DIWALI!

It is Diwali, the Festival of Lights. Our Topic Studies are about the cultures we have in NZ. We are also learning about other countries and the lives that children live in those countries. As part of Social Studies we will look at the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and giving the children knowledge about what is a need and what is a want will start to build understandings about rights and what they are.

Last weekend was the Auckland City Diwali celebrations and this weekend is the West Auckland Diwali celebration at the Trusts Stadium. Our children shared their news about what happened last week. Some of the girls wore or brought in their Salwar Kameez (so beautiful!!!). 

We played with the coloured rice we made yesterday (not for Rangoli because we have to make our rice jars later). It was fun. 

Nishita came in to show us a powerpoint. She told us about the 5 days of Diwali, And about the clothes (Ariana shared her clothes), 

Nishita told us about  henna and Fabiola showed us her henna. Nishita taught us some dance moves. She showed us a video about the story of Ram and Sita.

Nishita was AMAZING! Thanks Nishita. We enjoyed it so much.