DACA: Workshop Research

So we have been meeting up as a group but not everyone has been coming which is quite frustrating as it just delays time. anyway now that we have met a couple of time we have been reaerching into the Holi festival for our workshop.

Holi (pronunciation: /ˈhoʊliː/; Sanskrit: होली Holī) is a spring festival, also known as the festival of colours or the festival of love.It is an ancient Hindu religious festival which has become popular with non-Hindus in many parts of South Asia, as well as people of other communities outside Asia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holi

Instead of just concentrating on the Holi festival we have been looking for other cultural festivals that we could bring in such as the tomato festival in Spain and the colour run in the UK and Manchester as this would make it relevant to the kids. We plan to have a colour fight based on this cultural aspects. However I don't feel like this is a great idea but I feel like I haven't been able to say this to the group as I don't want to look like I am putting other peoples ideas down. I am going to mention it to the group, it's not that I think it shouldn't be about culture its just that it doesn't link in with the rest of the day we have planned. Plus in all honesty I don't think it will engage the pupils if the whole workshop is based on Holi because even I find it quite boring. But I do think it has a valid point as to why we are doing the colour fight so I think it should be mentioned but just as a short part.

Apart from this I have been doing my own research into costings for the resources we need. I have been looking primarily at the safety equipment i.e. goggle, overalls, dust masks, shoe covers.