Experiential RE supdocs.indd - SfE
Experiential RE supdocs.indd - SfE
Experiential RE supdocs.indd - SfE
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Re-enactment:<br />
• Blow out the candles on the altars and around the church, asking the pupils to imagine the<br />
sadness at the death of Jesus and the desolation of the world as he lies in the tomb.<br />
• Ask for four volunteers to come behind the screen.<br />
• While that happens each pupil can take a candle and wrap a piece of foil around the base<br />
to catch the drips.<br />
• Behind the screen, allocate two pupils to move the screen back and rest it on the table<br />
legs.<br />
• Allocate one pupil to come through the screen carrying a single lighted candle. All the other<br />
candles will be lit from this one, gradually filling the classroom with light.<br />
• The other pupil will come through the screen giving each pupil a tiny piece of bread and<br />
wine from a long handled spoon, without touching their mouths.<br />
• Tell the pupils behind the screen to open it and begin the re-enactment when they hear the<br />
music raised. At that point the class should stand and move forward in front of the screen<br />
to form a horseshoe.<br />
• The first priest comes through the screen and goes round the horseshoe, lighting each<br />
person’s candle.<br />
• The second follows, giving each person some bread and wine.<br />
• When everyone has a lighted candle and taken some bread and wine, fade the music and<br />
ask everyone to return to their seats. They can either blow out their candles or sit quietly<br />
holding them.<br />
• Debrief: ask the pupils what they think it is that they have just acted out. Ask them why<br />
they think Christians do this and what they might get from the experience.<br />
You may wish to follow up the lesson with an Orthodox wedding and an Orthodox baptism,<br />
making use of the set and building on what the pupils have learned so far.<br />
<strong>Experiential</strong> <strong>RE</strong>: Supporting documents<br />
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