Autumn 1 - Judaism | Clitheroe Pendle Primary School

We have started to learn about the lives of Jewish people and how their faith is important to them. Today we watched and participated in the story of Hannukah. The children wrote important facts about the origins of the Jewish religion and decorated the special candle - Menorah.

After a wonderful recap of the lesson about the Menorah we viewed a clip about a Jewish family celebrating Hanukkah. The children were amazing recalling the facts they remembered about King Antiochus, The Maccabees, Menorah and the meaning behind the 8 candles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsXQfCeMHs8

Today we learnt about the importance of

Gelt - money given at Hanukkah

Driedel - a game

Laktes - potato pancake (Ask your child why they were fried in oil?)

Sukkot and Sukkah

Sukkot is the Jewish Autumn Festival. The children watched and discussed the images and meanings on a powerpoint. We then designed and labelled our own Sukkah tent for the families to eat, pray and sleep in.

Shabbat - The Jewish Festival

We had a brilliant discussion today about what happens on the Jewish Sabbath when it begins on a Friday night. We labelled and wrote about the meanings of The Torah (bible), Challah (bread),

Kiddush Cup ( drinking wine/juice), Synagogue (place of worship), Tallit (prayer shawl) and the importance of lighting 2 candles.

The children began to decorate Star of David stain glass windows and make Star of David symbols.