Week 28
This week was Art-less, due to an ill tutor, so again no art this week.
D.T went ahead as usual, not many notes but we talked about the importance of evaluation. By using subheadings (we made a… it looks like this… we used… I like… next time…) the children can reflect on their work and what they really think about the whole learning experience, we can also highlight what they are pleased with or what they would change.
The first R.E lesson of the week was looking once again at the Indian experience. Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism all (although Buddhism isn’t Indian but still eastern religion) are without a single God, and Buddhism and Jainism are completely without God.
We looked at a more detailed timeline also:
2500-1500 B.C.E
Indus Valley
Tamil Gods and Goddesses
Aryans
1500-1000 B.C.E
Vedic Period
1000-500 B.C.E
Brahmanism
Samkhya
Upanishads
Bhagavadgita
Birth of Mahavira (599 (Jainism))
Birth of Siddharta Goutama (560)
500-0
The Buddha
The Epics: Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Jainism
A 6th century B.C.E religion with no creator God.
Once Nirvana is achieved the Spirit goes elsewhere.
Originated in the Indus Valley
Mahivira = Great Hero
Believe in Karma and reincarnation, governs rebirth.
Buddhism
Buddha = Awakened or Enlightened.
Moving towards spiritual enlightenment.
In the middle of the week we had a cohort meeting. This was to discuss I few things. The main parts were just checking how we were getting on. Such as assignments, library stuff, audits and PDP’s.
We then went on to discuss how we get our results on the 10th July, if we need to appeal anything we have until the 24th of July. The deadline for resubmissions is 24th August and we enrol year 2 on the 21st September.
The final part we talked about trips in the second year, websites will be listed below for future reference:
www.fredonia.edu
www.ulapland.fi
www.oulu.fi/welcome.html
www.ucl.dk
www.zcu.cz/index-en.html
In the second R.E lesson we went to a church. When we got back we talked about the trip and our assignment.