We discovered that we might belong to schools, families and groups…some of us belong to different clubs, but we all belong to Christopher Pickering Primary School.

This week we looked at different faiths that people can belong to… Christian, Muslim and Sikh and we looked at the symbols that represent them.  We found out that different faiths all have different places of worship and different Gods that they pray to.

We discussed the Christian church, Skyla goes to church with her family on a Sunday and they “sing songs and pray”, Matilda knew that “Jesus died on a cross”, and Forrest remembered that “he came back to life a couple of days later”.

Ivan was able to share with us that he is a Muslim, “my family are all Muslims too”.

We looked at different places of worship, the children thought the Muslim mosque  looked very fancy, some recognised a Christian Church and we discovered that Sikhs worshiped at a Gurdwara.

We spoke about praying, Thomas knew that “Mrs. Marson says a prayer at the end of assembly, we put our hands together and close our eyes”.

We also looked at clothing that different faiths wear, learning that Sikh boys cover their heads with a Romala and that Muslim girls wear a Hijab.

We looked at the similarities and differences between different faiths. The children discovered that both Christian and Sikh children have places of worship where they can go to pray to their own God.

People may have different beliefs and Gods that they worship, we may wear different clothes and pray in different ways in different places, but everyone is special.