Year A Autumn Term - Y3/4 - Christianity and what it means to be a Christian

Why not do some of the activities below:

1. Interview a Christian and find out about their beliefs.

2. Make an information leaflet for a person that knows nothing about Christianity.

3. Prepare an assembly / PowerPoint on Christian Festivals and share it with your friends. 

4. Read a Children's Bible. Find a story from the New Testament and a story from the Old Testament. Draw a scene from the story.  

Year A Autumn Term - Year 5/6 Freedom and Justice

The students in Y5/6 are learning about concepts of Freedom and Justice. Why not try some of the activities below:

1. Design a flag or logo to represent Freedom or Justice.

2. Make a fact-file about Nelson Mandela's life. 

3. Make a Black Lives Matter poster.

4. Prepare an assembly on the theme of Justice or Freedom. 

Year A Spring Term - Year 3/4 - Pilgrimage

Why not try to do some of these activities:

1. Design a Postcard for popular places of Pilgrimage e.g. Jerusalem. Think carefully about the 'photo/ image' that might fit on the postcard. You could then imagine that you are writing to friends or family back home and tell them how you are feeling now that you have reached your destination. 

2. Pretend that you are a pilgrim and keep a diary of your thoughts and feelings as you prepare and then embark on your pilgrimage/ special journey. 

Year A Spring Term - Year 5/6 - Worship

Why not do some of these activities:

1. Create a piece of art that shows all the things that have 'worth' to you personally.

2. Make up your own prayer that focuses on anything that is important to you e.g. caring for nature, tolerance to others or feeling grateful, etc. Illustrate your prayer. 

3. Listen to some religious music from religions that you know about - record what the pieces are called and how they make you feel. 

4. Ask for permission to research religious art and try to find out why it was created and who the artist was. 

5. Ask for permission to watch some Liturgical dance ( scared dance in Christianity). How does it make you feel? Consider why people wish to choreograph and perform it. 

5. Make a poster about the importance of religious freedom or find out about a person that has fought for religious freedom or been denied it. 

Year A Summer Term - Year 3/4 - Islam

They are going to meet Imran Kotwal and he will explain the five pillars of Islam. 

Here are some tasks that you could do at home to help you understand the topic deeper:

1. Create a leaflet to advertise Imran from the Muslim Learning Centre. 

2. Design a Muslim Prayer Mat (make sure that you research Muslim patterns and find out more about symbols and calligraphy).

3. Prepare and record a Muslim Islam Radio Show (what will you tell your listeners about?)

Remember to share with us at school.

Enjoy! 

Year A Summer Term - Year 5/6 - Commitment

Y 5 and 6 will be thinking about 'commitment' in their final World Views and Religion Topic. 

To think about this further, you could do some of these activities.

1. Discuss with your family a 'new' commitment and ask an adult to help you monitor it. Maybe keep a record of your progress.

2. Write an acrostic poem using the words COMMITMENT to try to explain or give examples of what commitment actually means and how people show it.

3. Make a PowerPoint Presentation on Commitment and cover people that are committed to something worthwhile. (Make a great job and we can use it in an assembly). 

                                                                     COURAGE

                                                                 ONE HUNDRED PERCENT

                               METTLE

                               MAGNIFICENT

                     INTEGRITY

                     TAKE-CHARGE

                     MANAGE

                     ENCOURAGE

                     NOBLE

                     TRUE-HEARTED

Year B Autumn Term - Year 3/4 - The Bible

Create a guide of the different types of books in the Bible. You could produce a poster, leaflet, 'How to' or video guide. Write a short Playscript of a parable from the Bible or make a cartoon strip to teach the story to other children. 

Year B Autumn Term - Year 5/6 - Buddhism

Create your own Buddharupa. This can be a picture or a sculpture, made from any materials that you wish to use. Why not research the meaning of different poses and hand positions of Buddha prior to creating your Buddharupa, and choose one that you would like to depict. 

Create a piece of artwork to portray the Buddhist beliefs of karma and/or rebirth. 

Year B Spring Term - Year 3/4 - What do we know about Jesus?

Create a fact file about Jesus or a biography.

Or create 5 drawings of Jesus that show something about his life or character e.g. Jesus the healer, Jesus the good friend. 

Year B Spring Term - Year 5/6 - Stories of Christianity

Choose a favourite parable such as The Good Samaritan, The lost Sheep or The prodigal Son. Either write a newspaper report from the time in a journalistic style, showing good features of reports.  Or write a modern version of the parable. Set it nowadays and modernise it but make sure that you stay true to the message and why people believe Jesus told the story. 

Year B Summer Term - Year 3/4 - Food and Fasting

We will be discovering the importance of food and fasting in religion, finding out who does this practice and why. Create a menu for a feast fit for a wonderful celebration. 

Year B Summer Term - Year 5/6 - Peace

We will be discovering what peace means to different religious groups. Create your own poster to encourage peace and love.