SARA: Hey guys.
Hi I'm Sara I'm 11 and my religion is Islam. This is my life. I can't talk… Urgh.
Hello baby. Mwah!
Even if I'm like an adult I will not be able to resist bouncy castles. My hobbies include hanging out with my friends… …and making things. These are just little flowers and bows and things that I've made. Here's a moustache. I've made a glove. It's kind of useless because I haven't made the other one yet. My dad's from Algeria so I grew up a Muslim. It's a big part of my life. Right now I'm fasting during the daylight hours for the holy month of Ramadan. It's quite difficult sometimes but then when you just when you finish eating dinner you realise just how easy it was. It's something all Muslims must do if they can under the Five Pillars of Islam. I'm taking part this year to show I'm ready to become a young Muslim woman.
I really want to be like a fashion designer when I'm older. And Adam's wearing a polo shirt and then some shorts from somewhere.
Do some modelling come on.
See! Look he's a model. He's a model. I could just do like a Coco cam.
I've been wearing my hair out a lot recently cos I'm going to wear a headscarf soon. I'm also preparing to start wearing the Muslim headscarf - the hijab - full-time like my mum.
No I don't want like a cream one I think. It's going to be a big change for me but it feels right as I devote myself more to my faith.
Who invented knotted up hair?
Probably God. So yeah maybe I should go now. Bye!"
Video summary
11 year old Sara is a Muslim from London.
She uses a personal camera to introduce us to her life, family and Muslim faith: she loves her guinea pig, her ambition is to be a fashion designer, and her religion is Islam.
She is fasting, going without food, at the moment, because it is the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
At her age she wants to get ready to fast for the whole month in the future.
This is from the series: My Life, My Religion - Islam
Teacher Notes
While watching this clip pupils could note six facts about Sara in a bubble diagram, with a picture of Sara in the middle.
Afterwards they could create another bubble diagram for themselves: 'Six things about me.'
The two diagrams can be saved and added to during the unit of work as a fuller picture of Islam builds up.
These clips will be relevant for teaching Religious Education at KS2 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and First and Second Level in Scotland.
The Hijab. video
Sara, aged 11, has decided to start wearing the hijab as she begins secondary school. She explains why this matters to her and expresses her Muslim faith.
The Mosque. video
Kaisan, aged 12, shows us round the East London Mosque or Masjid, house of prayer.
The Qur'an. video
Kaisan and Naeem share ways that the Qur’an makes a difference to their lives.
The washing ritual, 'Wudu' video
Before prayer, Muslims make sure they are clean, using the washing ritual - ‘Wudu’.
The Muslim pilgrimage, Hajj. video
Sara, aged 11, describes how the Hajj pilgrimage has an impact on Muslims.
Prayer in Islam. video
Kaisan, a 12 year old British Muslim boy, explains how he prays five times a day, and says what it means to him in spiritual terms.
Ramadan and Eid ul Fitr. video
Sara, aged 11, explains why fasting is good: for devotion to Allah, for self discipline and for sympathy for the poor, explaining her religious practice.
What is Islam? video
Young Muslim girl Sara gives a brief guide to the faith by describing the five Pillars of Islam: belief, prayer, giving, fasting and pilgrimage.
