Diwali

• Please note that the Diwali festival spans five days starting with Dhanteras on October 29 and concluding with Bhai Dooj on November 3. Laxmi Puja will be performed on October 31, 2024 as Amavasya Moon will be visible on October 31 and in some cities people will celebrate Diwali on November 1, 2024. We are doing this early as the Auckland Diwali festival is this weekend, so we want students to be aware of it if they want to attend. Plus, it gives the mentor class a few weeks to make their decorations for the class. 

• If you have quiet a bit of students that have not done their kowhiri ākonga or 2025 course selection, those that are done can move into the Mahi Choice while you wait for the whole class to be in the same sport. This is because you want to watch the videos and play the kahoot as a class. 

• Mentor teachers can decide if they want to pick an activity from the Mahi Choice for the whole class to work on or if they want to offer some/most/all for the students to pick from. 

• Old CD Candle Holder - the music department has a lot of old CDs that they're trying to get rid of, so go to them if you want to do this activity. For this craft, you might want to find other objects to upcycle to use as decoration or pick up some craft items like gems and paints. 

• Answers to the Cartesian Coordiante. 

• For the collaborative colouring, it is recommended that you print two per page. Once students are done colouring, they are to trim the edges, hand in their page, and then grab another one. The teacher then puts all these pieces together to make a classroom decoration.

• Diwali Lantern Decoration requires a hole puncher and string.

• Please remind mentor classes that there is a free Diwali Celebration at Aotea Square this weekend. 

Reliever instructions to post onto Kamar if away

Hi Reliever, 

This weeks extended mentor lesson, the students are learning about Diwali. Please write the following on the board. 

Learing Intention: Define what is Diwali and explore how it is celebrated.

Success Criteria: I have identified a way for me to celebrate Diwali.

Do Now: Update your Te Arawhata Log for any absences or lates that you had this week. (Hopefully the mentor teacher has posted this onto Google Classroom or has printed copies of the log. If not, you can skip this step.)

Learning Tasks:

1. Before they start any of the tasks for today's Diwali lesson, make sure they are up to date with the following. If you find you have a mixture of students that have/have not completed these tasks, those that are done can start the mahi choice while you wait for everyone to get on the same page.

- Using School Bridge, make sure you have selected your kowhiri ākonga for Term 4 (only required for Year 9s and 10s)

- Using School Bridge, make sure you have selected your courses for 2025 (only required for Years 9s-12s)

2. Complete the following activities as a class. 

- Watch as a class the "Diwali - Festival of Lights National Geographic" to learn what is Diwali. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap0XD2XckLo

- Watch as a class the "Ramayana: Story of Diwali" to learn the story related to this festival. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp59n0So-XE

- Play as a class the Diwali Kahoot to check your understanding. - https://create.kahoot.it/share/diwali/41db1b4d-dcf8-400c-bfbe-4a3f1b314e81 

3. Mahi Choice - You should have printed copies of the following activities that the students can choose from and colouring pencils/makers in the class. 

- Practice symmetry using the Diwali Rangoli template or create your own on graph paper

- Design a mehndi and use a marker to draw on your hand or a classmate's hand.

- Puzzle - Use the Cartesian Coordiantes to create a Diwali Rangoli 

- Colour in a Rangoli Pattern

4. Please remind mentor classes that there is a free Diwali Celebration at Aotea Square this weekend. - https://www.aucklandnz.com/diwali