Passover is a major Jewish celebration that occurs in Spring to mark the Israelites escape from slavery in Egypt. This presentation explores the story behind Passover, how it is celebrated and the significance of the Seder plate. An engaging PowerPoint to inspire your children to learn about another culture and one of their important festivals.
In this lesson, students learn about the key features of Anglican churches.
Some of the features covered include: the font, the altar, the pulpit, the lecturn, the nave, the crucifix and stained glass windows. Students learn about the key purpose of the features, and where they can be found in the church.
Students also begin to comprehend what the features symbolise.
This resource pack contains a comprehensive 16-slide Powerpoint, alongside an eye-catching worksheet. Two extension activities are provided in order to challenge higher ability learners.
In the past, I have used this lesson with children from across Key Stage 2 - the key learning is aligned with NC expectations for RE, and also the content prescribed by most diocese regions. All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final slide.
In this engaging and informative lesson, children learn what symbols are, and begin to interpret and reflect on the meaning of symbols. They apply this knowledge in creating their own symbols, considering what the objects/ animals, colours and shapes that they select represent.
I used this as an introductory lesson, before then going into more depth about different religious symbols in the subsequent lessons. Children enjoyed it and it gave them a solid understanding of symbols to build on in the next steps of their learning.
This resource pack contains a comprehensive and colourful 15-slide Powerpoint, which guides teachers and students through the learning activities. A template worksheet is also provided (in Word and PDF) for the students to create and describe their symbol.
In the past, I have used this lesson with children in both Years 1 and 2 - the key learning is aligned with national expectations for RE, and also the content prescribed by most diocese regions. All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final slide.
Are you needing a glimpse into the religion of Islam for beginners? This is the Religious Education Unit for you! Created for Key Stage 1 learners, this set of 6 lessons will take young children through the Muslim beliefs using exciting PowerPoints and activities.
Learning Objectives covered:
L.O: To recognise that God is important in the lives of Muslims and understand the significance of the Shahadah in the Islamic faith.
L.O: To recognise and understand the importance of the Shahadah in Islam, and explain its significance in the lives of Muslims.
L.O. To understand that Muslims believe in different names for God and identify some qualities or characteristics associated with these names.
L.O. To explain why Prophet Muhammad is important to Muslims and understand how his teachings inspire Muslims to lead a good and kind life.
L.O. To explain the importance of the Qur’an to Muslims and describe how Muslims treat the Qur’an.
L.O. To explain the concept of worship in Islam and identify the significance of worshipping God for Muslims.
Included in this RE unit are:
☪ 6 Lesson plans
☪ 6 PowerPoints
☪ Where is God? Worksheet
☪ The Shahadah to label
☪ The Shahadah Worksheet
☪ Names of Allah
☪ Sentence starters
☪ Muhammad and the Cat story
☪ The Tiny Ants story
☪ Muhammad and the Gentle Camel story
☪ Muhammad and the Black Stone story
☪ Bilal, the First Muezzin story
☪ Crescent Moon activity
☪ Respecting the Qur’an Worksheet
Perfect for a half term of work, children will build up their knowledge of Islam, what Muslims believe and the key parts of their beliefs.
Christmas Split Pin activities. This fun and easy activity is perfect for kids to colour, cut out, pin and play. A great craft activity which incorporates colouring, scissor skills and fine motor skills. ‘Design Technology’ box ticked! Precololured and blank versions available to download.
4 EASY STEPS
Print onto white A4 or A3 card
Colour in the character
Cut out and hole punch the dots
Put the split pins into the holes
Ideal for printing the coloured version as an example and giving the blank characters to the children to colour, cut, pin and play.
Santa, Elf, Angel, Reindeer, Snowman & Penguin characters
Why do Christians call the day Jesus died ‘Good Friday’? Unit of work based on Understanding Christianity planning for year 3 and 4.
Medium term plan, full flipchart for all lessons, medium term plan, title page and resources for lessons.
This script is for an Easter assembly and covers the events leading up to Christ’s Crucifixion and Resurrection on Easter Sunday, which is the most important festival for Christians. The script includes three eyewitness accounts of the Easter story:
Simon helped carry Jesus’ cross up the hill.
A Roman soldier took a prisoner to his death.
Mary Magdalene discovered Jesus had risen from the dead and instructed her to inform the disciples.
There are 8 concluding statements that promote a gratitude mindset. For example, “If you are healthy today, you are more blessed than millions dying this week.”
Finally, the script asks us to remember our blessings, the true message of Easter, and to celebrate in the Good News that Christ is Risen!
The script is designed for Key Stage 2 and can accommodate 30 children, but it can be edited to suit more or fewer participants. Its running time is around 20-30 minutes, but it can be edited.
There are two poems mentioned in the script, which cannot be reproduced since they are not owned by the author. However, they should be available online, or you can substitute them with similar ones.
