Candlemas 2019
Candlemas – 40 Days After Christmas Candlemas falls on 2nd February, exactly forty days after Christmas Day on the Christian calendar. This festival has different names and meanings to people all around the world. In pre-Christian times, it was celebrated as a festival of light. This ancient festival marked the halfway point between the winter solstice (the […]
Gallery: Class 5 Celebrates Diwali
Diwali – Festival of Light There are many ways around the world to celebrate the changing seasons and time of year. Diwali is the Indian Festival of Light and, as Class 5 are studying Asian cultures in their main lesson, it seems appropriate that they create and experience this traditional festival too. Marika and Class 5 […]
Candlemas 2018
[foogallery id=”5399″] Candlemas – 40 Days After Christmas Candlemas falls on 2nd February, exactly forty days after Christmas Day on the Christian calendar. This festival has different names and meanings to people all around the world. In pre-Christian times, it was celebrated as a festival of light. This ancient festival marked the half way point between the […]