Religious education We are learning about celebrations so

Religious education

We are learning about celebrations so that we can identify religious and non religious celebrations.

Draw a mind map and write your ideas about the word Celebration. • • What are you ideas about the word celebration? What do you think it means? How do you celebrate? What is worth celebrating? Celebrations

What is worth celebrating? Think about a party or celebrations that you have been to. What was being celebrated? Why did celebration take place? Who was it for?

What would you like to celebrate? Imagine that all schools are going to be closed for an extra day a year to celebrate something and you can choose what the celebration will be. Can you think of something that has happened in your life that would be worth celebrating every year? How would you celebrate? What could be celebrated by the whole community? How would it help the community to celebrate this?

Can you name celebrations you already know about?

Sorting types of celebrations Some celebrations can be are classed as religious and some as not religious. Split your page into two. Religious celebrations Non religious celebrations

Sort the list of celebrations into which ones are religious celebration and the ones which are not religious celebrations. Religious celebrations Non religious celebrations Burns' Night Holi Halloween Good Friday Lent Christmas Palm Sunday Easter Diwali April Fool's Day Father's Day Ash Wednesday Summer Solstice Notting Hill Carnival St George’s Day Trinity Sunday Harvest Festival Bonfire night Remembrance Day Queen's Official Birthday

Answers Religious celebrations Non religious celebrations • Ash Wednesday • Burns' Night • Lent • April Fool's Day • Christmas • Queen's Official Birthday • Easter • Father's Day • Holi • Summer Solstice • Palm Sunday • Notting Hill Carnival • Good Friday • Halloween • St George’s Day • Bonfire night • Trinity Sunday • Remembrance Day • Harvest Festival • Diwali

Plenary What is a celebration ? Why do people celebrate? What is worth celebrating?