Christianity and the Church - SECOND LEVEL
Significant Aspect of Learning:
Investigation of religious beliefs, values, issues, traditions and practices through a range of primary
and secondary sources.
Experiences and Outcomes
I can record many major life events and times of year in the Christian calendar, I can explain key features of such
festivals and celebrations of Christianity through exploring the life of Jesus.
RME 2-03b
I am developing my respect for others and my understanding of their beliefs and values.
RME 2-07a
I am increasing my knowledge and understanding of different forms of worship and artefacts within Christianity and
can explain their importance for followers of Christianity.
RME 2-03a
Learning Statements
•Investigate and evaluate the meaning of key sources of evidence including special places and artefacts.
Communicate an understanding of Christians beliefs and values. Explain the ways in which theses beliefs have
developed.
Use sources to investigate and understand the importance of celebrations and practices in Christianity.
Success Criteria for Final assessment
•I can identify, locate and name a variety of Christian artefacts found in a Christian Church.
•I can demonstrate my knowledge and understanding about Christianity and the life of Jesus by explaining their
importance for Christians.
•I can explore and demonstrate from my recordings why Christians celebrate certain times of the year or events in
their lives and their significance.
I can record many major life events and times of year in the Christian calendar, I can explain key features of such
festivals and celebrations of Christianity through exploring the life of Jesus.
RME 2-03b
Through investigating and analysing the life of Jesus and his teaching, the learner can identify key events which are
significant in Christian beliefs and worship in the Christian Church.
Success Criteria
I can investigate the life of Jesus through a variety of resources.
I can record my findings clearly in a flow chart
Through discussion and negotiations with my group I can identify key events and relate their importance
within the Christian Church
This is second level because:
The learner
o has identified key points in Jesus’
life through a sequencing task.
o
can communicate an
understanding of these key events
and identify their importance to
Christians
o
through response to questioning,
can consider how and why these
events are celebrated during the
church year or within a service
Pupil Voice and Evidence
PowerPoint: Life of Jesus flow charts
“I have learned far more about the story of Jesus and the
important parts of his life that goes with church
celebrations and festivals. I now know lots of what
Christians believe in Jesus and how that is celebrated during
a church service like the Last Supper being part of a service
in communion and how a church has a communion table.
I now know what my gran means when she used to talk
about getting communion and I now realise she thinks she
is getting Jesus’s body .’
This is Second level because:
The learner
o has demonstrated through a
personal response, respect as
well as a greater understanding
of the beliefs and values of
Christians.
o
has, through discussions and
recordings, demonstrated an
awareness of how Christians
come to their beliefs.
Pupil Voice and Evidence
“I have learned a lot more about the beginnings of
Christianity and parts of the story of Jesus makes
sense. You can see how Christians love Jesus
because of the way he treated people and how his
message is of love. I now understand more fully
about Christian symbols and the significance in the
lives of Christians, especially the empty cross being
Jesus risen from the dead. I am not a Christian but
I really thought it was a nice idea belonging to a
church .”
“We have learned so much about the beginnings of
Christianity and how the story of Jesus works. Now I
know more about Christians beliefs and what happens
during a church service. It’s interesting to find out
about Jesus’s life and how that fits in with what
happens in church . It now makes a bit more sense to
how there’s catholic stuff and stuff is different in
other churches. I didn’t know that and I’d like to find
out more”
Investigation into an aspect of the Christian Church from ‘Christian Church (curriculum
Visions) by Lisa Magloff, http://www.surreyplacesofworship.org.uk/virtualvisits/church/# website
to look at the inside of a Church and teacher prepared Powerpoints.
Children, in groups took an area to research and within groups. negotiated roles and a line of
research. Group chose a form of recording and presented their findings to rest of the class.
Success Criteria
I can analyse sources of evidence to gather appropriate sources for a task.
I can select an aspect of churches and worship, a resource to research from and create text to
suit purpose.
This is second level because :
Pupil Voice and Evidence
The learner:
• identified and evaluated
appropriate sources of information
and their reliability.
PowerPoint: Investigations church and worship
PowerPoint: Pentecost and confirmation
•
negotiated and collaborated with
group partners.
•
investigated their area of research
and identified a variety of
celebrations, practices, festivals
and traditions associated with each
aspect of their chosen area within
the Christian Church.
I chose to find out about the beginnings of Christianity
for my investigation because I thought the story of the
Pentecost was really amazing. Our teacher had given us
a game to play about Pentecost and how Christians get
confirmation[confirmed] and it was so good so I
decided to find out more.
I found out about Saul who became Paul and how he
was changed by the power of God and how he became a
Christian and how he spread Jesus’s messages all over
lots of countries and spread Christianity and made the
church. I liked my drawing of a dove to show God’s
spirit.
During a field trip, learners observed and investigated a Christian Church and its artefacts. Learners chose an
area of the church to investigate and within groups, observed outside of building, then artefacts within the
church during a service to ascertain their purpose. From evaluated responses the significance to Christians is
investigated by group. Group chose the form of recording and presenting their findings to rest of the class,
sharing their responses.
Success Criteria
I can locate and observe church furniture and many artefacts associated with the Christian Church.
I can evaluate their purpose and interpret their importance to Christians and the significance in their worship,
practice and celebrations.
I can observe the building of the church from outside, identify and discuss features and detail.
This is second level because :
Pupil Voice and Evidence
The learner:
•
located, identified and evaluated purpose of
artefacts belonging to Christian Church.
PowerPoint: visit and investigations in church
•
negotiated and collaborated with group
partners.
•
investigated their chosen area of research
independently.
•
demonstrated from informed questioning and
pertinent responses a clear understanding of
traditions, practices and the nature of life
within the Christian Church during discussion
with Church minister
•
made a self assessment of the study of
artefacts, checking that they have included a
picture of the artefact and a short description
which includes the main points about each .
Wrote short comment using the negotiated
success criteria.
“Our Easter service was held in the church and it was
very good. Rev Joe’s story about eggs was really cool
and funny. Lots of the class got to play a part in the
service and acting out the story of Jesus death and
rising from the dead. I had to read out part of a
poem. This was the first time I had ever been inside a
church and I was amazed at how big it was and we got
to see all the things we had been learning about in
class and what they are used for. My favourite was
the font though it was like a wee tiny basin and I
thought it was too tiny to put babies in but then I
remembered that babies only got water over them”
From their studies learners created and formulated a variety of questions, which
were presented to others in the class, to demonstrate their knowledge and
understanding of Christian Churches and worship.
Success Criteria
I can critically evaluate my own investigations and research
I can choose areas and questions which I think will challenge others
I can create appropriate questions using areas of Blooms Taxonomy
Literal : evaluative : analytical : inferential etc
This is second level because:
Pupil Voice and Evidence
The learner:
o identified and communicated their
understanding about Christianity and how
it relates to Christian Church and worship.
PowerPoint: church quiz
o
thought critically about how appropriate
some of the questions and answers are,
and how challenging they might be.
o
demonstrated own understanding and
knowledge through oral and written
responses.
Final Summative Assessment
This is second level because
Evidence
The learner:
PowerPoint: Artefact
o could communicate an understanding of assess
Christians beliefs of Christians and link
them to events in the life of Jesus and
how these are celebrated in the
Christian Church
o could identify and name the artefacts
associated within the Church and their
significance to Christians and worship.
o communicated informed personal
opinions and justified their responses
with reasons.