Lesson video

Hello, my name is Mrs. Clinton, and I'm really pleased to be with you today to help us with our learning.

We're gonna have a great time.

Today's lesson is called "The Idea of Belonging," and it's taken from the unit Communities: What Does it Mean to Belong? And we are going to be thinking about how people can belong to a range of groups.

Sometimes learning can be a little bit challenging, but that's great, as we can work hard together, and learn some new things.

We have some key words to help us with our learning today.

And we are going to do, I say, you say.

So, I'm going to say a word, and I want you to repeat it after me.

Are you ready? I say belonging.

You say.

I say belonging.

You say.

One more time.

I say belonging.

You say.

And belonging is the feeling of being accepted, respected, safe, and valued within a group.

I say family.

You say.

I say family.

You say.

And family is a group of people who love and care for each other.

I say community.

You say.

I say community.

You say.

And community is a group of people who share something in common.

I say belong.

You say.

I say belong.

You say.

And belong is being part or a member of a group.

So to belong to something, you're a part or a member of a group.

So these words are going to come up throughout our lesson today.

I hope you can recognise them, and remember what they mean.

Our lesson has two learning cycles today.

One, what does it mean to belong? And two, where do you belong? So let's start with number one.

What does it mean to belong? Andeep explains why we learn about different people in religious education.

"We can better understand people's worldviews by listening to them and asking questions about how they live.

People show what's important to them by the things they do." In this lesson, we'll be learning about the idea of belonging.

Let's play a game.

Can you help find where these different animals and creatures and people belong? To belong means feeling safe, accepted, and valued as part of a group.

This could be by being part of a family, or being in the right place.

Hmm, what's that? It's a fishbowl.

So who belongs in there? Yes, a goldfish.

So a fish belongs in water.

Outside of water, they don't do so well.

Ooh, what are these? They're kittens.

Who did they belong to? Yes, to a mummy cat.

Ooh, what is this? It's a puppy.

Who did they belong to? Yes, to a dog.

There's the puppy's mommy dog.

So what does it mean to belong? Is it A, to feel part of a group, B, to feel on your own, or C, to feel excited and happy? You might like to pause this video to give you time to think about your answer, and maybe to talk with the person next to you about which is the correct answer.

Come back to me when you are ready to continue with the lesson.

Welcome back.

So what does it mean to belong? Was it A, B, or C? Let's see.

It was A, to feel part of a group.

Well done if you got that correct.

What are these? Yes, they're cows.

Now, where do they belong? Yes, on a farm.

What is this? It's a pushchair.

Who belongs in there? Yes, a baby.

Well done.

Who is this? Where does this girl belong? Hmm, yes, she belongs to her family.

So can you choose the correct answer? Where does the goldfish belong? Is it in the water, is it with the family, or is it on the farm? You might like to pause this video to give you some time to think, or talk about your answer with the person next to you.

Come back to me when you are ready to continue with the lesson.

Welcome back.

So I wonder, did you have A, B, or C? Let's have a look.

The correct answer is, it's A, yes.

The goldfish needs water.

That's where they belong.

Can you help Andeep to choose an animal to draw? And then can you draw where it belongs? You might like to pause this video to give you time to do your drawing, and then come back to me when you're ready to continue with the lesson.

Welcome back.

Let's have a look at the answer.

You were asked to help Andeep draw an animal, and then draw where it belongs.

So it might look like this.

I drew a horse, and the place it belongs.

I drew it in a stable.

But you could say it belongs outside in fields or in forests.

I wonder what you drew, and where you placed it.

Well done for your drawing, and thinking about where an animal belongs.

So let's go on to part two of our lesson now, where do you belong? Andeep is now thinking about where he belongs.

"I know I belong to my family, but where else can people belong?" Let's meet Adam, and see where he belongs.

This is Adam, and Adam belongs to a few different groups.

Can you guess some of the different groups where Adam belongs? Who do you think Adam is with? Yes, that's right.

Adam is with his family.

He belongs to his family, and they belong to him.

