This year the Sikh and Hindu Diwali celebrations fall on October 30th. I read the children the Sikh story then we re-enacted the story of ‘Rama and Sita’ which forms the basis of the Hindu celebrations. Afterwards the children went to their dens and we lit tea-lights in jam jars- our own festival of lights. The children enjoyed using the matches but it took so long that some lights were out before we had finished. In the end we gathered the lamps together and talked about how the lights made us feel – reflective, calm etc.