Autumn
Concept: Community
What gives us a sense of belonging in a
community?
Y3
Concept: Angels
 How do people perceive Angels?
Concepts: Ritual
 Judaism – Sukkot
Y4 Concepts: Prophecy
The Magi and their Gifts
 The significance of the story to
Christians
 Prophetic gifts: gold, frankincense and
myrrh.
LONG TERM R.E. CURRICULUM MAP
Spring
Concept:
Summer
Concept: Sacred Books
Why are the Bible and Torah important?
Holi Festival- Hindu Festival of colour
Concept: Symbols
Easter – Darkness to Light
Paschal Candle
Concepts: Symbols
Religious/secular
 Importance of symbols in religion
Concepts: Interpretations
Miracles of Jesus
Concepts: Ritual
How and why are prayers used?
 Comparison of Christian and Jewish
prayers.
Concepts: Freedom
 The Passover
Concepts: Trees
Trees as a symbol
 Why are trees such a powerful symbol?
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Concepts:
Rites of passage
Y5 Concepts: Symbols
Light as a symbol
 Candles
 Judaism – Hanukkah
 Christianity - Advent
Y6
Concepts: Pilgrimage
Journeys Personal
 Hajj
 Pilgrimages
Easter
 The Eucharist
 The Last supper
 Holy Communion
Concepts: Belief
Diwali Festival of Light
Concepts: Flight
 How flight as a symbol is expressed in
different religious stories.
Concepts: Interpretation
The Two Births Narrative
 What does each story tell us about the
circumstances of Jesus birth?
Concepts: Resurrection
The Empty Cross
 The symbolism of the Empty Cross for
Christians
Concepts: God
God talk: How do different people describe
God?
Concepts: Sacred
Sacred Places
 Church
 Mosque
 Others
Concepts: Stewardship
Creation and the Environment
 How do different people respond to the
environment and Creation?