There are many different types of families.

Adam's family is made up of his mother, his father, and his baby sister.

But families can look very, very different.

And each one is a special family.

Now, Adam goes to school each day.

It's somewhere he belongs.

He's part of his class.

He belongs there too.

When Adam goes to his school, he has to wear a uniform, a special set of clothes.

I wonder whether you have to wear a uniform to go to your school.

And you can see Adam and his classmates here.

I think they're doing art.

I can see they're painting different shapes.

So belonging to a group is somewhere where you go, something that you do regularly.

For Adam, school is every day, Monday to Friday.

Now, can you tick all the correct answers that answer this question, "Where does Adam belong?" Is it A, to his school, B, to his book, C, to his family? You might like to pause this video to give you the time to think about your answer, or to discuss it with the person next to you.

Then come back to me when you're ready to continue the lesson.

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So where does Adam belong? A, B, or C? Tick all the correct answers.

So, A and C are correct.

Well done if you chose both A and C.

That's brilliant work.

A community is a group of people who share something in common.

Adam often plays at the park with some of his friends from his school class.

Adam belongs to his local community by spending time with friends at the park.

And that park looks very good, doesn't it? I can see why all his classmates wants to go there after school, 'cause there's that lovely ship that they can climb up, and go down the slide from.

That looks lots of fun.

Adam also belongs to some other groups in his community.

Each week Adam goes to a group called Beavers.

When he goes to this group, he has to wear a special uniform.

And we can see it there.

We can see that it's a jumper or a top with lots of badges on it.

And also he has a neck tie.

Do you have a group you belong to outside of school? Adam belongs to another group in his community.

Each week he goes to his swimming group at his local sports centre.

When he goes swimming, he has to wear swimming trunks.

So again, there are special clothes that he has to wear to belong or to be part of a group in his community.

Do you ever go swimming? Andeep thinks about what he's learned about belonging.

"There are lots of different groups Adam belongs to.

It's made me think that I also belong to my religion.

Each week I go to the gurdwara.

I have a pakta, a head covering for my long hair.

In my religion, often Sikhs have uncut hair to show their devotion to God." Now, is this true or false? It is not possible to belong to more than one group.

Do you want to show me on your thumbs this time? Is that true or false? Show me, one, two, three.

Is that true or false? The answer is false.

Well done if you got that right.

Why? People can belong to many different groups.

And we saw that with Adam, didn't we? He belonged to lots of different groups.

Now I have a practise task for you.

I would like you to draw a lovely picture of yourself in the middle of a page.

And then I want you to draw all the different groups you belong to around yourself.

And it would be great if you could label with some words what you have drawn.

So you're going to draw yourself, and then draw or write the different groups that you belong to.

Now remember, Adam belong to his family, he belong to his class and his school, he belong to his Beavers group, he belong to his swimming class, and he belong to his local park community.

So there were five things that Adam showed us that he belong to.

I wonder if you can get five into your drawing and labels.

So you might like to pause this video to give you time to do all that wonderful drawing, and then come back to me when you're ready to continue with our lesson.

Welcome back.

So you were asked to draw yourself, and all the different groups that you belong to.

So your answer might look like this.

I belong to my family.

I belong to my school and my class.

I belong to my local community.

I belong to some clubs, Beavers, and swimming.

So of course your answer's going to look different from Adam's, but if you've got yourself, and you've put a range of places and groups that you belong to, then that's great learning.

Well done, you've done really well.

So we've got to the end of our lesson today.

Let's go over some of the things that we have learned together.

People can belong in many different ways.

People can belong to a family, a school, or a club.

Belonging sometimes involves wearing special clothes or a uniform.

Belonging sometimes involves going to a special place.

Adam had to go to school to belong to it, or Adam had to go to the swimming baths to belong to that community, or his local park to belong there.

People can belong to a small group or a big one, and become part of a community.

Well done.

I'm so proud of all your learning today about belonging, and about being part of communities.

I'm gonna say goodbye now, but I hope I see you again in another lesson.

Goodbye.