The Really Big Beliefs Project

Emma Barnard and Thomas Cho (Class 6W) have chosen to write about people's beliefs for their class project.

They put a lot of thought into how to approach the task and decided not to attempt to produce an encyclopaedia full of facts, but to take a more personal approach, talking to family, friends and people in their neighbourhood to discover how their daily lives are informed and affected by their beliefs.

A mix of personal interviews, field trips and research has provided Tom and Emma with a better understanding of what people believe and how they express it. They've also provided some rather enlightening illustrations and photographs for the book.

Emma and Thomas looked at Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic, Judaic and secular, as well as Shinto and Taoist, beliefs.