This worksheet needs to be used in connection with a picture showing the Pentecost. It can be a starter activity to introduce the topic of the Pentecost.

Information sheets on different aspects of life in Palestine in Jesus’ time. Pupils could research one aspect in groups and feedback to the rest of the class. The document ‘Palestine in the time of Jesus’ is a grid which can be used to record their research.

A matching activity getting pupils to match the name of Jesus with its correct meaning

A simple starter activity allowing pupils to give their opinion on whether certain events are luck, coincidence, miracle or something else. Could for the basis for a discussion on what miracles are and whether they happen today.

Pupils sort miracle stories from the Bible into Nature Miracles, Healing Miracles and Raising to Life Miracles.

A card sort allowing pupils to order the events in the Old Testament story of Joseph.

A card sort to get students familiar with some of the different functions of the Church as ‘The Body of Christ’. They could order them in terms of what they think are most or least important.

Character profiles of John, Matthew and Peter. These can be used as a basis for a discussion on the calling of the disciples and why they decided to follow Jesus.

Cards from the card sort are be distributed to pupils. They show different philosophers' and theologians' beliefs about miracles. Pupils then complete the worksheet based on the information they have found out.

Information from the ‘Advent Traditions’ document can be distributed or displayed around the room. Pupils then walk around and answer the questions on the ‘Advent Report Sheet’ using the information to help them.

A word search based on the Nativity with a cloze passage to complete using the words from the word search.

A worksheet that gets pupils thinking about the Christian tradition of giving something up during Lent.

An AT2 starter activity getting pupils to think about where they would live and what their lives would be like if they were God and had decided to come and live on earth. This introduces the topic of the incarnation and could lead into a discussion of the differences between what pupils would choose if they were God and how Jesus came into the world.

A lesson getting pupils to research Good Friday using the internet and present their findings on a power point document.

A series of cards which can be distributed to pupils so they can think about how different people would have felt as Jesus walked to his crucifixion. To make it into an interactive activity, each pupil is given one card and they walk round the classroom asking the question to another pupil. When they have each asked each other their question and given an answer they swap cards and move on to ask someone else.

A worksheet that can be used as a starter activity after the Easter Holidays getting pupils to talk about what they did during the holidays

An activity sheet giving pupils a number of tasks and activities to complete based on the Christmas story.

These profiles could be used to help pupils write a diary entry as if they were one of these characters.