--- title: "Year 2 RE- Judaism" url: "https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-10-16-year-2-re-judaism" school: "St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy" --- We are holding a number of open days for children due to start primary school in September 2027. Please see our admissions page for further details. Everyone welcome! # Year 2 RE- Judaism ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/news/IMG_4716.jpeg) 16 October 2025 This week in RE, Year 2 have been exploring the Jewish holy book, the Torah. They examined pictures of Torah scrolls and watched a video to deepen their understanding. The children learned that the Torah is written in Hebrew, stored in a special cabinet called an ark, and can take up to two years to be written by a scribe. They also discovered that it is read from left to right using a special pointer called a yad, and that it contains the laws God gave to Moses, guiding how Jewish people should live their lives. To bring their learning to life, the class read Sammy Spider’s First Simchat Torah and enjoyed discovering how Jewish people celebrate the completion of reading the Torah each year. The children then made their own Torah scrolls and yads, and ended the lesson by joyfully reenacting the celebration of Simchat Torah. ![](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/images/news/IMG_4716.jpeg) ![](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/images/news/IMG_4719.jpeg) ![](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/images/news/IMG_4718.jpeg) [Year 2](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/year-2) [Religious Education](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/religious-education) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_1151.jpeg)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-10-15-year-6-e-safety-memes) Previous ### [Year 6 - E-Safety - Memes ](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-10-15-year-6-e-safety-memes) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/activitymore-CA32E5F3-4B6B-476A-A3DD-14738EE9C449.png)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-10-17-year-3-inter-house-dodgeball) Next ### [Year 3- Inter House Dodgeball-](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-10-17-year-3-inter-house-dodgeball) ### Personal Development - [News](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/events) - [Photo Gallery](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-gallery-category/our-gallery) - [Calendar](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/calendar) - [School Council](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Fundraising](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/fundraising) - [Extra Curricular Clubs](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/clubs) - [Little Leaders](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/little-leaders) - [Visits and Visitors](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/visits-and-visitors) - [British Values](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/british-values) - [Protected Characteristics](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/protected-characteristics) ##### Location Knowlesly Road Darwen Lancashire BB3 2JA ##### Contact Us 01254 702996 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/stbarnabasce/) - [X](https://twitter.com/stbarnabasce) © Copyright 2021–2026 St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)