Commanding Year 4

The Ten Commandments in Year 4 

Recently in RE the children have been studying Judaism. This week they looked at the 10 commandments that Jewish people live by.

The class discussed each one and the importance it held in every day life.  

Next, the children got into small groups and chose a commandments to act out. The sketches showed the children reflecting on a commandment in every day life and how it helped them to make choices. 

The rest of the class became the audience and were able to suggest which commandment had been performed and which decisions had been made based on following these. 

"It was really fun to act out how they must think when they are following the commandments in everyday life." Adalind, Maple 

"I think it would be hard for Jewish children to keep the comandments but I understamd why they may be worried if they don't" - Himanshi, Willow 

Then children were all very sensible in their discussions and were able to reflect on how difficult it might be at times for a Jewish children to keep the commandments. 

Year 4 celebrate India, Romania and Greece

Today, Broadford Primary celebrated our very first Culture & Religion Day!

Children came in dressed in clothing that represented their culture and their afternoon was spent immersing themselves in another culture. 

In Year 4 the teachers had chosen India, Romania and Greece!

With Miss Betty, the children created mandalas.

With Miss Brimmer the children tasted foods from Greece.

With Miss Bell, the children learnt a dance from Romania!

"Cheese! Made from goats?" Oscar, Maple

"Feta cheese tasted salty but I love the salad!" Ruba, Willow 

"I liked seeing how the salad was made!"Jasmine, Elm

"Mandalas are symmetrical" - Nikita

 

Year 3 Visit the Synagogue

 

Year 3 had a fabulous visit to the Synagogue this week, where we were warmly welcomed by the Jewish Community. 

Both mornings were fun and  informative. We began with the children being shown around the different parts of the Synagogue, including the prayer area, where they were able to see and hold, the Torah and Scrolls. They looked at Hebrew writing and discussed how it was different from their handwriting. The children asked some very thoughtful questions and were extremely respectful at all times. 

Every Synagogue has at least seven Torah Scrolls  - Theo

I learnt that the Ner Tamid light shines forever - Jace

The special scrolls were hidden behind the curtain - Roza

Year 4 Researching RE

 

The children worked hard in their RE lesson this week. They began by thinking about Humanists and Christians and what mattered most to them. They created some I wonder questions about the topic and shared these with their peers. 

Following this, they used their reciprocity skills to complete the jigsaw task. Each group found facts about a specifc religion and feedback to the class so they could all complete a poster sharing their knowledge. We were all very impressed at how well the children worked together and how resourceful they were in selecting their facts. 

“I found out so many new and interesting facts.” - Denis, Maple 

"We loved working together to find out some new information and sharing it!" - Himanshi, Qhaleed & Elsie, Willow 

Year 3 Visit the Synagogue

 

Year 3 had a fabulous visit to the Synagogue this week, where we were warmly welcomed by the Jewish Community. 

Both mornings were fun and  informative. We began with the children being shown around the different parts of the Synagogue, including the prayer area, where they were able to see the Torah and Scrolls. They looked at Hebrew writing and discussed how it was different from their handwriting. The children asked some very thoughtful questions and were extremely respectful at all times. 

Every Synagogue has at least seven Torah Scrolls  - Scarlett

I learnt that the Ner Tamid light shines forever - Ivan

The special scrolls were hidden behind the curtain - Ava

R.E in Year 3

 

In our R.E lesson this week, the Year 3 children used their reflectiveness skills to consider the different aspects of the words and actions of Jesus with a  focus on caring for people in need. 

They began by exploring the biblical story, 'Jesus feeds the 5000,' through the use of drama, demonstrating their reciprocity skills to freeze frame and act out the story in small groups. The children then considered the different events that happened in this story, and used expression and action to portray how to help those who are in need. 

Finally, the children showed off their acting skills to their peers with their very confident representations of how Jesus helped those around him. 

Well done Year 3, your acting skills are amazing!

"It was a miracle! How could you ever feed that much people with five loaves of bread," - Amira, Cherry 

“I really enjoyed learning about Jesus,” - Elsie, Cedar 

          

                                       “I really enjoyed the acting,” - Zariyah, Ash

Year 3 RE

 

This Spring term, the children have been looking at "How do People Express their Faith through the Arts?' In our RE lessons.

On Tuesday, the children looked at different pieces of art such as triptych, an iconography and psalms from the bible. For their task, the children worked together applying their reciprocity skills, to generate ideas and then independently to write their own psalm.

'We wrote our own psalms.' - Laura

'I liked writing my own psalm.' - Laynie

'Writing psalms is fun.' - Darren

Dazzling Dance in Year 3 RE!

 

We had an amazing time in our RE lesson this week, in Year 3!

To continue with our topic, how different religions celebrate important festivals and why, we looked at Sikhism and the Vaisakhi festival.

First, the children had to research Sikhism and find out how and why they celebrate, before learning all about the religion.

To finish of their learning, the children used their reciprocity skills to work together to learn and perform a Bhangra dance, which is a dance that is typically performed during the Vaisakhi festival that celebrates the harvest.

'It was so much fun to learn the Bhangra dance' - Miraz

'We had to dance very fast in time with the music' - Harvey 

'It was very interesting to learn about the Vaisakhi festival.' - Sophia 

'It was really fun learning the different dancing techniques.' - Darci 

'We learned all about a new religious festival.' - Ryan

'It's nice to learn a new dance from a different religion.' - Megan

Year 3's Exciting Eid Celebrations!

This week, year 3 have celebrated Eid by learning all about Ramadan in their RE lesson. They became little reporters and used their resourcefulness skills to think of questions they could ask about the Muslim faith and their journey of Ramadan.  

Today, Broadford celebrated Eid by dressing in colourful clothes and enjoyed some fun filled activities. Year 3 spent their time drawing and colouring beautiful henna designs. 

    The children really enjoyed wearing colourful clothes today to celebrate Eid and they were amazed at the celebrations Muslims enjoy during Eid. 

'Look at all of the bright colours!' - Chisom

'I enjoyed drawing different designs to create my own henna!' - Kenzie

'The henna designs are really nice and a creative way to celebrate Eid!' - Ryan

'It has been fun learning about Eid and seeing my friends dressed in bright clothes.' - Lily-Anne

Happy Lunar New Year!

Here at Broadford, we were so excited to celebrate the year of the tiger for Lunar new year! All year groups had some fun learning all about Lunar new year and how it is celebrated. Each class chose a fun activity to celebrate this special occasion for so many and we wanted to share their amazing creativeness with you! 

Nursery 

Reception 

Year 1 

Year 2 

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5 

We hope you have a fantastic and restful weekend!