As part of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), we must ensure the children are continuously introduced to different communities so that they can begin to know their own and other people’s cultures in order to understand and celebrate the similarities and differences between them. To help support this area of learning (Knowledge & Understanding of the World) we have set up a ‘Celebration’ corner, where artefacts, pictures and books will be displayed of a relevant festival every half term. During the last couple of weeks of this half term, we will be talking to the children about some of the different celebrations that will be going on around the world in December, one of which will be the Jewish holiday Hanukkah, which starts on December 20th.
