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Children, families and staff from Ellington Infant School in Ramsgate took part in a colour-filled celebration in honour of the Hindu festival Holi on Thursday, March 30.

All of the children joined in enthusiastically and really enjoyed learning about the traditional music and colour dance used in this celebration of Spring. We celebrated Holi this year to support our learning about a variety of religions and religious celebrations. Mrs Hartley is working towards our Quality Mark in RE and this evidence will help to demonstrate or hard work in this area of the curriculum.

Date: JUNE 2022 Event: HOLI CELEBRATION This week the children had a fantastic opportunity to take part in R.E workshops based around the Indian festival of colour, ‘Holi’. Kalpesh from K’z Dance Entertainment Ltd taught all the children some traditional Indian dances and discussed with them the meaning of the Holi festival. At the end of the day the whole school came together and performed the dances taught earlier in the day, the children and staff had some wonderful moves! At the end of the performance everyone took part in throwing colourful dyes at one another to celebrate Holi, just like it is carried out in India.

On Friday 29th April, Haddenham St Mary and Haddenham Community Infant Schools celebrated International Dance Day and had an old friend, Kalpesh from KZ Dance UK, back to visit.

During the last week of term, the children and staff at St Stephens Community Academy and Windmill Hill Academy in Launceston, which are both part of the An Daras Trust, were privileged to receive a day's enrichment based on Indian dance and culture.