Religious Education

Belonging: Judaism

Judaism is one of the world's 6 main religions.

People who belong to the faith follow it's teachings are called Jews. 

This week we would like you to think about what it means to belong.

• What do you belong to? This might be your family, school, clubs, religions
• What does it feel like to belong? Does it make you feel special, safe, happy?
• What does it mean to belong to the Jewish faith? Use the videos and links to find out.

The Star of David is the symbol of Judaism.

It represents belonging to the Jewish faith. Can you have a go at creating a Star of David?

You might want to...

• paint
• collage
• mosaic
• draw
• colour
• use a paint programme. 

Send us your work to share with the rest of your class. kappleyard@arnoldmill.notts.sch.uk 

Vaisakhi

Vaisakhi is one of the most important dates in the Sikh calendar. It celebrates New year and commemorates 1699 the year Sikhism was born as a collective faith.

Vaisakhi was celebrated on the 13th April in homes across the world. It was celebrated by one of friends in Class 1C below are some photos of this special time. The food looks yummy!

Easter activity ideas 

• Make an Easter card for your family
• Design an Easter egg
• Decorate a hard boiled egg (if you have one)
• Have a game of egg rolling with your family in the garden
• Make an Easter basket
• Make an Easter hat
• Draw a picture of some Spring flowers
• Make some Easter cakes
• Have an Easter egg hunt in your garden (with chocolate eggs, real eggs or make some paper eggs!)
• How many bunny jumps can you do in 1 minute? 

Please send me photos of your Easter activities to put on our class page and we can celebrate Easter together in a different way!

Easter Project 

Over the Easter break (Week beginning Monday 6th April), your special job is to research two festivals: Easter and Vaisakhi.

• What is Easter?
• Who celebrates Easter and when is it?
• Why is it important?
• What is Vaisakhi?
• Who celebrates Vaisakhi and when is it?
• Why is it important?

Can you:

• Make a story map of the each story
• Write the Easter story
• Write the story of Vaisakhi
• Write 5 facts about each festival

Use these websites to help you: