Assessing
Relating - Eucharist
• This term, the formally assessed theme is the
SACRAMENTAL THEME Relating - Eucharist
• We will be formally assessing AT1 – LEARNING
ABOUT RELIGION Strand (ii). The children may be informally assessed against the other strands.
• Each year group will assess from an activity taken from a Learning Focus in Reveal.
• The activities are listed over the next few slides.
• When planning please leave this task out .
• Please teach all of ‘Explore’, ‘Reveal’ (but don’t use the task identified for the formal assessment) then, after ‘Remember’, please formally assess using the activities indicated.
• This enables the children to have had opportunity to work through the topic in full to inform their assessment.

ATTAINMENT TARGET 1 : Learning about Religion
(i) beliefs, teachings and sources ii) celebration and ritual iii) social and moral practices and way of life
CHURCH THEME SACRAMENTAL
THEME
CHRISTIAN LIVING
THEME
1
Recognise some religious stories
2
Retell some special stories about religious events and people
Recognise some religious signs and symbols and use some religious words and phrases
Use religious words and phrases to describe some religious actions and symbols
Recognise that people because of their religion act in a particular way
Describe some ways in which religion is lived out by believers
AT 2 : Learning from Religion i) engagement with own and others’ beliefs and values ii) engagement with questions of meaning and purpose
Talk about their own experiences and feelings
Ask and respond to questions about their own and others’ experiences and feelings
Say what they wonder about
3
Make links between religious stories and beliefs
4
Describe and show understanding of religious sources, beliefs, ideas, feelings and experiences; making links between them
5
Identify sources of religious belief and explain how distinctive religious beliefs arise
Use a developing religious vocabulary to give reasons for religious actions and symbols
Use religious terms to show an understanding of different liturgies
Describe and explain the meaning and purpose of a variety of forms of worship
Give reasons for certain actions by believers
Show understanding of how religious belief shapes life
Identify similarities and differences between peoples’ responses to social and moral issues because of their beliefs
Make links to show how feelings and beliefs affect their behaviour and that of others
Show an understanding of how own and others’ decisions are informed by beliefs and values
Explain what beliefs and values inspire and influence them and others
Ask questions about what they and others wonder about and realise that some of these questions are difficult to answer
Compare their own and other people’s ideas about questions that are difficult to answer
Engage with and respond to questions of life in the light of religious teaching
Demonstrate how religious beliefs and teaching give some explanation of the purpose and meaning of human life

Based on Focus Week 1, page 114, Activity 2 .
Provide pupils with a role play area with suitable props to reenact procession and welcome. Take photographs and/or film to provide evidence of the formal assessment.
• The pupils with adult directed support will begin to recognise some elements of how Christians gather together for Mass
(Towards Level 1)
• The pupils will recognise some elements of how Christians celebrate parts of the Mass (within Level 1)

Formal Assessment Spring 2014
Relating – Eucharist
Celebration and Ritual
Adapt Learning Focus 2, page 118
Provide artefacts in the home corner and use Church’s Story 2 (p.14) to prompt discussion and ideas, invite the pupils to;
• Role-play the Preparation of the altar and the gifts using related words and phrases (Level 1)
• Pupils write (or TA to scribe sentences) (refer to Key Words, p.116) to describe what is happening (Level 2)

ii) celebration and ritual
SACRAMENTAL
THEME
Recognise some religious signs and symbols and use some religious words and phrases
•
Pupils will recognise some religious actions and to use some religious words and phrases related to the Preparation of the altar and the gifts (Level 1)
• Pupils will use some religious words and phrases to describe actions related to the
Preparation of the altar and the gifts (Level 2)
Can I recognise some key words like bread, host, wine, gift, meal, family communion (Level 1)
Can I describe what the priest and people are saying and doing for example the blessing of the bread and wine? (Level 2)

Formal Assessment Spring 2014
Relating – Eucharist
Celebration and Ritual
Using Church’s Story 2 or Welcome to the Mass(Pauline Books) pupils sequence the parts of the Mass. Write a sentence under each picture to describe how the parish family are celebrating the
Eucharist (Level 2).
• Pupils sequence in pictures the parts of the Mass recognising some religious actions and using some religious words and phrases (Level
1).
• Using Church’s Story 2 or Welcome to the Mass pupils sequence the parts of the Mass. Describe how the parish family celebrate the
Eucharist and give reasons for their actions (Level 3).

ii) celebration and ritual
SACRAMENTAL
THEME
Recognise some religious signs and symbols and use some religious words and phrases
Use religious words and phrases to describe some religious actions and symbols
At Level 1 the children can recognise some of the words and phrases related to the celebration of the Eucharist.
The children at Level 2 should describe how the parish family are celebrating the
Eucharist.
Use a developing religious vocabulary to give reasons for religious actions and symbols
To achieve Level 3 , the pupil needs to describe how the parish family celebrate the
Eucharist and give reasons for their actions.
Can I recognise and use some of the words and phrases related to the celebration of the Eucharist (Level 1)
Can I describe how the parish family are celebrating the Eucharist? (Level 2)
Can I describe and give reasons how the parish family celebrate the Eucharist?
(Level 3)

