ABSTRACT
The multi-faith school, at every age, is potentially a place for growth and enrichment of a kind never before experienced in Britain. First-hand experience of celebrating different festivals should help the children to learn about festivals in a variety of religious traditions and to understand something of the significance of each festival to the community which celebrates it. Celebrating different religious festivals has become an accepted part of the sharing of cultural diversity advocated by the Swann Report. This chapter discusses a project where the schools, referred to here as School E and School F, had different catchments and started from slightly different perspectives, but both showed a concern to know about the different backgrounds and cultures in the wider community. After the even, the children had a better idea of what it was all about and wanted to share their experiences. The talk was much less focused; although they had all experienced the same event, individual reactions were different.
