What a fun and busy week 9R have had during the week, researching facts of interest about the festival of light which is celebrated by Hindus world wide , creating and building bridges and also some pupils got the opportunity to sew beautiful craft squares with a renowned artist, Victoria Hough. 

So, Firstly 9R used their iPads to find out lots of facts and discover colourful pictures about Diwali, also known as the festival of light. 
A few of the facts which were discovered were that Hindus celebrate good over evil and light over darkness. They also make intricate Rangoli patterns using flower petals and Wednesday is the main festival day when Hindus leave lanterns outside their homes in order to light the way for one of their important Gods, Lakshmi, as she walks the earth. 

Hindus have lots of stories which they pass down throughout the generations, one of them being about Rama and Sita who escaped over a bridge to get away from enemies who tried to stop them from being together. After we watched the story being played out online we decided to have a light hearted competition between two groups to see who could build a bridge that would take the most weight. 
We used cardboard, wooden lolly sticks and straws plus lots of sellotape to create and build two fabulous bridges and they both held the weight of toy trains and cars. The winning design , however, also took the extra weight of a cordial bottle and a box and only collapsed when Mr Smith sat on it ! ! 
The class then looked at the photographs and reflected on the designs and what could have been done to make the bridges more stable.

A few of our pupils, Chloe, Emily, Thomas, Kristen, Tyler and Jenny were lucky enough to be able to spend an hour working on a craft activity with the artist, Victoria. The pupils sewed patches which in turn will join other crafty pieces to eventually be sewn together and form a very large textile collage to reflect our school values of kindness, respect, honesty, positivity and teamwork. 
The finished item will hang in pride of place within our school where staff, pupils and visitors can see it . 

 

9R Diwali and crafts 5/11/21