Formal Assessment Spring 2014
Relating – Eucharist
Celebration and Ritual
• Invite the pupils to write the commentary (or record a voice over) to accompany the website video clip of the Eucharistic Prayer, using religious words and phrases to describe the actions and symbols within the Eucharistic Prayer (Level 2)
• Invite the pupils to write the commentary (or record a voice over) to accompany the website video clip of the Eucharistic Prayer, giving reasons for the actions and symbols involved (Level 3)

ATTAINMENT TARGET 1 : Learning about Religion
ii) celebration and ritual
SACRAMENTAL
THEME
Recognise some religious signs and symbols and use some religious words and phrases
Use religious words and phrases to describe some religious actions and symbols
Use a developing religious vocabulary to give reasons for religious actions and symbols
The children at L2 should use religious words and phrases to describe some of the actions and symbols used within the
Eucharistic Prayer.
To achieve L3, the pupil needs to give reasons for these actions and symbols involved within the Eucharistic Prayer.
Can I use some of the religious words and phrases to describe some of the actions and symbols used within the Eucharistic Prayer (Level 2)
Can I use religious words and phrases to give reasons for the actions and symbols related to and used within the Eucharistic Prayer? (Level 3)

Formal Assessment Spring 2014
Relating – Eucharist
Celebration and Ritual
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Read God ’ s Story 3 page 143 and watch the video clip on-line.
• Invite the pupils to prepare a script/commentary to accompany the video clip. Pupils use religious words and phrases to describe the actions and symbols used during the Communion Rite, giving reasons for these (Level 3)
• Pupils use religious words and phrases to describe the actions and symbols used during the Communion Rite (Level 2)

ii) celebration and ritual
SACRAMENTAL
THEME
Recognise some religious signs and symbols and use some religious words and phrases
Use religious words and phrases to describe some religious actions and symbols
Use a developing religious vocabulary to give reasons for religious actions and symbols
Use religious terms to show an understanding of different liturgies
ATTAINMENT TARGET 1 : Learning about Religion
The children at Level 3 will use religious words and phrases to describe the actions and used during the Communion Rite, giving reasons for these.
Within the context of a class the ‘ driver ’ word of the task can be amended, thus changing the level of the task e.g. give reasons (L.3.) becomes describe (L.2).
Can I use religious words and phrases to describe religious actions and symbols for the
Communion Rite (Level 2)
Can I use religious words and phrases to give reasons for some actions and symbols for the Communion Rite (Level 3)

Formal Assessment Spring 2014
Relating – Eucharist
Celebration and Ritual
Year 5:
•Pupils write a script to prepare for a local TV interview about
Passover describing some religious actions and symbols that take place during the celebration. (Level 2)
•Pupils write a script to prepare for a local TV interview about
Passover giving reasons for the actions and symbols used during the celebration. (Level 3)
•Pupils write a script to prepare for a local TV interview about
Passover: Show an understanding of what happens during the
Passover meal and why, the significance of the signs and symbols used and the importance of Passover for Jewish people. (Level 4)

ii) celebration and ritual
SACRAMENTAL
THEME
Recognise some religious signs and symbols and use some religious words and phrases
Use religious words and phrases to describe some religious actions and symbols
Use a developing religious vocabulary to give reasons for religious actions and symbols
Use religious terms to show an understanding of different liturgies
At Level 2 , the child will be able to describe some religious actions and symbols that take place during the Passover celebration.
At Level 3, the child will be able to give reasons for the actions and symbols used during the celebration of Passover.
At Level 4, the child will be able to use religious terms to show an understanding of the Passover.
Can I describe some religious actions and symbols that take place during the Passover celebration? (Level 2)
Can I give reasons for the actions and symbols used during the celebration of Passover?
(Level 3)
Can I use religious terms to show an understanding of the Passover (Level 4)

Formal Assessment Spring 2014
Relating – Eucharist
Celebration and Ritual
Pupils create a section for a Holy Communion preparation programme.
• Design and prepare the section which describes and outlines what happens during Holy Communion. Show an understanding of the significance of the signs and symbols used and the importance of Holy Communion to Catholics.
(Level 4)
• Within the section give reasons for the words and actions used (Level 3)
• Using words and pictures in the section describe what happens in Holy Communion (Level 2)

ii) celebration and ritual
SACRAMENTAL
THEME
Use religious words and phrases to describe some religious actions and symbols
Use a developing religious vocabulary to give reasons for religious actions and symbols
Use religious terms to show an understanding of different liturgies
Describe and explain the meaning and purpose of a variety of forms of worship
Within the context of a class the ‘ driver ’ word of the task can be amended, thus changing the level of the task e.g. show an understanding (L.4) becomes describe and
explain (L.5) or give reasons (L.3.) or alternatively describe (L2)
At Level 4 , the child will use religious terms to display a deeper understanding of the various elements, actions and words involved within Holy Communion, making links to Scripture, what Catholics believe and how they should act.
At Level 5 , the child would need to describe and explain the meaning and purpose of Holy communion, which requires a much more detailed knowledge and depth of understanding .
Can I use religious words and phrases to describe what happens during Holy Communion? Level 2
Can I use religious words and phrases to give reasons for the religious actions and symbols used in Holy Communion? Level
3
Can I show an understanding of Holy Communion by giving reasons for the actions and symbols used and making links to
Scripture, what Catholics believe and how they should act.
Level 4