17 Jan

7R learn about Sikhism for World Religion Week 2020!

This week, 7R have been learning about Sikhism. We started by learning about the 5Ks. We watched videos and interacted with props before making our own Kangha or designing a Kirpan. We talked about what the 5Ks represented for Sikhs. We then learnt all about the Gudwara. We learnt about the…

17 Jan

Maple Class Celebrate World Religion Week

Wow what a busy week we have had in Maple Class!

This week we have been learning all about Judiasm with Miss Curry and Mr Darbyshire. Miss Curry led a sensory story on the creation story and we all started to be able to retell it using sensory props and signs. We have also explored different…

17 Jan

10G World Religion Week - January 2020

What a fantastic week 10G have had, exploring Hinduism. We have dressed in traditional clothing, visited a place of worship, meditated with Yoga, enjoyed creating music with instruments and our voices, made Diwali lamps and also Rangoli patterns. This afternoon we finished off making traditional…

17 Jan

Chestnut learn about Islam

Chestnut Class have learnt all about Islam this week. We have watched Attention Autism sessions learning that they go to Mosque. We made window colour catchers that were shaped in the crescent and star.

Thursday afternoon we explored lots of different themed activities, colouring pictures,…

17 Jan

Beech - World Religion Week Islam 2020

Beech class have enjoyed exploring Islam this week with a range of different fun activities we started with  Attention Autism where we explored the star and crescent moon of Islam with flour we then had star and crescent moon painting, role play using dressing up and we even got to look at the…

16 Jan

11R begin to look at the meaning of Prayer Flags and the 4 Nobel Truths

Today year 11 learnt that each colour of the Buddhism Prayer flags are to support Buddhist in living a better life, a life without anger, jealousy, ignorance, delusion and pride. We then made our own flags.

 

This afternoon we looked at the four sights that the Buddha saw which lead him to…

15 Jan

11R Make Prayer Beads

Our Buddhism artefact table is becoming increasingly busy now. 

 

Pupils took part in a hide and seek information activity learning different information teaching them the significance of prayer beads within the Buddhist faith.

 

We then used our maths skills to count the correct…

15 Jan

7G Learn about a Gurdwara!

For World Religion Week 7G are learning about Sikhism! 
 

We started our learning about the religion by looking at their place of Worship called a Gurdwara. We watched a short video clip of a little girl showing us what happens there. 

There was some good remembering from the video: Harry…

14 Jan

Hindu Temple visit January 2020

 This week for World Religion week 10G are studying Hinduism. Today we  enjoyed a very interesting and informative morning at a visit to the Gujurat  Hindu Society and Temple in Preston.

The students were shown around the Temple so that they were able to look at all the different Gods and…

14 Jan

Religion Week in 8G

This week is Religion week at Astley Park School.

8G are learning all about Christianity. Yesterday we spoke about what Christians believe and the rules that they follow. We talked about why the symbol of a Cross is important and where Christians go to pray.

We then made amazing pictures…

14 Jan

11R Learn About Vesak

This morning 11R took part in a meditation session, focusing on Buddha with intense burning in the background. Pupils followed a guided relaxation video helping us to set stress and relax. This is a practice often carried out in the Buddhist religion. We ended the meditation with a feelings circle…

13 Jan

11R Look at Buddhism for World Religion Week

What a great start to Religion Week!

 

We started the day with a Padlet exercise saying what we know about the Buddhist religion and thinking about what we would like to learn.

 

We learned about the birth of Buddha and had a Kahoot! To follow. 

 

We also looked at a time of…