During Hinduism week, Years 3 and
4 took part in a lot of different activities learning about the religion of
Hinduism, some of their beliefs and particularly how and why they celebrate the
festival of Diwali.
They worked really hard to act
out the story of Rama and Sita, before writing their own versions in role as
one of the main characters.
Chanel
Chanel
Hannah
Hannah
Hannah
In Maths they developed their
understanding of symmetry by creating some Rangoli patterns that Hindus use to
decorate their floors during Diwali. They then used coloured sand to decorate
their patterns.
Jacob Hannah
As well as Rangoli patterns, the
children also used clay to create their own Diya lamps, painting these with
bright colours to welcome Rama and Sita home from exile.
The girls also got to try on Mrs
McCarthy’s sari to see what it was like to wear traditional Hindu clothes and
the whole school learnt a lot about Diwali during an assembly led by Mrs
Hairiya, Verdant's mum from F1. It was a really interesting week of activities overall and we had a lot of fun!
