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Celebrate our Community!

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Throughout the year, we are going to be hosting celebrations of some of the different religious communities that make up our Bowker Vale school family!         

We would love to work alongside our parents and carers to plan and host these celebrations, welcoming you to share your culture, religion, stories, food – anything and everything that you feel is important to share with the children at Bowker Vale and their families.

If you are a member of the Sikh community, we are looking for you to help us with our next celebration: Sikhism!

We would like to invite you to school on Monday 11th December at 2:15pm to discuss our first event.

                      

Foodbank Activity session

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Year 5 had a visit from Paul Harris from the Trussell Trust which is a charity supporting foodbanks in the North West. He lead a session consisting of playing a game of life/monopoly style game that helped to show the children what a few months can be like for people with bills to pay and unexpected things happening. They then reflected on how that felt and how that can lead to people needing a foodbank.

It was really interesting seeing how the children reacted to different circumstances and to see how fragile a balancing act life can be for so many.

Learning about Judaism in the SSC

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Today, the SSC enjoyed a hands on experience learning more about Judaism with Mrs Bernstein.

Mrs Bernstein taught us lots about what day to day life is like for Jewish people living in Manchester. She told us about different Jewish traditions and explained how Jewish people worship. We looked at photos of synagogues, explored religious artefacts and tasted some delicious kosher food.

Thank you so much for coming over to the SSC Mrs Bernstein, we really enjoyed our class discussion and have learnt a lot more about the Jewish religion.

Visit by Rabbi Walker

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Year 1 and 2 have been learning about what it means to be Jewish. We had a visit from Rabbi Daniel Walker from the Heaton Park Shul on Middleton Road. He answered some fantastic questions which the children had prepared.

We learned lots of interesting facts about Judaism for example that scrolls of The Torah , the sacred text which Jewish people believe to be the word of God, are kept inside a synagogue and at home Jewish families use a book containing the words of The Torah. We learned that the message inside a mezuzuh is a reminder to Jewish people about the meaning of their faith.

The children asked about special clothes which some Jewish people wear such as the tallit scarf and the kippah.

Rabbi Walker was very impressed at the children’s knowledge about the Jewish Faith and how carefully and respectfully they listened to him.

A special visit from Rev Jez!

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Upper School were lucky enough to be visited by Reverend Jez in this morning’s assembly! He shared the origin story of bonfire night with us and compared this to the story of the Good Samaritan. It really made us think about how we can treat others like our neighbour. He also told Miss Thomason that we are the most polite and well-behaved school that he visits, which made us all feel really proud of ourselves!

Harvest Assembly

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A big ‘Thank You’ to all of our families who donated to our Harvest Assembly! We raised over 390kg of food which was gratefully accepted by the Salford Foodbank.

Salford Food Bank are part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK.

If you would like more information about The Trussell Trust and the Salford Foodbank please visit their websites.

https://www.trusselltrust.org/       https://salford.foodbank.org.uk/

Upper Key Stage 2 visit to Heaton Park Shul

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Year 5 and 6 had a very interesting afternoon when they visited the Orthodox Jewish Synagogue on Middleton Road. Rabbi Walker talked to us about some of the features of the Synagogue and we learned some interesting facts about the Jewish faith. Did you know that a Synagogue only needs to have two features : a cupboard (the Ark) to store the Torah scrolls and a table on which to place them?

We looked at the beautiful stained glass windows and the memorial boards on the walls. Some children stood on the Bimah , the raised platform where the Rabbi usually stands and talks.

Rabbi Walker showed us the Ark where the Torah scrolls were kept. They were very beautiful. He told us they were very heavy and needed 4 people to lift the largest one!