9th May Lost Sock Memorial Day

Lost Sock Memorial Day mourns all the single socks, whose partners got lost somewhere in the laundry cycle. Every year, this whimsical holiday serves as a humorous reminder of the many socks that have mysteriously disappeared, leaving behind their lonely counterparts. It’s a day to reflect on the mystery of the missing socks. 

It’s a day to celebrate the remaining single socks and give them new life, whether through crafts, repurposing, or simply by recognizing their lost partners. So where to start? Read first... there are 28 books about socks in our school library!

Then collect all those odd socks and repurpose them...how? Craft! Make a sock puppet.

And this is instructions for a sock puppet that goes with Michelle Robinson's Odd Socks.

3rd November Jellyfish Day

It is Jellyfish Day! This event is meant to honour our slightly slimy counterparts that can sometimes cause a bit of consternation at the beach.

It is celebrated in springtime, as this is the season when jellyfish will begin their migration to the shores of the northern hemisphere. Although an apparently very simple invertebrate they are beautiful creatures, that fascinate students and allow for some very creative artwork.

Did you know that a group of jellyfish can be called a bloom, a swarm, or a smack? Despite the word “fish” in their names, jellyfish are not actually fish. No bones about it, they are invertebrates! Besides their lack of bones, jellyfish also lack a brain. Instead, they have a network of nerves, but no central nervous system. When feeding, jellyfish use their tentacles to sting their prey – they eat plankton. But what eats a jellyfish? Many animals do, including tunas, sharks, turtles, and humans! 

I have written about this day before here, but today I was reading about them again and marvelling at them in these pictures that show very clearly that they are not all the same.

And, one of the most popular series in the library at the moment is about an unlikely friendship between a narwhal and a jellyfish, Ben Clanton's Narwhal and Jelly series. Books 1 to 3 are available and Book 4 will be here in February. Also I just bought a set of puppets so the students can make up their own Narwhal and Jelly conversations.