✨🪔 Celebrating Diwali – The Festival of Lights! 🪔✨

As people around the world celebrate Diwali, we're looking back at a fantastic experience our children in Years 1–6 enjoyed last Thursday, when they took part in a Diwali dance workshop linked to their RE learning.
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Diwali, often known as the Festival of Lights, is celebrated by millions of people around the world. It symbolises the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil, with families often celebrating by lighting diyas (small oil lamps), decorating their homes, sharing food and spending time together.

Through music, movement and creative choreography, the children brought the Hindu story of Rama and Sita to life. They explored key moments from their journey, including the defeat of Ravana and their triumphant return to Ayodhya, where people welcomed them home by lighting rows of lamps.

It was wonderful to see children across all year groups embracing the storytelling, developing their understanding of the traditions and significance of Diwali, and showing such enthusiasm and energy throughout the workshops. 💃🕺

A huge thank you to Kaja from West End in Schools for delivering such engaging sessions and helping to bring this important story to life.

🎥 Take a look at some of the highlights from our Diwali dance workshops below. 🪔✨

Take a look at our most recent Badger’s Print, filled with achievements, key dates and lots to celebrate! ✨

Proud to be a Badger. 💜

🌺 Remembering Together 🌺

A huge well done to the members of our Year 6 Junior Leadership Team who proudly represented Badger Hill Academy at Brotton's Remembrance Parade today.

Despite the awful weather, our children did us so proud as they laid a wreath at Brotton ...Cenotaph on behalf of our academy. They demonstrated our Badger Value of Respect beautifully, showing incredible maturity and dignity, particularly during the two-minute silence.

It was wonderful to see so many members of our local community coming together to remember and pay their respects. It was especially lovely to see so many of our Badger Hill children, parents and carers there too, all united in remembrance. ❤️

Brotton looked beautiful, with the decorations and displays around the village providing a fitting tribute to those who have served and sacrificed.

We are incredibly proud of our Junior Leadership Team and the respect they showed throughout the parade. A special thank you to everyone involved in organising such a meaningful community occasion.

Proud to be Badgers. 💜

🌺 We will remember them.

A little paint, a lot of creativity and plenty of fun! 🎨

Our Nursery children have been busy exploring colour, experimenting with different brush movements and expressing their own ideas through painting.

These creative experiences are full of learning, helping children to ...develop their fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, concentration and confidence as they explore different ways to make their mark.

And of course, there's plenty of fun along the way! 🌈

Because in Early Years, it's not just about what we create, but all the learning that happens along the way. 💜

🌺❤️ Remembering Together – A Special Community Visit ❤️🌺

What a wonderful visit we had on Thursday as some of our children delivered beautiful handmade poppies and wreaths, created by our talented Year 1 and Year 2 children, to the patients at Tocketts Ward in Brotton.
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The patients were delighted to receive their gifts and commented on how kind and polite our children were. 💜

We even had a few poppies left over, so we popped next door to Brotton GP Surgery, where the receptionists were thrilled to receive them and put them straight on display. 🌺

We are so proud of all our Year 1 and Year 2 children who worked so hard to create these thoughtful poppies and wreaths to mark Remembrance Day. What a lovely way to spread kindness and show respect within our local community.

A huge thank you to the staff and patients at Tocketts Ward and the team at Brotton GP Surgery for making our children feel so welcome. 💜

Look at our brilliant 2-year-olds! 🌟

Our little learners are becoming increasingly independent and we couldn't be prouder. After just eight weeks at school, they've settled into their routines so beautifully and are already taking responsibility for tidying up ...independently.

From putting away bean bags and stepping stones to learning how to fasten their own coats, they're developing independence, teamwork and a real sense of responsibility.

It's the little things that make the biggest difference! 💜

Keep up the amazing work, everyone! ⭐