aliens" in their unidentified flying objects (UFO).
Grades two and four students' egg characters were both set in a lovely spring day. The second-grade students' offerings represented creatures great and small, while grade four egg characters were in a competitive game on the sports field.
According to Chandler, their third-grade students have been excited about space and space travel following NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 mission which launched on March 2, 2023. Their display showcased Crew 6 egg characters heading to the launch pad readying themselves for flight through space.
Fifth-grade students' dioramas depicted historical events - the Battle of Hastings (1066) and Norsemen eggs rowing their Viking ship into battle at Stamford Bridge (1066) reviewed in class and a fashion show of lovely young eggs strutting in style.
While the sixth-grade students' displays represented settings in literary works. The sonnet The Kraken, by Alfred Tennyson (1930) showed egg characters fiercely trying to steer their ship away from the slumbering tentacles of the Kraken. Fairy tales Rapunzel and Rumpelstiltskin were represented in a display comparing and contrasting the works.
Grade seven students shared various topics - a representation of "Cats" the musical, gladiators at a Roman amphitheater, and passengers on Bahamas egg ways taking flight for the holiday break.
Eighth-grade students created a scene from "The Stranger Things," a science fiction work, showcasing the alternate dimension of "The Upside Down".
While the grade nine students shared an intense soccer match between minion eggs. Grades 10 through 12 students created scenes from favorite novels studied this year, "A&P" by John Updike, "The Lord of The Flies" by William Golding, and "The Diamond Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant. Their interactive dioramas were a hit with parents as they provided QR scan codes linking to the excerpts from the novels represented in their scenes.
Adding extra incentive to earn merit points for house teams, families were invited to visit the displays during the school's parent-teacher conferences and shared details learned about students' studies through autumn and winter term from the "eggstravaganza" display.
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