Thanks Krishna,

We had a great day – we couldn’t believe how many resources Indri had – that really added to the experience for the children. They loved the day and learnt so much – as did the staff!

As we are a small school, we do a 4 yearly cycle so we’ll be in touch in 4 years!

Many thanks also for responses to emails/ planning stage, which was really good.

Julia

Dear Krishna,

Thank you very much for that feedback, we hope Indri enjoyed it as much as we did.

The children engaged well and kept their Bindis on for the remainder of the day, having conversations with other children in the playground when asked about them.
The workshop had all the children focused and allowed for adult and child input.

Everyone who saw the workshop commented on how lovely it was and we will definitely be looking to book you again. Year 3 and 4 work on a 2 year cycle, so when I know which year group will be studying Hindu next year we will book.

I hope Indri had a safe drive home.

Thank you again.

Nicola

Hi Krishna,

Thank you so much for your email. We have thoroughly enjoyed our workshop today and would highly recommend it to other schools. Indri has given me some leaflets, which I am going to hand out when I am next on a course in the Local Authority!

With regard to feedback, all three classes which were involved have found Indri’s workshop funny, engaging, pacy, exciting and inspiring. The range of artifacts that Indri brought was truly magical for the children- it was like having a taste of India in our school. What was equally lovely was that just like week, we were talking about a range of Indian spices in our literacy lessons (comparing them to the colours of the rainbow) and Indri was able to show us some real-life examples of these spices, including saffron, which we were all very excited about.

Indri was efficient with setting up and he was able to make use of the space provided. Even when there was a slight issue with the amount of children/staff available to help with the face-painting, Indri remained calm and quickly came up with an alternative solution to ensure that all of the children had their face painted.

I would love to look to book for next year, however, I was mentioning to Indri, as a school we are not sure who is going to be teaching in which year group next year. As soon as I know, I will be in contact. Similarly, if it is not me who is in Year 1/2 for the India topic next year, I will be recommending your workshop for them (in high regard!).

Thank you again for all of your help in organising this event, Krishna, and a huge thank you to Indri too for all of his hard work in putting the day together.

Take care,

Abbie 😆

Dear Krishna,

I would just like to say thank you. The children at Cockernhoe School had a fabulous day. The display and resources were fantastic and really well presented we enjoyed the colourful presentation and the lovely stories which they promoted. During the parent assembly Idri talked a lot about the similarities between other religions and in particular towards Christianity, we have not asked the parents before and as a Church school were a little apprehensive of their opinion, they really enjoyed the presentation. KS1 enjoyed the event very much, they enjoyed the dressing up most, the children love interacting and role playing the stories. KS2 also enjoyed their afternoon of Hinduism.

A little feedback from the KS1 children –

I loved the Rama and Sita story.
I liked being the Goddess of animals.
The meditations was relaxing we felt chilled.
I liked doing the actions to the story of Ganesh.
I loved the story of the cow that cried.
It was fantastic, I really love how they dress.
The best bit was where he said ‘Meditation.’
We had a wonderful Hindu experience at Cockernhoe, as we did two years ago, and I am sure we will be in touch very soon to book another.

Thank you once again for your time and energy with the planning and correspondence, very well organised. it has been a pleasure to work with you.

Kind regards

Jane Williams