--- title: "Reception - Celebrating the Hindu Festival of Holi!" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-04-08-reception-celebrating-the-hindu-festival-of-holi" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Reception - Celebrating the Hindu Festival of Holi! ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/IMG_2286.jpeg) 8 April 2025 Our Reception class had a fantastic time learning about and celebrating the Hindu Festival of Holi – the festival of colours! The children enjoyed exploring colour through a variety of creative activities. Outside, they used spray bottles filled with vibrant paints to create beautiful art on large sheets of paper, mimicking the joyful splashes of colour seen during Holi celebrations. Indoors, they used digital tools on the interactive whiteboard to create their own colourful masterpieces, experimenting with shape, colour, and design. It was a fun, engaging way to learn about different cultures and traditions while developing our artistic and fine motor skills. What a colourful day we had!![](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/images/news/IMG_2286.jpeg) [Reception](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/reception) [Early Years Foundation Stage](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/early-years-foundation-stage) [Art and Design](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/art-and-design) [Religious Education](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/religious-education) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Collage_2025-04-09_08_17_58.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-04-07-nursery-r-e-exploring-colours-in-relation-to-holi-celebrations) Previous ### [Nursery - R.E - Exploring Colours In Relation To Holi Celebrations ](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-04-07-nursery-r-e-exploring-colours-in-relation-to-holi-celebrations) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_9372.jpeg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-04-09-online-safety-search-engines) Next ### [Online Safety - Search Engines](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-04-09-online-safety-search-engines) ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/events) - [Clubs](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)