dcf.cymru stimulus sheet · RE · Year 8
This is a printout of a shared online document, drawn to look like a screen. The pupils, their comments, the guide and the document are invented for this lesson. The facts about Sikhism in the box on the last page are real.
From Mrs Pryce, Year 8: “Please write a report of our visit to the gurdwara for the news page of the school website. Readers will be parents, carers and pupils in other years, so explain anything they might not know. Work together in one shared document. About 300 to 350 words. Deadline: Friday 13 March.”
The group: Cerys Hughes, Maya Thomas, Osian Jones and Rhodri Evans, all in Year 8. The class visited a gurdwara in Cardiff on Thursday 5 March 2026.
Last Thursday, Class 8CA visited a gurdwara in Cardiff as part of our work on Sikhism. For most of us it was our first time inside a gurdwarra. Sikhism was founded by Guru Nanak in the Punjab more than 500 years ago, and Sikhs still follow Guru Nanaks teachings today. The word gurdwara means ‘door of the Guru’, and everyone is welcome, whatever their religion. The visit was really interesting, the food was really interesting and the people were really interesting.C
At the end of the visit we went to the langar, wich is a free kitchen where people sit together on the floor in rows. The langar serves meat dishes like chicken curry, and everyone eats the same food, rich or poor. All the food is cooked and served by volunteers. This is called seva, which means selfless service. We sat down and a volunteer gives us dal, rice and chapatis.
Inside the prayer hall the Guru Granth Sahib the Sikh bibleD was on a raised platform under a canopy. Sikhs treat it with the respect they would give to a living Guru. A granthi, a person who reads the Guru Granth Sahib, sat behind it. The hall was quiet, we sat on the floor and listened to hymns. Afterwards we was given Karah Prasad, a sweet food made from flour, sugar and ghee. it was soft and warm.
When we arrived we saw the Nishan Sahib, a tall triangular flag outside the gurdwara. Our guide, a volunteer called Harjit, met us at the door and explained the rules. There is a seperate room for shoes, so we took our shoes off and washed our hands. Everyone has to cover there heads, so we put on weird bandanas which looked well funny.B
A Maya Thomas · Wed 11 March, 19:32
People reading the school website won’t know who 8C are or which Thursday we mean. Could we change this to “On Thursday 5 March, pupils in Year 8 visited…”?
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B Rhodri Evans · Tue 10 March, 18:09
lol who wrote this?? its rubbish my little brother could do better
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C Osian Jones · Tue 10 March, 20:16
this is bad
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D Osian Jones suggested a change · Tue 10 March, 20:14
Replace: “the Guru Granth Sahib”
With: “the Sikh bible”
Osian’s note: easier for people to understand
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| When | Who | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 11 March, 21:52 | Cerys Hughes | Named this version “FINAL final!!” |
| Wed 11 March, 21:47 | Cerys Hughes | Deleted 52 words: paragraph 5, “What we learned”, written by Maya Thomas. No comment or message left. |
| Wed 11 March, 19:32 | Maya Thomas | Left comment A on paragraph 1. |
| Wed 11 March, 19:25 | Maya Thomas | Added paragraph 5, “What we learned”. |
| Tue 10 March, 20:16 | Osian Jones | Left comment C on paragraph 1. |
| Tue 10 March, 20:14 | Osian Jones | Suggested a change in paragraph 3 (suggestion D). |
| Tue 10 March, 18:09 | Rhodri Evans | Left comment B on paragraph 4. |
| Tue 10 March, 17:55 | Rhodri Evans | Wrote paragraph 3, “The prayer hall”. |
| Tue 10 March, 17:20 | Osian Jones | Wrote paragraph 4, “Arriving”. |
| Mon 9 March, 19:10 | Maya Thomas | Wrote paragraph 2, “The langar”. |
| Mon 9 March, 18:30 | Cerys Hughes | Created the document and wrote paragraph 1, “Introduction”. |
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5What we learned
The langar showed us that Sikhs believe everyone is equal. Nobody pays, nobody gets a better seat, and visitors are welcome to eat too. A volunteer told us that doing seva makes her feel part of her community. We think our school could learn a lot from the langar.
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