Years 1 to 6 enjoyed our first multi-cultural celebration day of the year. They learnt about the birthday of Lord Ganesh (Ganesh Chaturthi) and how Hindus celebrate it all over the world.
In some places the festival is celebrated for ten days and is a joyous event and regarded as a public occasion. In other places it is simply celebrated at home and hymns are sung and offerings made to Ganesh. Sweets are also distributed because in Hindu legend Ganesh liked them.
Class 4 created artwork related to the birthday of Lord Ganesh with coloured sand and Class 2 created a statue model of Lord Ganesh himself out of clay. Class 3 learnt about the Hindu Gods and Class 1 made postcards celebrating the festival.
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