R.E.

Religious Education

Year 7  -  Autumn Term

Pupils will explore:

• What do we mean by Signs and Symbols?

• How useful are signs and symbols in everyday life

• Religious symbols and their meanings

• The importance of symbols to religious believers

• Food and symbolism

• A local church – St Oswalds at Bidston

• Visit from the local vicar to talk about his role and the place of the Church in the community

• The nativity story and its symbolism

• Christmas celebrations around the world

Activities will include food tasting, exploring religious artefacts, making a Christingle, ICT research on Christmas traditions and drama.

Year 8 Religious Education – Autumn Term

Pupils will explore three World Religions this year. In the first term, they will focus on the religion of Judaism. They will find out about:

• Jewish beliefs about God

• Abraham - the founder of Judaism

• The importance of Moses to the Jewish religion

• The festival of Passover

• The Seder meal and symbolic foods

• The ten commandments

• The Torah and its importance in everyday life

• Objects associated with prayer

• The Synagogue and Worship

Activities to include storytelling, acting out a seder celebration, tasting symbolic foods, designing their own Passover plate and making their own Torah scroll.

Year 9 Religious Education – Autumn Term

Students will study Festivals and Celebrations this term. They will explore:

• What is a Festival?

• Research special days and festivals from around the world

• Consider the importance of special days to us as individuals and as a community

• Interview someone about their special day, find out how they celebrate and why it is special

• Chinese New Year

• The Jewish festivals of Purim and Hanukkah

• Harvest and Sukkot

   

Activities will include I.C.T. research, class presentations, conducting interviews, puppet play, craft activities and designing a Jewish Sukkah.

   Rosh Hashanah

Year 9 Students have been looking at the Jewish festival of Rosh Hashanah. This festival took place on the 6th - 8th September, this year. Traditionally a shofar horn is blown to mark the Jewish New Year. Students particularly enjoyed the tradition of dipping apples into honey, which is symbolic of wishing one another a sweet new year or "Shanah tovah"