KEY STAGE 2

THE PATH OF CHANGE (a)Learning Experiencesrelating to Areas I 8 8Learning Experiencesrelating to Areas 2 B 3• Recall the story of the life of the Buddha (Lower KS 2).Make a picture/comic - strip style story of his life.cf. Examples of change from other faith traditions.Produce a picture - sequence showing changee.g. life cycle of insects, animals, plants, human beings.Bring photographs which show themselves at differentstages of growth. Arrange in a time - sequence ortime- path.Write about the changes & new skills learned along the way.Read stories about change, eg. "Shrinking of Treehorn'"FLif Stanley'"Magic Finger"" Watch a video of a Buddhist training to follow theNoble Eightfold Path.* Talk about the skills we can develop with training.e.g. sport, educational skills, social skills.• Designa Dharinacakra. Label its eight limbs.Decorate.• Compare the Dharmacakra to other religioussymbols, e.g. The Five Pillars of Islam.' Watch video of training of a child in another faithtradition.* Choose a skill or quality we would like to have.Make a list of all the things we can do to become like that.* Draw the list into a symbol like the Dharmacakra.In groups work on different limbs of the path includingthe reflective questions.Feedback.* Listen to stories of wisdom from different religioustraditions, e.g. Solomon & the baby, The Magi,Prophet Muhammad (pbuhl & his cousinWaraka.Listen to a tapeof Theravadin monks chanting aboutloving kindness.• Watch programme 4 of video by Clearvision:"Buddhism for KS2" - 'Worship' - sequences l,2St3.Talk about the positive emotions or attitudesmentioned.© Manchester City Council• Listen to stories of wise people/ wisdom/folk tales.Suggest meanings.* Discuss how we learn by reflecting on experience & listeningto the experiences of others, (e.g. safety at home/on road)* Make a list of positive/negative attitudes or emotions.Role play.* Use colour & lettering stylos to make a collage of positiveemotions & attitudes.Find faces/images from magazines/newspapers to enhanceIhe design.3.85