The script suggests singing a hymn, “Christ, Be Our Light,” by Bernadette Farrell, but again, this cannot be reproduced. The hymn is merely a suggestion and can be edited or removed depending on time restrictions.
Finally, the script includes a fully animated and transitioned PowerPoint presentation to provide a backdrop to the assembly.
Script Extract:
Good morning and welcome to our assembly. Lent is six weeks, lasting 40 days excluding Sundays, leading up to Easter. This period commences on Ash Wednesday and ends with Holy Week. Easter is the most important festival for Christians.
Lent is a period of introspection and prayer during which Christians recall the story of Jesus being tempted by the devil in the desert. They also strive to reconcile with God before celebrating Jesus’ resurrection on Easter Sunday.
“Easter Symbols Explained: Engaging Resource for KS1”
Discover the rich symbolism of Easter with our comprehensive teaching resource, designed to introduce KS1 children to the significance of Easter symbols in a straightforward manner.
Included in this resource:
-An 18-page PDF explaining Easter symbols and their meanings for Christians
-A sorting activity for matching symbols to their meanings, with two levels of differentiation
-Two exemplary pieces of writing on the topic to guide students in understanding and emulating the writing style
-A vocabulary bank for writing support, available as both a display and printer-friendly version
-6 Easter Symbols worksheets with accompanying answer sheets
Unlock the understanding of Easter symbolism for young learners with our popular resource, perfect for engaging KS1 students in the Easter narrative.
You might also be interested in:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/easter-symbols-display-re-christianity-12254615
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/shrove-tuesday-12254546
If you like this resource, then please rate it and/or leave a comment.
If the rate-resource button on this page does not work, then go to your ratings page by clicking https://www.tes.com/my-resources/reviews
In this engaging lesson, students consider the places that are important to them. The lesson serves as a foundation for children’s later learning about places that are special to people of different faiths.
The learning is guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation, which guides students through the following step-by-step journey:
-Discussing the differences between a house and a home;
-Considering what features make a home a special place to many people;
-Identifying the things that make their own homes a special place;
-Brainstorming other places that people may consider as special, e.g. their town or their school;
-Understanding that different people are individuals, and have their own opinions of places that are special;
-Completing a plenary activity to assess their understanding;
-Self-reflecting on the extent to which they feel they have met the learning objective.
This resource pack includes the comprehensive PowerPoint presentation (17 slides) and the template for the main special places activity (provided in Word and PDF). There is everything that you need here to teach the lesson.
In the past, I have used this lesson with children from across Key Stage 1 - the key learning is aligned with curriculum expectations for RE, and also the content prescribed by most diocese regions. All images are licensed for commercial use.
Updated! 24 hours of content (in 20 downloads) - 24 x fully resourced hour long lessons, an assembly, a quiz and 5 displays. All differentiated throughly to three levels, with 45 worksheets to go along with PowerPoints. Created to help any school meet all British Values requirements with ease.
All lessons are fully resourced, highly-rated British Values and Citizenship lessons for KS3 / KS4. All are complete with accompanying worksheets, clips and activities that are well differentiated to three levels.
It’s worth checking your downloads on this if you buy it because I keep adding to it and then you get the new downloads all free.
**Just added - a version of the Identity lesson suitable for low ability / SEN or KS2. This was used with a Year 7 Nurture group. **
I use all of these myself as a Head of Citizenship and I really hope you find them excellent value. I’ve put literally months of time into this to make these lessons top quality for my own school team.
There is enough material here to create numerous off time-table days for different year groups to cover all the British Values / SMSC / Citizenship KS4 and KS3 requirements.
Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop:
EC_Resources
Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
More added! 21 x highly rated and fully resourced Religious Education lessons (in 20 downloads as one is a double) covering all aspects of Christianity designed for any teacher to deliver outstanding RE . All are well differentiated, last one or two hours and are editable too. There is enough here to cover at least one full term of RE, maybe three half terms. Made by a Head of RE - but suitable for on-specialists as all the information you need is provided.
Includes: 21 x hours of PowerPoints, 60+ worksheets, all fully differentiated to three or four levels of challenge for every activity throughout, complete with clips and question sheets and assessment with mark scheme. Most suited to KS3 / KS4 (but everything is editable).
There's easily a years worth of planning gone into this - I use all these lesssons myself as Head of RE.
