Lesson video

Hello, my name is Mrs. Clinton, and I'm excited to be with you here today.

We're gonna have a great time.

Today's lesson is called "What Does it Mean to Belong?" And it's taken from the unit Communities: What Does it Mean to Belong? And we are going to be thinking about how people from different beliefs show they belong to a community.

Now, sometimes learning can be a little challenging, but that's great because we can work hard together and learn lots of new things.

We have some key words today for our lesson, and we're going to do, I say, you say.

So I'm going to say the word, and then you are going to repeat it after me.

I say community.

You say.

I say community.

You say.

Last time.

Make it really loud.

I say community.

You say.

And a community is a group of people who care for and help each other.

I say Christian.

You say.

I say Christian.

You say.

And a Christian is a person who believes in God and follows Jesus Christ.

I say Jew.

You say.

I say Jew.

You say.

And a Jew is a person who is part of the Jewish religion.

And our last word.

I say humanist.

You say.

I say humanist.

You say.

And a humanist is someone who believes in making the most of life, being kind to others, but does not believe in God.

So those are our special key words for today, and they're going to come up throughout our lesson.

So let's see if you can remember how to say those words, but also what they mean.

We've got two parts to our lesson today.

Part one, what is a community? And part two, how do people show that they belong? So let's start with part one, what is a community? 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 their beliefs and values.

People demonstrate their values through their actions." So in this lesson we are learning about what it means to belong by talking to people with different world views.

Izzy and Andeep are thinking about what a community is.

"I think a community is a group of people who share interests in something," says Andeep.

"I agree, Andeep.

I'm part of my swimming club.

It is a community of people who like swimming." Now, this is Adam.

He belongs to many different communities.

I wonder how many.

Is it one, two, or more? What do you think? Shall we find out? Where do you think Adam is in this picture? Yes, here is Adam at school.

He is in his classroom.

Now, a school is a community.

Being part of a community can make people feel better about their life each day.

Adam's class is a small community within his larger school community.

A community can be large or small.

A community is a group of people who care for and help each other.

Can you choose the two correct answers that finish off this sentence? A community is A, people who are all the same, B, people with shared interests, and C, people who help each other? Now, you might like to pause this video to give you some time to think about your answer or maybe to talk about your answer with the person sat next to you.

When you are ready to continue with the lesson, come back and start the video again.

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A Community is, was it A, B or C? Hmm.

Which two are correct? It was C and B.

Brilliant.

Well done, if you chose B and C.

A community is people with shared interests and people who help each other.

Great learning.

Now, I wonder where Adam is now.

What do you think? Here's Adam in his local park.

He meets with his friends to play here.

He does this most days after school.

They look after each other, and that makes them all part of their local park community.

Well, I do like a local park, and this play area's looking lovely.

Look at that boat with the ladder that you can climb up and the swing that you can come down.

And I'm sure there's lots of games you play on board.

I think I'd quite like to be part of Adam's local park community.

Here's Adam again.

Can you see he's wearing something different.

I wonder what that means.

Can you guess what community Adam is part of from the clothes he's wearing? Wonder if you've seen them before.

So Adam is wearing his Beavers uniform and Beavers is a group.

Often people go there once a week and you learn all sorts of skills.

People sometimes have special clothes or symbols that they wear to show that they're part of a community.

So here we can see Adam's got a special top.

It's got lots of badges on it.

And also he's got a neck tie.

When he's wearing that, it shows he's a Beaver.

I wonder if you have special clothes, a special uniform or symbols that you wear sometimes to show how you belong to a community.

I have a question for you.

Is this statement true or false? A community is a group that always wears a uniform.

Can you show me with your thumbs, is that true or false? True or false? Are you ready? Show me your thumbs.

It's false.

Why? A community group might wear a uniform, but it doesn't have to.

A community is a group of people who care for and help each other.

Well done, if you got that answer correct.

That's great learning.

Who do you think Adam is with now? There are all sorts of different communities.

Adam is part of his family, and this is another community.

His family tries to always care for and help each other.

Where do you think Adam is now? Here is Adam at his local swimming baths.

He likes to swim and to learn how to get better.

Adam is part of a swimming club.

This is another community that he is part of.

I think the woman in the yellow top is the swimming instructor 'cause you can see all those children in the water looking to her.

Hopefully, she's helping them all to improve their swimming.

Now, I have another question for you.

You can only be part of one community.

Is that true or false? You might like to pause this video to give you a moment to think about your answer or maybe to discuss it with the person next to you.

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

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So can you only be part of one community? Is that true or false? Show me with your thumbs.

One, two, three.

It's false.

Why? You can be part of more than one community.

Adam is part of his school, his class, his family, his local park, and his Beaver community.

That's five different communities, and they're all communities, and he belongs and is part of each one.

Well done, if you got that answer correct.

That's great learning.

I have a task for you.

Can you draw a picture of yourself please? And then you can draw or write around your picture or the different communities you a part of.

You might like to pause this video to give you time to work on your task, and then come back to me, and start the video again when you are ready to show your answer.

