Ramadan

Today, in Team EO, we have been developing our understanding of special times for Muslims. We learnt that Ramadan is an Islamic faith celebrated by Muslims. We discussed how Muslims are similar to Christians in that they believe in God, however Muslims only believe in one God “Allah”. Both Christians and Muslims have special books and the Muslims special book is called the Qur’an and both have special places where they go to worship – Mosque and Church.
 
Team EO learnt that Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting, prayer, reflection and community. We talked through a PowerPoint about Ramadan and then we shared 2 things that we had learnt. These included:

• “they wear best clothes to celebrate the end of Ramadan”.
• “they have a special meal after sunset called Iftar”.
• “it lasts for 29 or 30 days”. ​

We then thought about what we are grateful for and added our thoughts to a prayer mat. Some children drew pictures to illustrate what they are grateful and others wrote a sentence using the stem sentence "I am grateful for...".