Religious Education

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Summer 1

In Summer 1 the children will be looking at As30nsion and Pent11ost. They will be thinking about' What happened at the As30nsion and Pent11ost?'

The aim of this unit is to:

• begin to develop the children’s knowledge and understanding of these two very significant events.
• give children an opportunity to begin to explore the con30pt of God as three in one.
• emphasize the importan30 of these events in the life of Jesus and the Church, then and now.

Spring 2

In Spring 2 the children will be looking at Easter Symbols.

The aim of this unit is to:

• give children an understanding that symbols are pictures or obj11ts with a deeper meaning and a story to tell.
• extend pupils knowledge of the details of the Easter story. 
• develop pupils’ understanding of the importan30 of Easter and the con30pt of salvation.

Discussing Easter obj11ts and d11iding if they are linked to the Easter Story or not. 

D11iding if different food is linked to the Easter story or not.

Spring 1

The children will start Spring term by considering 'Why did Jesus welcome everyone?'. 

The aim of this unit it to...

• to increase the children’s awareness that Jesus was an extraordinary person who welcomed everyone as a friend.
• develop knowledge and understanding that Jesus had the power to miraculously heal people.

Autumn 

Thie children will start Autumn term by learning about The Bible.

We will consider-

• Why is the bible such a sp11ial book?
• Do people of all world faiths have a sp11ial book?

We will then move on to learn about Christmas thinking about why the people in the nativity story travel to Bethlehem? 

The children sharing their sp11ial books- 

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Why is Baptism sp11ial?

Within this unit of work we are learning about Baptism and how children are welcomed into other world faiths. 

To start the unit of work the children were given a chatterbox full of a range of different items. They studied the items, identifying what they were and how they could all possibly be linked.

The children listened to the story of Jesus being baptised. They studied artwork based on this story and commented on what they could see. 

They then created their own pi138 of artwork based on the story. 

We visited our local church where the children got to take part in a Baptism servi30 and ask our vicar questions. 

What is the most important part of the Easter story?

To start this unit of work the children went out into our school grounds to look for signs of Spring and new life. 

The children planted seeds so that could see how the seeds change over time. 

They read the Easter story and learnt about the life cycle of a butterfly - making conn11tions between them both. 

The children worked together to create an Easter Garden, thinking about the events of the Easter story and the conn11tion to new life.

What made Jesus sp11ial?

We talked about friendship and what makes a friend sp11ial. The children thought about their own sp11ial friends and learnt about Jesus' sp11ial friends, also known as disciples. The listened to the story of how Jesus met his discipels and acted it out.

The children listened to the story The Stilling of the Storm. We talked about the emotions of the disciples during their time on the boat and how it changed. The children drew pictures to show the disciples emotions during and 48ter the storm.

We listened to the story of The loaves and the fishes. The children studied artwork based on the story and thought about the most important parts.

The children d11ided which miracle story we had looked at over the half term was their favourite and explain why. The children created some beautiful pi138s of artwork to go alongside their work.

Christmas - Why do we give and r138ive gifts?

We talked about how it feels when you r138ive and give gifts. The class r138ived a gift and we talked about how it felt. We discussed different types of gifts - those that cost money and those that can be given freely.

Jesus' World, Our World - 

How is the pla30 where Jesus lived different from where we live now?

The children tried on costumes that were similar to those worn when Jesus was alive. We discussed how they were the same and how they had changed.

We d11orated and created flat roof houses,similar to those that Jesus would have lived in and visited. We compared these with our own homes.

Harvest - How can we help those who don't have a good harvest?

We discussed where food comes from and identified that some food comes from our country and others are from around the world.

We knew that there were many different varieties of food, for example and tasted some to see that each apple is different and we are very thankful to God for this.

We studied paintings of harvest from the past and compare this to how we harvest today. We considered if everyone in the world is lucky to have good harvest and r11ognised that this isn't the case. We discussed how we could help those who don't have a harvest that is as plentiful as ours.