Diversity & Inclusion

Diwali : Year 1

What an amazing start we have had to our day. Mrs Malhi one of our parents came into year 1 this morning, to talk to us about how her family celebrate the Hindi festival of Diwali. 

We learnt lots from her fantastic visit. We discovered that it is celebrated a little bit like Christmas where they have a lovely family meal, dress in their best clothes ( Mrs Malhi's dress looked very different to the clothes that we wear), they share sweets and gifts, they decorate their homes and even have fireworks.  We were very lucky as we got to make our own Diva lamps to take home. We then created some of our own pictures and patterns using some Rangoli powder and Mrs Edwards and Mrs Leach even had a Mendi pattern drawn on their hands. Mrs Malhi even gave us some sweet treats and the staff some freshly backed spring rolls and samosas which tasted delicious.

Here are some pictures from this morning visit.

Happy Diwali to you all!

Children sharing their own faith celebrations

 

other faith teaching evidence.pdf

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