Author: Peter Reason

  • [5] Baptism meaning – Problematic in practice

    Baptism meaning: In a font, Baptistry or river? Very problematic in practice and has caused a lot of conflict between different Christian groups.

    A stone font for baptisms
  • [2] How big was Noah’s Ark with facts and figures

    How big was Noah’s Ark? Like a 14000 ton Tanker, very sea-worthy, unlike the ark in the Babylonian flood story. We compare the Titanic, Mayflower, etc

    14000 ton tanker by Volharding shipbuilders.
  • Florence Nightingale 22nd June 2011

    In 1854 amidst the disease, filth and badly injured soldiers entered a lady called Florence: She did an extremely difficult job caring for those soldiers, cleaning and bandaging their wounds, feeding them and being with them…

    Wounded soldiers being bandaged.
  • Bugsy (Leave) Me-alone 25th May 2011

    We called this event: ‘’Bugsy (Leave) Me-alone’ It’s 1929 and what was Bugsy trying to do? (Do the right thing – not join the gangsters) He was being bombarded from all sides by Mr Big who runs the show around here and Dusty Dirty Rat who ran another gang. When we want to do the right…

    Fergus, our crow puppet, as Mr Big the Gangster.
  • Cruella snatches Duncan 23rd March 2011

    Duncan, our friendly (puppet) Donkey, has mysteriously disappeared from his field, but fortunately there were some clues: a turned over water trough, a hole in the hedge, tyre tracks…

    Duncan's ears just about visible in the window.
  • Local Defence Volunteers 16th February 2011

    We joined the ‘Local Defence Volunteers’ or ‘Homeguard’ as it was known as. Oh yes, and we also had some trouble from the A.R.P. Warden as well… Captain Montgomery and Sergeant Wimpey had a difficult decision to make when they had to defuse an unexploded bomb…

    Ali as an A.R.P. Warden.
  • Sponsor a child 26th January 2011

    At times we see awful pictures on the TV of people in the world who are really struggling to survive. Is there anything we can do? At Earith Storykepers we decided there was one thing we could do…

    An adult in Africa digs for some water.
  • Cowboy crossing the Rockies 12th December 2010

    The cowboy was heading west with a number of wagons. The journey was long and difficult and they finally came to a huge mountain range blocking their way. Another problem was that it was autumn and winter was coming…

    A cowboy.
  • Christmas Party 8th December 2010

    Our Christmas Party: We enjoyed some games. Can you spot the two ‘human Christmas trees’…

    Two Mums become Christmas trees to be decorated.
  • S. S. Suevic shipwreck 10th November 2010

    Cornwall November 1907 and the night of a violent storm! The ship S. S. Suevic was sailing from Australia to Southampton. It was an appalling night, a gale was blowing and the Captain couldn’t see anything and they were getting close to the Cornish coast…

    Storm waves on the ocean.
  • Robin Hood 23rd September 2010

    Can we learn anything good from Robin Hood? The Sheriff was up to his bad tricks again. He was pushing people around and treating the people very badly. The problem was that he was used to getting his own way…

    Green Robin Hood's hat with feather.
  • Pirates and treasure 14th July 2010

    Pirates and treasure go together like bread and butter. We became pirates but soon ran into trouble – we got taken prisoner by Big Bad Grey Beard’s pirates. But it wasn’t all bad, we noticed where they had hidden some treasure…

    Jackie dressed as a common Pirate.
  • Our timelines 30th June 2010

    We did a time-line to represent our Storykeeper events and stories. Then we thought about a time-line of our individual lives…

    Jackie in khaki jungle gear.
  • Vote for unusual MP’s 26th May 2010

    We gave an opportunity to the children to vote for some very unusual MP’s. First we gave each MP an opportunity to explain who they were, what they represented and how they were going to make a difference to us…

    A Polling Station sign.
  • Earith’s Got talent 22nd April 2010

    Earith’s Got talent: We had songs, dancing and other acts. But some of the judges weren’t very nice. There was one judge in particular who just had to pull every act to pieces…

    Adrian with a red wig plays a bass guitar.
  • Pride of lions 24th March 2010

    We went to the African Savannah to be amongst the lions! We came across a pride of lions. Simba was a young lion who had a responsibility to be the head of the Pride…

    Three ladies from the human village in flowing dresses.
  • New life in America on the Titanic 24th February 2010

    England 1910 is looking a bit boring, but New York City looks like an exciting place to go and there’s the opportunity to go on the luxury ship The Titanic…

    Adrian and Peter set some Deck Games up.
  • Rrrrufts Dog Show 27th January 2010

    We then prepared our dogs to be entered into Rrrrufts Dog Show and we had to do some test courses – a bit like an assault course!…

    Receiving Doggie treats.