Y6 shelter building

As part of our Y6 Judaism topic at the end of last half term we learnt about the Jewish festival, Sukkot. This is the festival of shelters which is a reminder of when their people were freed from slavery and went into the desert for 40 years. They had to build shelters with only God to protect them. This tradition has lived on and each year they build Sukkahs. These are shelters with 3 walls, a roof (ideally made of natural materials) which has a hole in it so they can see the sky and they gather in there to pray, eat and spend time together.

We tried building our own Sukkahs.