RE Week

The children enjoyed a special week celebrating world faith week.  As a faith school, we continue to foster respect and tolerance for all world faiths and endeavour to learn more about these to improve our understanding of different religions across our local and wider community.  

• Class Reception learnt all about the faith of Islam.  They discovered what Muslim people believe, including learning all about the special rules that Muslims follow.  Today, everyone enjoyed joining the children at Marsden Community primary School to learn more about the faith of Islam.   
• Class 1 studied Hinduism.  The children enjoyed meditating and decorating biscuits with the Hindu symbol for God. 
• Class 2 really enjoyed immersing themselves into the religion ‘Sikhism’. They learnt all about the Gurdwara (their place of worship), the 5 Ks (symbols most Sikhs wear on their body) and the story of Guru Nanak (the first guru). The children also took part in some meditation whilst singing the words ‘waheguru’ at the Gurdwara in Manchester with Hardev. 
• Year 3 enjoyed their trip to The Buddhist Centre learning lots about the Buddhist faith and hearing the story of ‘Siddhartha and the Swan’. They also joined in with meditation and the traditional Buddhist exercise- Tai-Chi. 
• Class 4 studied Judaism. They looked at the different festivals such as Passover and Hanukkah to find out how Jews celebrate. They also had a visit from Ann Angel, a Jewish teacher, to find out more about Shabbat and the Jewish way of life.
• Year 5 studied Islam and learnt about the ‘Five Pillars of Islam’, made mosques, designed prayer mats and researched Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr. They also interviewed a special visitor, Mrs Ali, who is a practising Muslim, through MS Teams by asking their own questions about the Islamic faith.  These wonderful conversations helped the children to gain a much deeper understanding of Islam.  
• In Year 6, children learnt about the religion of Sikhism and produced an information booklet all about Sikhism which includes: a biography about the life of Guru Nanak (the founder of Sikhism), a balanced argument about the Kirpan, an information page about the Five K’s, and a recount of their visit to a Sikh Gurdwara in Manchester