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• 6.1: Early Years
• 6.2: Literacy
• 6.3: Mathematics
• 6.4: Science
• 6.5: History
• 6.6: Geography
• 6.7: Religious Education
  • KS1 (age 5-7)
  • 6.7.2: Find Out About Beliefs and Belonging (age 5-7)
  • KS2 (age 7-11)
  • 6.7.4: Celebrations and Special Times (age 7-11)
  • 6.7.5: Worship and Sacred places (age 7-11)
  • 6.7.6: Rites of Passage (age 7-11)
• 6.8: PSHE
• 6.9: Modern Foreign Language

Religious Education

Celebrations and Special Times (age 7-11)

"Extremely useful for specialists and
non-specialists alike.

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Bring the major world faiths into your classroom with the best of BBC TV plus amazing images, photographs, audio, interactive activities and games.

 

 

Key features:

• All the resources come with questions, activities and our range of interactive tools to allow pupils to investigate and explore what they see
• Content is designed to fit locally agreed syllabi and curriculum requirements
• You can customise screens to suit your class and re-use resources to make your own activities
• You'll find cross-curricular and literacy activities throughout
• The free accompanying teacher's book includes a guide to the resource with ideas for getting the most out of it - and your class!
• Celebrations and Special Times is an invaluable resource that highlights key annual celebrations and festivals for Christians, Jews, Muslims and Hindus

 

Contents:

Unit 1: Introduction

• How do we share celebrations and special times with each other?
• How do celebrations and special times make us feel?
• Happy New Year!
• Remembrance Day
• What do people do when they celebrate special times?

 

Unit 2: Hinduism

• Diwali
  - How do Hindus celebrate Diwali?
  - Diwali quiz
  - Writing focus: Diwali celebrations
• Janmashtami
  - The festival of Janmashtami
  - Janmashtami quiz

 

Unit 3: Judaism

• Rosh Hashanah
  - Rosh Hashanah: the Jewish New Year
• Yom Kippur
  - Yom Kippur
• Hanukkah
  - The story of Hanukkah
  - Why do Jews light candles at Hanukkah?
• Purim
  - A story for Purim
  - Celebrating Purim
• Passover
  - What story do Jews remember at Passover?
  - Writing focus: newspaper report on the plagues of Egypt
  - What makes Passover special?
  - The Passover meal
• Sukkot
  - The festival of Sukkot

 

Unit 4: Christianity

• Christmas
  - The story of Christmas
  - Christmas is a time for giving
  - A Christingle service
• Easter
  - Lent and the temptations of Egypt
  - Palm Sunday
  - The Last Supper
  - Good Friday
  - The Story of Easter
  - Celebrating Easter
  - Holy Week quiz
  - Writing focus: Good Friday and Holy Saturday
  - Caring for others at Harvest Festival

 

Unit 5: Islam

• Ramadan
  - Why do Muslims fast during the month of Ramadan?
  - Why is Ramadan a special time?
  - How does Ramadan change the pattern of the day for Muslims?
  - Writing focus: Fasting during Ramadan
  - How do Muslims break their fast?
  - Worship during Ramadan
• Id ul Fitr
  - Id Mubarak!
  - How do Muslims remember the poor at the festival?
  - Celebrating with family and friends
  - Ramadan and Id quiz

 

Unit 6: Sikhism

• Guru Nanak's birthday
  - Who was Guru Nanak?
  - The Mool mantra
  - The story of guru Nanak and the rich man
  - How do Sikhs put Guru Nanak's teachings into practice?
• Baisakhi
  - Celebrating Baisakhi together
  - How do people celebrate Baisakhi?
  - What story is remembered at Baisakhi?
  - Writing focus: The Baisakhi festival

 

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