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So your picture might look something like this.

Obviously, not a picture of Adam, but a picture of you.

And around it, you might have some of the different communities, your school community, maybe you belong to a club, or that you go to your local park or like Beavers, your part, also, of a swimming club.

But of course there's lots of other possibilities.

You could talk about your family and things that you do, clubs that you do via school or outside of school.

I hope you enjoyed thinking about all the different communities that you are part of.

Well done for doing that task.

So we're going on to part two of the lesson now.

How do people show that they belong? Izzy and Andeep are thinking about how different people show they belong.

"I think people show they belong to a group or community through what they wear." Izzy says, "Let's talk to some different people to see whether this is always true." Yes, is that always true? This is Fiona, and she has a Christian worldview, and she attends an Anglican church.

She belongs to her Christian community.

Can you find her symbol of belonging? She's wearing something that shows belongs to her Christian community.

I wonder what that might be.

Yes, there you go.

Fiona wears a cross on a necklace to show she belongs to her Christian community.

Fiona explains.

"I wear this cross because it reminds me I belong to my religion and my church.

It's a special symbol that reminds me of the story of Jesus and helps others to know more about me." The necklace also shows other people that Fiona belongs to her religion and to her Christian community.

What does Fiona wear to show she belongs to her Christian community? Is it A, a small bible, B, a ring, or C, a cross? You might like to pause this video to give you a moment to talk or to think about your answer maybe on your own or with your partner.

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

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So was the answer A, B or C? Shall we have a look? It was C.

Well done, if you got that correct.

Fiona wears a cross to show that she belongs to her Christian community.

This is Rafi, and he has a Jewish worldview.

He is a Jew, and he attends an orthodox synagogue.

"Being part of a family is really important part of being a Jew.

Once a week we have a Shabbot meal together as a family.

It's my favourite time of the week!" Thank you, Rafi.

And here's Rafi with his family.

They are Jews.

They are having their Friday night Shabbat meal together.

People often feel part of a community by doing things together.

Rafi continues to explain.

"Having a special meal with my family each Friday night helps me to feel I belong to my Jewish family, but also to my Jewish religion.

My Jewish family is a community as we care for and help each other every day." Thank you, Rafi.

So I have a question for you.

Is this true or false? Rafi's family Shabbat meal is his favourite time of the week.

You might like to pause this video to give you some time to think about your answer or maybe to share your answer with the person next to you and find out do you both agree? Come back to me when you want to continue the lesson.

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So Rafi's family Shabbat meal is his favourite time of the week.

Is that true or false? Show me on your thumbs.

It was true.

Rafi really enjoys his family coming together every Friday evening for their Shabbat meal.

It's his favourite time of the week.

Well done, if you got that correct.

That's great learning.

This is Diane, and she has a humanist worldview.

"Humanists do not go to a place of worship, but we do meet regularly.

My humanist group meet in a local library, but we could meet anywhere." Well, there's Diane at the local library with some of her humanist friends.

Diane's humanist group like to talk about the books they've read.

They also plan how to make life better for their community.

Humanists care for one another as well as the planet.

You can belong to a community in different ways.

Diane feels she belongs to her humanist beliefs through meeting with others.

Fiona feels she belongs to her Christian religion through wearing a cross.

Rafi is a Jew, and he feels he belongs to his religion through sharing a weekly meal.

I have a question for you.

Which image is of a humanist meeting? Is it A, B, or C? You might like to pause this video to give you some time to think about your answer or to discuss it with the person next to you.

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

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Which image is of a humanist meeting? Is it A, B, or C? The correct answer is C.

Well done, if you got that correct.

That's great recall of information.

Now, can you help Izzy? Is Izzy correct or wrong? "I think you can show you belong to a community in different ways.

For example, meeting together, wearing a symbol or sharing an activity." Hmm.

Do you think she's right or wrong? Could you finish these sentences for me? I think Izzy is.

Is she correct or wrong? Fiona shows she belongs to something community by.

Rafi shows he belongs to a something community by.

And Diane shows that she belongs to a something community by.

So pause the video to give you some time to work on your answers and finish these sentences.

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

Welcome back.

Should we have a look at the answers? So your answer might have agreed with Izzy.

I think Izzy is correct.

Fiona shows she belongs to a Christian community by wearing a cross.

Rafi shows he belongs to a Jewish community by having a Shabbat meal each week with his family.

Diane shows she belongs to her humanist community by meeting with other humanists at her group to talk about books and decide how to make life better in the community.

Really well done if you manage to complete those sentences correctly.

That is great learning.

Now, we've come to the end of our lesson.

So let's look at the main things we've learnt today.

We've learnt a community is a group of people who care for and help each other.

Christians might wear a cross to show their part of a Christian community.

Jews feel they belong to a community when they share in a Friday night Shabbat meal.

Humanists demonstrate community when they gather together to meet, talk, or think about how they can improve their local area.

Well, well done for all your learning today, all your right answers, and for keeping up with me.

Well done.

I'm gonna say goodbye now, and I hope to see you again on another lesson.

Goodbye.