Year 4 World Religions

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This half term we have begun to look at ‘celebration’, what it means to celebrate and why it is so significantly important.
We look at the celebration of Passover and why it is so important to religious communities.

They children were able to recall the Seder Plate which we look at back in Year 3 and how we were to remember the past.

Today we looked back at the story of where it all began and role played the Exodus from Egypt and the 10 Plagues of Egypt.

The mighty Pharaoh of Egypt ruled over the slaves commanding them.
Moses spoke up for his people and said “Let my people go!” But Pharaoh refused.
Moses prayed to God to help him and his people be free.
God heard Moses’ prayer and sent the 10 plagues: The waters ran as blood, frogs, gnats, flies, killing of livestock, boils, hail, locust, darkness and death of the first born.
Pharaoh had enough and let Moses and his people free.
Pharaoh soon changed his mind and set out after Moses and the Israelites and had almost caught them when Moses prayed for a miracle. Parting the Red Sea.
Pharaoh followed Moses across the parted Red Sea but before they could reach them the Israelites were saved by God and Pharaoh and his men were all washed away.

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