SCVP ►Summer Terms ►Begins

We are all looking forward to an exciting summer term at SCVP and hope you can join us for all the fun-filled activities for both children and adults. In addition to the weekly Friday teaching for children and adults we have the Samayik Programme to look forward to in June and a two day summer camp for children entitled ‘Heroes and Villains’ which is being run in conjunction with the 10th Young Jains Convention, The Winning Hand. More details to follow!

Please find below the term dates for the coming term which starts this Friday and details of the next phase of the 2 year adult foundation course.

We look forward to seeing you all this term.

SCVP Committee and Teachers

OUR AIMS:

• To teach Jain religion to our children and adults to help them make difficult decisions between "right" and "wrong" or when challenged by peer pressure.
• To teach Jain values relevant to today's society to our children.
• To train students, graduated from the School, to teach as youth teachers.

• WHO IS THE SCHOOL FOR AND HOW IS IT RUN?

  • The School is run on Friday evenings and run free of charge
  • Children are divided into classes by age, from 5-16 years old
  • All the teaching is in English delivered by highly trained and dedicated teachers
  • Each class has a syllabus which is progressive from year to year
  • Teaching is varied, using lectures, stories, games, plays, workshops, debates and discussions
  • We encourage children to discuss and debate to crystallise their understanding of our religion
  • End of term assemblies showcase the talents of the children

ADULT CLASSES

Adult classes - the largest in London - are run in English and Gujarati and the focus is on Jain philosophy and practice - these classes are open to all, young and old.

WHERE?

You will find us at:
Kingsbury High School, Princes Avenue entrance, Kingsbury NW9
Every Friday (term time) - 8.00pm to 9.30pm
For further information contact: Kishore Shah (07880725023) or Bakul Shah (07917708370)

Third Term Syllabus - Summer 2014
The Path of Purification

• Topics and Objectives	No. of Lessons and Dates	Who will teach
  1. Marganusari How should we live our lives?	2 lectures 25 April, 2 May	Sandipbhai
  2. The 14 Gunasthanas What are the 14 Gunasthanas, explain the different steps and which ones are the significant steps  Link to the 3 Jewels	2 lectures 9 May, 16 May	Anilaben
  3. Anuvratas Define the 12 vows, discussing the anuvratas and how they can be incorporated in our lives and differences between mahavratas and anuvratas	1 lecture 23 May	Rajeevbhai
  4. Anekantavad  Uniqueness of this Jain doctrine, definition and what does this doctrine mean for us.Introduce Syadvada and Nayavada.	3 lectures 6 June, 13 June,  20 June	Vinodbhai
  5. Samyika	1 lecture 27 June	Rajeevbhai
  6. Pratikraman	1 lecture 4 July	Anilaben