Year 7’s second RE drop down day studying Christianity focussed on a range of sessions including The Christmas story, Christmas around the world and how other countries and cultures and celebrate Christmas, making Christingles, studying astronomy and constellations, we even had a go at a Christmas based maths challenge!

For their second day studying Hinduism, year 8 students focussed on the Hindu festival of Diwali (the ‘Festival of Lights’).

This gave students the opportunity to engage with a whole host of exciting sessions celebrating the traditions of Diwali, including the story of Rama and Sita and origins of Diwali, followed by script writing and shadow puppet making for the retelling of the story of Rama and Sita. Making burfi and laddos, traditional Indian sweets made for Diwali celebrations, making decorative lanterns and rangoli, we even had a go at some traditional Indian dancing!