Interfaith Week: 1st – 5th November21 October 2021 (by Nicola Blanchfield (nicola.blanchfield2)) |
In his life on earth Jesus showed a respect for those within and outside his own faith community.
Children today live in a fast changing global world, where communication and travel opens children to diversity and challenge. It is important that we prepare them for this.
The Church calls us to be committed to respecting people from other religions and to recognise that God is at work in them. The Church teaches that, whilst living out our Catholic faith, we are called to dialogue and be ready to learn from those of other faiths, many of whom may, be our neighbours.
At St. Patrick’s, we spend one week each term focusing on one of three major religions: Sikhism in Autumn, Judaism in Spring and Islam in Summer.
For more information about how we teach other faiths, including an overview for each of the religions, please follow this link:
https://www.stpatricksbirstall.co.uk/ourcatholiclife/recurriculum
Our first Interfaith week of this academic year, will be held during the first week back after half term and will focus on Sikhism. Knowledge organisers are available to view on individual class pages on the school website, they provide a summary of the key facts and essential knowledge the children will be learning.