1B - RE - What makes some places sacred?

Lesson: Religious education

Topic -  What makes some places sacred?

Year 1 have been learning about why a church is an important place of worship to Chrisitians and have been identifying special artefacts and symbols e.g. altar, cross, crucifix, font, lectern and candles. They have also learnt that a mosque is an important place of worship for Muslims and were able identify special artefacts and symbols e.g. wudu, minbar, prayer mat and mihrab. Year 1 then looked at what a synagogue was and why it is an important place of worship for Jewish people. They looekd at special artefacts and symbols that would be found in a synagogue e.g. Torah scroll, Torah ark, yad and kippah. By the end of this unit, Year 1 were able to compare similarities and differences between the place of worship for Christians, Muslims and Jewish people.