2MJ Holy Books

Lesson: Religious education

Class: 2MJ - Mrs Mathieson/Mrs Jones Year: 2023 - 2024

This term our topic in RE is Holy Books. This week we learnt about the religion Sikhism. The children learnt that the holy book for Sikhism is called the Guru Granth Sahib. They also learnt how Sikhs show respect to their holy book by washing their hands, covering their heads, carrying the holy book on their head and putting it to bed at night. They discovered that the Guru Granth Sahib is respected in the same way as a human and when it is not being used it is covered up with a cloth. They also learnt about the chaur sahib and how this is used to fan the scriptures as a sign of respect. The children enjoyed role playing waving this as Sikhs would do to the Guru Granth Sahib.