Daiya, Diya And Josh Tell Junior 3 About Diwali

J3V had a wonderful treat on Wednesday afternoon as Daiya, Diya and Josh, all Junior 3 pupils, led the RE lesson for Mrs Jackson-Mayne. All three pupils wanted to share their excitement about the Hindu and Sikh festival of Diwali, the five-day festival of light celebrated by millions across the world.

Diya and Josh received ‘learning’ and ‘enthusiasm’ Crackley Compass Stars for their fantastic props and detailed explanations of the Hindu story of Rama and Sita. The class lit candles and each pupil was given a bindi by Diya.

Daiya was awarded a full Da Vinci for her short video, which you can watch here, in which she presented a PowerPoint to the class retelling the Sikh story of Guru Hargobind and the 52 princes.

"It was a super learning experience for us all" said Mrs Jackson-Mayne, "I was delighted with the way all three pupils shared their beliefs and stories and explained how they would be celebrating Diwali, this year."

This year Diwali began on Thursday 4 November, and we wish Happy Diwali to everyone who is celebrating.

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RE Workshop

Each week Mrs Jackson-Mayne leads a ‘Prayer and Meditation’ workshop with a class.

On Monday the whole school ventured outside and endured wind and sunshine to listen to Mr Duigan deliver his Assembly on All Saints’ Day. We remembered all the Saints who are in heaven and those people who could become saints by demonstrating kindness and care in their daily lives today. We listened to Mr Duigan remind the pupils about our four house saints – St John Henry Newman is our most recent Saint, who is the house saint for Venus; followed by St Joseph for Mars; St Francis for Saturn and St Therese of Lisieux for Jupiter. We heard how each of them became Saints through their work and dedication to caring for others. We continue to pray for our saints as we try to follow the right path and to give us warm and loving hearts.

Over the holidays the Junior 4 pupils had the task to research the charity CAFOD. Vaughan produced a powerpoint and information booklet and Ria and Sebastian have made an information poster.