Hi everyone - Happy Friday!
This week, as part of our religion curriculum, we learned about the Hindu/Sikh celebration of Diwali which began on November 4th this year. We read some stories and watched some videos about Diwali and learned that it is also called the Festival of Light. We coloured our own "rangolis" which are traditionally made with colourful sand or rice and are meant to welcome others into one's home during Diwali. Today, we used modeling clay to create "diyas" or small lamps that symbolise goodness and purity, and lighting them denotes dispelling darkness and going into light. They came out so beautifully - we used beads and glitter to decorate them. I asked students to leave them at school over the weekend to harden a little bit, but they will be able to take them home early next week. Have a look:
This week, as part of our religion curriculum, we learned about the Hindu/Sikh celebration of Diwali which began on November 4th this year. We read some stories and watched some videos about Diwali and learned that it is also called the Festival of Light. We coloured our own "rangolis" which are traditionally made with colourful sand or rice and are meant to welcome others into one's home during Diwali. Today, we used modeling clay to create "diyas" or small lamps that symbolise goodness and purity, and lighting them denotes dispelling darkness and going into light. They came out so beautifully - we used beads and glitter to decorate them. I asked students to leave them at school over the weekend to harden a little bit, but they will be able to take them home early next week. Have a look:
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