We re-enacted the story of Rama and Sita- the highlight was surely the part when the ten-headed monster has a battle with the army of monkeys! After that we discussed the fact that Hindu’s light lamps to remember the story and celebrate the return of Rama and Sita. The children recognised that Christians light lamps to celebrate Christmas and everyone has a feast / spends time with family.
Children then went off in their trios to create and act out their own stories. The tales were AMAZING and took place on locations all over the woods. The children all got along and no-one complained of feeling left out or not listened to!!
Next time we will re-cap more on values and beliefs to ensure that the plenary chat on values is more purposeful. In class today the children will write the relevant values onto PPT slides of the story.