I read out the story of Passover and the children re-enacted it. They particularly enjoyed the plagues! The children then hid ‘Matzos’ biscuits in the woods – just like parents hide them for their children at Passover. One group hid them in one half of the woods etc. Once we had finished I asked the children to go and see if theirs had been found and if not I collected them in. We completed the session by making transient art pictures of the plagues. As part of the learning we discussed the similarities between Christianity and Judaism ( Jesus / Abraham. God etc.). we also noted, yet again, that all the faiths we have dipped into celebrate their festivals in similar ways. Tomorrow we will review our learning in class and focus on the values.
Lovely weather and it all went well. If we had time in the future it would be nice to make a transient art cartoon strip of the whole story!