MUTUAL RESPECT – Whole School Activity

Task: Propose an event to promote mutual respect in our schools
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> Event would be year group days for Years 7 to 10 which could be run annually allowing all pupils to experience 'A day in the life of...' four differing cultures. E.g. Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Jewish.
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> Objectives:
> To develop an understanding of the ways others live within their culture and by developing understanding promote mutual respect.
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> * MUSLIM *
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> Asking pupils of the same year group as the group having the day from a Muslim school to come in Q and As with small groups
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> Dressing in hijabs, burqas explaining why they do this
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> Learn 5 prayers that they do in the day
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> Role play the pilgrimage to Makkah
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> School canteen only to serve food on that day suitable for Muslims
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> Ideas for 'A day in the life of a Hindu'
> Asking pupils of the same year group as the group having the day from a Hindu school to come in Q and As with small groups
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> School canteen only to serve food on that day suitable for Hindus
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> *HINDU*
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> Routine activity (religious) workshop:
> A prayer once awake thanking God for blessing them with another day
> take a bath
> Personal prayers
> *daily life (work, dinner etc...)*
> (In the family shrine) perform group prayers
> Short prayers to the family deity
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> How to perform prayer workshop:
> "OM" meditation
> Mantrophy
> Light a Diya
> Place flowers
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> Forbidden foods activity:
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> Have a selection of foods containing the below foods and ask pupils to decided which ones Hindus can't eat. Out tent cards with the foods with the reasons why.
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> Fish
> Meat (especially beef) *respect of the cow*
> Poultry
> Eggs
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> * Hindu music playing throughout in the back ground *
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> Dress up activity :
> Students are presented with articles of clothing which Hindu's wear. Task is to identify the clothing and guess where it may go using another student as sort of Mannequin. Then they present their 'models' within the wider group they're in to see which group got the most correct.
> Then show the correct placement of the clothes and why they wear them.
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> Role play activity:
> Split into groups with each group having their own sheet with a summarised story of a Hindu myth (each group gets a different one) the group then have a limited amount of time to create their own role-play to perform to the other groups in order to show them the myths they were given. After each performance students will try and guess what the moral behind the story is.
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> Asking pupils of the same year group as the group having the day from a Sikh school to come in Q and As with small groups
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> School canteen only to serve food on that day suitable for Sikhs
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> *JEW*
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> Asking pupils of the same year group as the group having the day from a Jewish school to come in Q and As with small groups
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> As the Orthodox Jews do not use electricity on the Sabbath, one idea for an activity would be to ask pupils to complete everyday tasks which need electricity without. E.g. A cup of tea.
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> School canteen only to serve food on that day suitable for people of the Jewish faith.
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> *SIKH*
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> The children will arrive at school the usual time and go into their form classes,
> Once the children arrive they will enter into their form classes that are decorated
> as a Sikh's place of worship,
> The children can then look/feel around and get a sense of the religion and what it all consists of in a fun way,
> The classes will be led by children of their own age who are Sikh's so that the pupils can see just how different their lives are because of religion,
> There will be different workshops/stations that the children can go to,
> One station will be a prayer corner where the children can play and relate to how calm the Sikh's have to be to connect to their god,
> There will be a station where the children can dress as a Sikh and the teachers can stress on how important it is to respect the Sikh's clothes and that theyre not a fashion item but more a symbol of their beliefs,
> There can also be video clips of religious gatherings in the Sikh's holy place and then the children can then organise a religious gathering within their school and this will help the pupils to understand how religion brings people together,
> Towards the end of the day the children will do the usual rituals of what a Sikh would do towards dusk and this will not only educate the pupils on what Sikh's do, it will also add more respect and understanding to how Sikh's make their religion a huge part in their lives.