Lesson 2: What is Hanukkah?

Exploring how some Jewish people celebrate Hanukkah by learning about the story behind it.

Learning objective

EYFS outcomes

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Lesson plan

Support and challenge

Adults can use the opportunity to:

  • Provide an image of a hanukiah on the whiteboard (or use slide 7 of the Presentation: Hanukkah) that children can use as a prompt when making their own.
  • Pre-cut the candles using the Activity: Hanukiah candles.
  • Children could make a hanukiah using modelling dough, lolly stick candles for the candles and tissue paper glued on for the flames.
  • Challenge the children to cut their own candles using strips of white paper.
  • Ask the children if they can make any links to Diwali.

Key vocabulary

  • hanukiah

  • Hanukkah

  • Jewish

  • temple

Created by:
Kapow Primary’s Religion and Worldviews Team,  
Religion and worldviews specialist
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