Learning objective
- To discuss why a gurdwara is a special place for some Sikh people by discovering the importance of its different features.
Success criteria
- I can identify
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Religious Education Council Curriculum Framework for RE in England (non-statutory guidance):
- A1: Recall and
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Cross-curricular links
English
Spoken language
Pupils should be taught
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Display the Presentation: Paint splash. Working in pairs, ask the children to work out which features of a synagogue are obscured by the paint splashes and tell each other how they help some Jewish people to pray. Take feedback.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Should use the Resource: Sentence stems (support) to explain how they sorted the features; could listen to the quotes on the Presentation: Gurdwara as a prompt.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could describe the value to some Sikh people of each of the features in the Activity: Inside a gurdwara; could add some of their own ideas to the Activity: Inside a gurdwara based on what they saw in the videos; could make comparisons between how some people prepare for prayer at a mosque and a gurdwara.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: describing how we know
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Vocabulary definitions
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Ardaas
A prayer recited by the person leading worship in a gurdwara at the beginning or end of a service.
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Chaur sahib
A fan used over the Guru Granth Sahib to show respect.
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In this unit
Assessment resources
Lesson 1: Why do some Muslim people pray in a mosque?
Lesson 2: What can Orthodox churches suggest about some Christians’ beliefs?
Lesson 3: What can we learn by exploring different Christian places of worship?
Lesson 4: Why do some Jewish people go to a synagogue?
Lesson 5: Why do some Sikh people visit a gurdwara?
Lesson 6: What makes a place important to believers?
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 22nd July, 2024
