DIWALI 2021
Thank you Miss Young for the information for this page.
Listen to the story below and answer the following questions about Diwali.
Diwali story - Click on the link
Answer the questions below:
1: What is Diwali and what does it celebrate?
2: What does Alisha do on the first day of Diwali?
3: What is Alisha’s favourite part of the story?
4: What does Alisha watch her Mum do on the third day?
5: What does Saal Mubarak mean?
6: What is at the hall to welcome everyone?
7. What does Bhai beej mean?
8. What does her Alisha do for her brother Sajan?
FIREWORKS SAFETY
During Diwali most people that are celebrating usually light fireworks. Remember you need to know how to be safe around fire works. Watch the video below and try to see if you can write down 4 things you can do to keep you and your whanau safe during Diwali and Guy fawkes.
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Here is a clip of fireworks being set off altogether. Can you draw a picture of all the colourful fireworks that you have seen?
Listen to one of the stories of Ram and Sita. Can you use the story map to retell the story?
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Fill in your story map of Ram and Sita and see if you can retell the story in your own words. You can use First, Next and Last to help with your structure:
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Maths Problems
A1: On Monday, Ram and Sita share some fireworks.
Ram has 2 fireworks. Sita has 4 fireworks.
Together, how many fireworks do they have to share?
A2:If Ram has 2 fireworks, and Sita has 4 fireworks on Tuesday and Wednesday too, how many fireworks do they each have?
A3:What is the total number of fireworks that Ram and Sita share in three days?
B1:On Monday, Ram and Sita have 7 fireworks.
They are not equally shared.
2 of the fireworks are Ram’s.
How many fireworks are Sita’s?
B2:Ram has the same number of fireworks each day up to (and including) Friday.
Altogether Ram and Sita have 20 fireworks.
How many fireworks are Sita’s that week?
C1:On Monday, Ram, Sita and Lukshman share some fireworks they'd been given.
Lukshman got half as many fireworks as Ram, and Sita got a third as many fireworks as Ram got.
They got the same number of fireworks each day up to (and including) Friday.
- C2:If Lukshman got 9 fireworks on Wednesday, how many fireworks did Sita get on Thursday?
- C3:Is the number of fireworks that Sita got over Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, less than the number Lukshman got for the days Thursday and Friday?
- C4:How many days does it take for the number of fireworks Lukshman got, to be greater than the number Ram got on Friday?
Watch the following clips to help you create your own Rangoli patterns. Pick one that you have resources for, e.g: chalk, paper, rice, paint.
Making Paper Rangoli patterns
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We made our Rangoli patterns using chalk outside. See if you can give one of these rangoli activities a go.