Reception learn about Vaisakhi and Sikhism

Date: 23rd Apr 2021 @ 8:49pm

This week Reception have been learning about Vaisakhi, a very important Sikh festival which a celebrated everyday year in April.  The festival celebrates Sikh new year and the founding of the Sikh community in 1699.  Miss Kaur brought in come special items from home to share with us and talked to use about how she and her family celebrate this festival together.

We found out the Sikhism originates in India, which is a very long way away.  We were lucky enough to look at Miss Kaur's Granth, her special holy book, which includes scriptures and holy stories related to the Sikh religion.  We also looked at