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The Festival of Sukkot and Harvest

I am developing an awareness of the ways in which followers of  world religions celebrate different times of year and can relate these to my own life and community. RME 1-06b

We have been learning about the Christian festival of Harvest and also the Jewish festival of Sukkot. We made our own Sukkahs.

Jewish people like to thank God for looking after them.

Sukkot is celebrated in the Autumn, it is similar to the Christian festival of Harvest.

It is a time to remember the time the Jewish people spent in the wilderness, being lead by Moses, when they escaped from Egypt.

To remember and celebrate Sukkot, Jews build a sukkah.

A sukkah is a special hut with a wooden frame. The roof is made from branches and leaves because the stars can still be seen through them.

It is nicely decorated with candles and fruit. People like to hang fruits from the roof and hang pictures and decorations on the walls.

During the Sukkot celebrations Jews like to spend as much time as they can in their sukkah. They will eat, sing, tell stories and even sleep in their Sukkah.

 

Harvest

The children were asked to bring something in for the Harvest table.

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The whole school had an assembly to find out more about Harvest.

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Why have we brought food in for harvest?

“Some people don’t have food to eat” Alex (Yellow  A.M Group)

“Because its for the old people in the village” Murray (Yellow P.M Group)

“To help people” Ailsa (Blue A.M Group)

The children brought lots of food in. The school made up Harvest bags and the Nursery took some of the bags across to the elderly people that lived in Montgomerie Court.

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The ladies and gentlemen were very pleased to see us. And were all very grateful for their bags.

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Some people were not in Bella had a very good idea “We can leave it for a surprise”

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The rest of the food was given to the food bank.

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