1. Do you think this is true? ‘People have parties to welcome babies just for the presents’

2. Celebrations: Birth as a Rite of Passage Learning Question: How is birth celebrated? How could the baby’s birth be celebrated? Neatly write the Learning Question as your title and today’s date

3. How is birth celebrated by Christians? 1.Watch the clip. 2.Read the worksheet. 3.Complete your sheet. 4.Stick your completed sheet neatly into your book. http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zr34wmn

4. Watch the clip about how Humanists celebrate birth as a rite of passage As you watch think about the similarities and differences between this and a Christian ceremony. How is birth celebrated by other people? Rite of Passage: A celebration to mark a key moment in life, which enables the people who take part in them to feel changed.

5. As a class, you will design a ceremony to mark the baby’s birth as a rite of passage on the Island. Each person will design a different aspect of the ceremony and explain it’s meaning. This will be marked with an attitude and progress grade. How should we celebrate?

6. Is your opinion the same or has it changed? ‘People have parties to welcome babies just for the presents’

7. Marked piece: How should we celebrate the baby’s birth? Marked piece: How should we celebrate the baby’s birth? Gifts Foods Actions People 1.Decide which aspect of the ceremony you would like to design. 2.Decide what you will create. 3.Describe and draw it. 4.Explain the meaning of it. 5.Explain how it links to the baby’s arrival and the Island. Words Clothes/ accessor ies