Blog by Tag: RE

This half term in school we have been learning about Sadaqah, a core value in Islam all about 'kindness'. For Maple class, this means that we have been working on our sharing and turn-taking, being kind to one another. 

To practice our sharing and turn-taking, the class joined in with a sensory…

This week we have focussed on being kind. As a class we had a discussion about Islam and what is meant by Sadaqah, it was a new word to the class so we discussed how it means being kind, being kind to each other, kind to family and kind to others. We discussed different ways that we are all kind…

9G have taken part in an activity this week where we have made our own Sadaqah Jars or Kindness Jars. Sadaqah is about being charitable to others, and we are doing this in class by being kind to one another. 

All the parents sent in lots of Jars for 9G so there was enough for other classes to…

Beech class have started 'Christmas'  this week! We have been exploring our sensory trays- Santa's beard, twinkle stars and present wrapping. The children have been dressing up and were very excited when we decorated our class tree. We hammered and explored the santa's workshop making presents and…

What a busy week we’ve had in Chestnut Class. We’ve been exploring lots of fun Christmas activities. During continuous provision we’ve been getting messy with our igloo snow scene made with flour and glitter, and have been using our fine motor skills to colour some beautiful Christmas pictures. We…

Today 7A have been thinking about Sadaqah. We learnt that for Muslims, Sadaqah is all about being kind to others. We created our own kindness jars following an in-task schedule and we put ideas inside of things we could do to be kind to others. We came up with some fantastic suggestions. Joshua…

Today the class had a religious themed lesson in our ‘The World About Me’ session as part of our Autumn term religious focus. We looked at the Islamic charitable philosophy of Sadaqah. 

This means being charitable and helping those in need. We had a whole class discussion about what…

As part of our study of religious events, we have been looking at the Islamic pillar of Sadaqah and examining their core value of kindness. 
 

To do this we first of all talked about all the different acts of kindness and as a class we discussed how we can show kindness to each other. Some of…

This week in Beech class we have been learning about ourselves. We have been practicing sharing and playing with our friends. Supported by our dolly role play we explored about self care by washing the babies, brushing hair and feeding them. We have explored lots of different foods and role played…

We have continued our work on Diwali at the beginning of our week in 7A this week.

On Monday we started to read a story called Dipal’s Diwali that follows a Hindu family throughout their Diwali celebrations. We all enjoyed learning more about Diwali and what is involved during the…

Today Sycamore have enjoyed a fun-filled day learning about Diwali.

Sycamore have been learning different facts about Diwali. We found out that:

• Diwali is a very important festival celebrated by many people around the world.
• Diwali is celebrated by Hindu’s but can be celebrated by…

This week as part of our Celebrations topic we have been learning about Diwali. We learnt that Hindus celebrate with lamps, prayers, gifts and fireworks on the third day of Diwali. We applied our learning about dancing with props last week to create a partner dance to show a fireworks display.…