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Our Learning Journey
During Diversity Week we learned Bollywood style dancing, visited a
Hindu Temple and produced art inspired by one of India’s leading
international artists. Here’s a quick review of our journey.
My favourite part of the Hindu Temple was when …
 The priest prayed and put the flour powder on our heads. (Thomas)
 The priest blessed us. (Ryan)
 We could look around the temple at the different gods. (Amber)
 We learned about all the different gods and some were Rama and
Sita. (Rhiannan)
 Looking at the black granite stone temples (Anthony).
 Getting to know the gods. (Connor)
 We got to look at all of the different gods. (Sophie)
 The priest blessed us. (Joel)
 I saw a goat on one of the temples. (James)
 We got to explore. (Adam)
 We got to see the gods. (Ella and Ava)
 Smelling all of the delicious smells. (Alex J)
 We first went in and saw all of the bright colours. (Ben)
 Got to see the statues. (Lauren)
 We got to go around and look at the statues and got blessed by the
priest. (Stella)
 We saw the golden gods. (Teigan)
We have learned that…
 Diwali is on the 10th November this year and it is
celebrated with fireworks. (Amber)
 Hinduism is a religion and Diwali is the festival of light.
(Rhiannan)
 Ganesh is the god with ten hands and he helps Hindus
overcome problems. (Ben)
 There are three main gods and all of them have got a
symbol of what type of god they are (like when you need
help from the destroyer of evil). (Stella)
 Hinduism is one of the oldest religions going. (Sophie)
 Diwali is the celebration of light; it’s celebrated because
Rama defeated Ravanna, the ten-headed king. (Adam)
 Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu are the three main Hindu gods.
(Ryan)
 Ganesh has a hidden messenger; he faces Ganesh unlike
the other one who faces away. (Ben)
 People follow different religions. (Rhiannan)
 Even though different religions might appear strange,
respect them no matter what! (Amber)
 The three gods each had a wife. One showed knowledge,
one strength and one wealth. (Stella).