Hindu Temple Trip and Dance in a Day

Last Wednesday, year 5's spent the day at Brigshaw High School learning a Dance choreographed in a single day by two year 8's. This was incredibly challenging and required top notch concentration and co-ordination. The children dove right in and set a brilliant example with their fantastic behavior and listening skills and really shone for LEH. Dancing to 'Get Ugly' by Jason Derulo, the children had to move both in unison and in canon creating powerful visual effects as well as speed up through the furious chorus.

Yesterday, Year 4's visited the Hindu Mandir in Bradford. Seema, our guide, made us feel very welcome and helped us to understand some key aspects of the Hindu religion and how they worship. First we had to take off our shoes and wash our hands as a sign of respect to their gods but also to keep the worship hall clean as prayers take place on the floor. Next we sat in a circle and used our senses to experience being in a Hindu Mandir. Seema lit incense and played Hindu Aum meditations then showed us how to sit respectfully and what traditional Hindu dress looks like.

We had a chance to look at a beautiful shrine and ask lots of questions about the different statues which represent aspects or personalities of Hindu gods. Finally we received gifts of sugar cubes and nuts from the priest as a blessing. Overall we had an interesting experience and enjoyed our time in the Mandir and can now say a respectful hello and goodbye as a Hindu- 'Namaste.'

 





 

Snow way of getting to school

We hope that you had a fantastic couple of days last week in the glorious snowy weather.

It isn't often in this country that we encounter so much snow and we hope that you made the most of it. It would be wonderful to hear or see pictures of your adventures sledging, building snowmen, snow ball fighting or making snow angels. The school's snowman is still standing despite the rising temperatures.

We are going to be having a busy week with activities such as Dance in a Day, Netball tournaments and our Mother's Day assembly on Friday. We hope to have lots of pictures to blog at the end of the week.