Ethics and Religious Beliefs project

As part of our ERB project here in Kilcoskan we are taking part in lots of different and fun activities.

At a whole school level we took part in the KNS code competition. But here in 5th & 6th we delved into the topic in more detail. 

For one part of the project we are taking part in some very interesting philosophy sessions in which we talk about some challenging topics such as: 

 

What is religion? If you could ask God one question what would it be? What shape would you give to a religious space that could be used for all religions? .....to name a few! 

Next we decided to learn a bit more in-depth information about specific religions. 

We divided up into pairs and picked a religion out of a hat. We used our iPads and reference books to complete a project about our chosen religion. After we had completed our projects we presented them to the rest of the class's to learn about the various religions. 

As the final part of our project we got to visit two places of worship here in Dublin city. 

The first place we visited was theDublin  Mosque. We got a tour of the Mosque by a very informative tour guide who answered all our questions for us. 

Then we walked round the corner to the first Synagogue in Dublin on Walworth Road. This area used to be know as the Jewish quarter. There is a lovely museum here in an old converted house. We got a tour of the museum and synagogue from a lovely tour guide who was very interesting. She gave us lots of information on the history of the Jewish community in Ireland and of the Jewish religion itself. 

Over the course of our project we learnt lots about different religions found all over the world and how they compare and contrast to our own.