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Tilbury Celebrates Diwali 2019
Diwali is the five-day festival of lights, celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Jains across the world.
Diwali, which for some also coincides with Harvest and New Year celebrations, is a festival of new beginnings and the triumph of good over evil, and light over darkness.
The festival is usually some time between October and November, with the date changing each year.
The word Diwali comes from the Sanskrit word deepavali, meaning "rows of lighted lamps".
Houses, shops and public places are decorated with small oil lamps called diyas.
People also enjoy fireworks and sweets too, so it's really popular with children.
Today the Ananatharaman family came to share their experiences of Diwali with the children at Nursery.
Kesav brought his Mummy Dharini and sister Anaka to Nursery.
Kesav and his family are Hindu and they celebrate Diwali.
Kesav's Mummy made Diwali sweets with the children and poppadums which all the children tasted at snack time.
Some of the children found the poppadums a little too spicey but the chocolate and carrot sweets went down a treat!
Kesav's Mummy then told us all the story of Rama and Sita and explained why Diwali is called the Festival of Light.
We created Diwali in our Curiosity Box and Kesav's Mummy used oil to light the beautiful silver and brass diyas which were given to her by her mother.
To greet someone in Hindi for Diwali you can say:
“Diwali ki Shubhkamnayein” or “Shubh Deepavali”.
The children made Diyas and sang the 'Diwali' song to Dharini.
Chinese New Year at Tilbury
The Year of The OX 2021
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Diwali November 2021
Dear Mrs.Scutt,
Good Morning!! I thought to send you a quick thank you email.
What an amazing day we had last week on Diwali, Thursday(Nov 4, 2021) .
Anaka was very happy to bring me to her nursery .
Children were so excited to see us in our Diwali costume and they were curious to know how we celebrate Diwali and what do we do?
It was not long ago , back in 2019 when my son Kesav was in your Nursery , you invited us that time also .
You talk to children about different festivals being celebrated across the world like Christmas, Easter , Chinese New Year, Diwali , Halloween ,also Remembrance Day etc..
It develops the curiosity and children want to know more about it.
Kesav still asks me to mark all these dates in the calendar.
Children in Tilbury are getting a very good start and they learn a lot at school/nursery than at home . Parents can see that you do lot of innovative things , coming up with new ideas which encourage children to learn about different things. I really appreciate the effort you take to do all these . Please keep doing the good work!!
I am happy that both my children got a very good start of their school life.
Many Thanks,
Dharini(Anaka’s mum)
Dear Mrs.Scutt,
Good Morning!! I thought to send you a quick thank you email.
What an amazing day we had last week on Diwali, Thursday(Nov 4, 2021) .
Anaka was very happy to bring me to her nursery .
Children were so excited to see us in our Diwali costume and they were curious to know how we celebrate Diwali and what do we do?
It was not long ago , back in 2019 when my son Kesav was in your Nursery , you invited us that time also .
You talk to children about different festivals being celebrated across the world like Christmas, Easter , Chinese New Year, Diwali , Halloween ,also Remembrance Day etc..
It develops the curiosity and children want to know more about it.
Kesav still asks me to mark all these dates in the calendar.
Children in Tilbury are getting a very good start and they learn a lot at school/nursery than at home . Parents can see that you do lot of innovative things , coming up with new ideas which encourage children to learn about different things. I really appreciate the effort you take to do all these . Please keep doing the good work!!
I am happy that both my children got a very good start of their school life.
Many Thanks,
Dharini(Anaka’s mum)
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Dear Tilbury Team,
This is just a quick note to say how impressed we are with how you are dealing with teaching about multiculturalism within the nursery.
I was under the impression that my child was too young to learn about this subject but she completely amazed us the other day whilst being sat at the dinner table telling us the story of Diwali. She then proceeded to tell us about different colour skin tones from countries around the world. The detail was very impressive from a 3-year-old, it blew us away!!!
Thank you so much as we ourselves come from a mixed ethnic home which we think is our 'normal' but this has made us realise the importance of talking and educating our children about their heritage from an early stage.
Thank you to the teachers at Tilbury Nursery and all involved in opening this new door for us to explore as a family.
Kind regards,
Skevi & Tim.
November 2021
This is just a quick note to say how impressed we are with how you are dealing with teaching about multiculturalism within the nursery.
I was under the impression that my child was too young to learn about this subject but she completely amazed us the other day whilst being sat at the dinner table telling us the story of Diwali. She then proceeded to tell us about different colour skin tones from countries around the world. The detail was very impressive from a 3-year-old, it blew us away!!!
Thank you so much as we ourselves come from a mixed ethnic home which we think is our 'normal' but this has made us realise the importance of talking and educating our children about their heritage from an early stage.
Thank you to the teachers at Tilbury Nursery and all involved in opening this new door for us to explore as a family.
Kind regards,
Skevi & Tim.
November 2021