Indian culture and traditions!

Hello everyone, wishing a belated happy new year to all of you.  

Well 3M have been very busy this term, they have been learning about their new topic which is India.  They explored and learned about lots of traditions within Indian culture.  Their first day back they were very lucky to experience a traditional Indian breakfast which they tasted some pastries and drank some Mango Lassi.  It was a great kick start to our topic indeed experiencing and enjoying some of the sweet and delicious tastes of Indian food.  

As part of a literacy lesson, 3M had the pleasure of Ms Gupta teaching them about traditional Indian clothes.  Some children even got to try some of the clothes on to really experience a taste of Indian life.  They thought of interesting questions to ask Ms Gupta and recorded lots of notes about Indian clothes.

 

3M have been working so hard researching about India using lots of non-fiction books and Ict.   

However, there were times we did not need our books or the internet to find out more about India!  It has been so wonderful to have our very own Indian experts in 3M.  They have shared their knowledge and first hand experiences of traditions and Religion which has really enriched all of the children’s learning in this topic.  They taught us about artefacts associated with Hinduism and India which enlightened all of us about their culture.

Well we are coming to the end of our topic this week and at this stage the children have their minds full of information about India.  You should ask them some questions about what they have learned, I am sure you will find what they have to tell you very interesting!

Bye for now,

Ms Moonan.