Lessons included are -
1. An introduction to Christianity (the history of the Christian origins and what makes people Christian)
2. Why did Christianity split and what are denominations?
3. What is the doctrine of the Trinity?
4. What does the Bible actually say?
5. What are the Ten Commandments?
6. What is the Easter story and how did Jesus die?
7. What was the Reformation and what are the differences between the Catholic and Protestant Churches?
8. Who was Jesus based on historical evidence and what the Bible tells us?
9. What do Christians believe about the afterlife?
10. What do Christians believe about death and dying?
11. Who were Abraham and Isaac? How did monotheism lead to Christianity?
12. Christianity, peace and conflict
13. What is the nativity?
14. What is Advent?
15. What is Orthodox Christianity?
16. Why is Lent and the lead up to Easter important?
17. Who are the Amish and why are these Christians so traditional and conservative compared to other Christian groups?
18. Who are Mormons and how are they different from more mainstream Christianity?
19. What is stewardship and why is this important to Christians?
20. What is Catholicism, how is it different to other Christian denominations? What does being a practising Catholic actually mean?
21. What is Protestantism and what do the different denominations believe?
If you like this and it's saved you time, check out my 1 WHOLE YEAR's WORTH OF RE bundle (36 lessons) available here:1 Year’s worth of RE
Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: EC_Resources
Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
Or you can check out some of our most popular PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources below:
Mental Health PSHE Bundle
1 Whole Year of PSHE Resources
British Values Citizenship Bundle
Careers, Employment and Enterprise Bundle
Islam Bundle
Sex and Relationships Education
GCSE CITIZENSHIP 9-1
xyy12
The Easter Story for KS1 . Are you teaching your students about the Christian celebration of Easter? Then this is the product for you. It includes a colourful, 10 page Power Point of the Easter story, told in simple terms for young children to understand. No prep, print and go activities, crafts and word cards for your display are also included. No planning or preparation required. Plus FREE bonus product - Easter lotto games!
Product Includes: A small version of the story slides for children to order.
Pictures from the story to colour, cut out and order. These can also be used as story writing prompts.
A cut and stick sorting activity - religious/non religious pictures.
Decorate a cross activity.
Make an Easter wreath craft.
Make an Easter bookmark - colour and b/w
Word cards for display
Colouring sheet for early finishers
PLUS a bonus product - Easter lotto games - simply print out, laminate and cut out.
You might also be interested in:
[https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/easter-reading-comprehensions-ks1-12249201]
In this engaging lesson, students read and interpret ‘The Parable of the Lost Sheep.’
The learning is guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation, which guides students through the following step-by-step journey:
-Knowledge recall - remembering key facts about Jesus’ life and teaching;
-Discussing why Jesus’ parables continue to give important messages;
-Watching an engaging, age-appropriate video of the parable;
-Interpreting the parable through comprehension questions, and deciphering its key meanings;
-Using the storyboard template provided to demonstrate their understanding of the parable and its morals;
-Considering the messages that they can take for their own lives from this parable;
-Self-reflecting on the extent to which they feel they have met the learning objective.
The resource pack includes everything you need to teach the lesson, including the comprehensive PowerPoint presentation and the storyboard template (provided in both Word and as a PDF). Just download and teach!
In the past, I have used this lesson with children from across Key Stage 2 with minor adaptations for age - the key learning is aligned with curriculum expectations for RE, and also the content prescribed by most diocese regions. All images are licensed for commercial use.
In this engaging lesson, students read and interpret ‘The Parable of the Good Samaritan.’
The learning is guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation, which guides students through the following step-by-step journey:
-Knowledge recall - remembering key facts about Jesus’ life and teaching;
-Defining the meaning of the word ‘Samaritan’ and gaining a basic understanding of the historical relationship between Jews and Samaritans;
-Reading and interpreting the parable through comprehension questions, and deciphering its key meanings;
-Considering the messages that they can take for their own lives from this parable;
-Researching how some charities have continued in the spirit of this parable today;
-Self-reflecting on the extent to which they feel they have met the learning objective.
The resource pack includes everything you need to teach the lesson, including the comprehensive PowerPoint presentation and the parable worksheet (provided in both Word and as a PDF). Just download and teach!
In the past, I have used this lesson with children from across Key Stage 2 with minor adaptations for age - the key learning is aligned with curriculum expectations for RE, and also the content prescribed by most diocese regions. All images are licensed for commercial use.
KS1 Islam lesson plan, PowerPoint and worksheets.
There is a PDF and an editable version of the worksheets.
You can find more planning and teaching resources for teaching Islam to KS1 on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website.
Please note: This lesson was updated on 30th August 2022. If you downloaded it before this date, please download and use the updated files.
Introduction to St. George's Day. Brief history of who St. George actually was and goes on to tell the legend of St. George and the dragon. Images could be cut and paste to create sequence activity - I haven&'t done this as my children are making shields instead.
I made this for St George's day Assembly and as a class intro to pictures telling a story (Uccello's St George). All pictures from web (thank you) and story gleaned from various sources. &'Typos&'; noted by those kind enough to feedback and corrected. Older children might wish to explore the links with other countries and ...the Euros are just around the corner.
Quick View
