Happy Dashain 2066!

Our friends in Nepal and some of our own pupils and their families, are currently enjoying celebrating the festival of Dashain. In assembly today, we learnt that this festival celebrates the triumph of good over evil and the defeat of the demon Mahisha by the Goddess Durga. We enjoyed listening to the story of the Goddess Durga - it was very exciting and we all cheered when she won!

This is a picture of the Goddess, she had 1000 arms and in each one she held a weapon from the Gods.

Meet our new friends!

We are very excited to announce that Newport Junior School now has an International partner in Nepal.

The pupils and staff at the Kuleshwor Awas Secondary School, Kathmandu, have already started to send us some information about their lives and their culture.

In assembly this week, Mrs Lock introduced us all to our new friends and we are looking forward to emailing them soon.

Mrs Jones also shared her experiences of travelling in Nepal as she went on an amazing adventure there this summer. She even had to give an elephant a bath!

This picture shows some of our new friends working in their classroom with their teacher. What similarities and differences can you see between the classroom in Nepal and our own?