At St. Aidan's learning and celebrating other faiths is fundamental in celebrating diversity.  Provision for teaching pupils about the world faiths is planned for using, 'Come and See'.

Visit to Jewish Synagogue. 

As one of our other faith topics, we study Judaism in R.E. lessons.  Children in KS2 visited Coulsdon Synagogue to see different signs and symbols associated with Jewish Religion. The staff at the synagogue were very helpful, especially the Rabbi who is a Jewish leader and teacher of Judaism.  When we went in, the children were told that Jewish people wear a skull cap (a kippah) as a mark of respect.  Jewish men wear a special prayer shawl when they pray.  They call it a ‘tallit’ and the Rabbi wore one of these.  We saw a special cupboard called the Ark and it contains the Torah scrolls which have been written by a scribe in Hebrew.  Hebrew writing is read from right to left unlike English which is written and read left to right.  The Torah Scroll in the synagogue is 180 years old. Jewish people who read the Torah do not touch the script with their fingers.  They use a pointer known as a ‘yad’.  When they pray, Jewish people face in a particular direction, the direction of Jerusalem in Israel which is a place that all Jewish people would like to visit during their life.

The children also sampled some traditional Jewish food including unleavened bread, apple and honey and doughnuts. We are enormously grateful to Rabbi Boaz Sabey for allowing us to visit his synagogue.

In the summer term we looked at Islam as our other religion.   Here are the different aspects each year group looked at:

Year 3 - The Mosque:

Places of worship - a Mosque

Year 4 - The Qur'an:

First words of the Qur'an
Names of the Qur'an

Year 5 - Islamic Holidays:

The Islamic Calendar
Hajj

Year 6 - The Five Pillars of Islam:

Zaka

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ST AIDAN'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL
PORTNALL ROAD,
COULSDON, SURREY,
CR5 3DE

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