Our New Home Corner

As part of our theme, 'Celebrations', we have been finding out about the Hindu festival of Diwali (the Festival of Lights). We read about Rama and Sita in the book 'A Little Row of Lights'. It told the story of Diwali and explained the importance of 'light'. We made our own Divas, using clay, and decorated them with sparkling paint and glitter. They look lovely on our 'Celebrations' display.





The children were sad to see the closure of John Bramston Medical Centre, but soon forgot about the doctors when we changed our Home Corner to a 'Home celebrating Diwali'. The children dressed up in beautiful saris and lined up the Divas in number order. The celebrating is still going on and the children are cooking for each other and retelling the story of Rama and Sita.






The children have also been finding out about other celebrations this month, including Eid, Guru Nanak's Birthday and Anti-Bullying Week... and more celebrations to come!