Assessing Baptism - Confirmation
Assessing
Baptism - Confirmation
• This term, the formally assessed theme is the
SACRAMENTAL THEME – Baptism - Confirmation
• We will be formally assessing AT1 – Celebration and
Ritual 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
CHURCH THEME
ii) celebration and
ritual
SACRAMENTAL
THEME
iii) social and moral
practices and way
of life
AT 2 : Learning from Religion
i) engagement with
own and others’
beliefs and values
ii) engagement with
questions of meaning
and purpose
CHRISTIAN LIVING
THEME
1
Recognise some
religious stories
Recognise some
religious signs and
symbols and use
some religious words
and phrases
Recognise that
people because of
their religion act in
a particular way
Talk about their
own experiences
and feelings
Say what they wonder
about
2
Retell some special
stories about religious
events and people
Use religious words
and phrases to
describe some
religious actions and
symbols
Describe some
ways in which
religion is lived
out by believers
Ask and respond to
questions about
their own and
others’ experiences
and feelings
Ask questions about
what they and others
wonder about and
realise that some of
these questions are
difficult to answer
3
Make links between
religious stories and
beliefs
Use a developing
religious vocabulary
to give reasons for
religious actions and
symbols
Give reasons for
certain actions by
believers
Make links to show
how feelings and
beliefs affect their
behaviour and that
of others
Compare their own
and other people’s
ideas about questions
that are difficult to
answer
4
Describe and show
understanding of
religious sources,
beliefs, ideas, feelings
and experiences;
making links between
them
Use religious terms to
show an
understanding of
different liturgies
Show
understanding of
how religious
belief shapes life
Show an
understanding of
how own and
others’ decisions
are informed by
beliefs and values
Engage with and
respond to questions
of life in the light of
religious teaching
5
Identify sources of
religious belief and
explain how distinctive
religious beliefs arise
Describe and explain
the meaning and
purpose of a variety
of forms of worship
Identify
similarities and
differences
between peoples’
responses to
social and moral
issues because of
their beliefs
Explain what
beliefs and values
inspire and
influence them and
others
Demonstrate how
religious beliefs and
teaching give some
explanation of the
purpose and meaning
of human life
Formal Assessment Autumn 2014
Baptism – Confirmation
Celebration and Ritual
• Early Years:
Adapt the activity from Adult Directed
Group Activity – Focus Week 1 (p.70)
Provide pupils with a role play area with suitable props to
re-enact the story of Matthew’s baptism. 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 welcome people into God’s
family (Towards Level 1)
• The pupils will recognise some elements of how Christians
celebrate parts of the Baptism (within Level 1)
Early Years :
ii) celebration and
ritual
SACRAMENTAL
THEME
Recognise some
religious signs and
symbols and use
some religious words
and phrases
• Pupils will begin to
recognise some religious
signs and symbols and/or words and phrases
related to baptism. (towards Level 1)
• Pupils will recognise some some religious
signs and symbols and/or words and phrases
related to baptism. (Level 1)
Can I begin to recognise some religious signs and symbols e.g. Font, water, candle,
white shawl etc (towards Level 1)?
Can I recognise some religious signs and symbols e.g. I baptise you in the name of
the Father, Son and Spirit etc (Level 1)?
Formal Assessment Autumn 2014
Baptism – Confirmation
Celebration and Ritual
• Year 1:
Adapt Learning Focus 2, page 70.
Provide artefacts and use Church’s Story 2 (pages 32-37) to prompt
discussion and ideas, invite the pupils to;
• Illustrate and label what happens at a Baptism on a set of cards (or
storyboard) (Level 1)
• Pupils describe what is happening on each of their cards or
storyboard (May be scribed by TA – refer to Key Words, p.68)
(Level 2)
Year 1:
ii) celebration and
ritual
SACRAMENTAL
THEME
Recognise some
religious signs and
symbols and use
some religious words
and phrases
• Pupils will recognise some religious signs
and symbols and/or words and phrases
related to baptism. (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 religious actions and to use some religious words and
phrases related to a Baptism e.g. Sign of the Cross, welcome, belonging,
Baptism, godparents, sign, sacrament etc? (Level 1)
Can I use some religious words and phrases to describe actions related to a
Baptism e.g. anointing the baby with a special oil called ‘chrism’?
(Level 2)
Year 2:
Formal Assessment Autumn 2014
Baptism – Confirmation
Celebration and Ritual
Adapt Learning Focus 3, page 72, Activity 2.
• Using Church’s Story 2 and clip pupils make a storyboard
of the parts of the Baptism learnt about so far. Write a
sentence under each picture to describe what the people
are saying and doing (Level 2).
• Pupils sequence in pictures the parts of the baptism
recognising some religious actions and using some
religious words and phrases (Level 1).
• Using Church’s Story 2 and clip pupils sequence the parts
of the Baptism. Describe what the people are saying and
doing 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
Use a developing
religious vocabulary
to give reasons for
religious actions and
symbols
Year 2:
At Level 1 the children can recognise
some of the signs and symbols and use
words and phrases related to baptism.
The children at Level 2 should use words and
phrases to describe the actions and symbols
related to baptism.
To achieve Level 3, the pupil needs to use
words and phrases giving reasons for the
actions and symbols related to baptism.
Can I recognise and use some of the words and phrases related to baptism?
(Level 1)
Can I describe what people are saying and doing during a baptism? (Level 2)
Can I describe what people are saying and give reasons for what people are
doing during the celebration of a baptism? (Level 3)
Formal Assessment Autumn 2014
Baptism – Confirmation
Celebration and Ritual
Year 3: Adapt Learning Focus 5, page 74, activity 1.
• Using Church’s Story 3 (pp.40-43), the Background Notes, as well as
other resources and prior learning, invite the pupils to write the
commentary (or record a voice over) to accompany the website video
clip of the Baptism, using religious words and phrases to describe the
actions and symbols within. (Level 2)
• Using Church’s Story 3 (pp.40-43), the Background Notes , as well as
other resources and prior learning, invite the pupils to write the
commentary (or record a voice over) to accompany the website
video clip of the Baptism, giving reasons for the actions and symbols
involved (Level 3)
ATTAINMENT TARGET 1 : Learning about Religion
Year 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
Pupils will use religious words and phrases to describe
some of the actions and symbols used within baptism
(Level 2)
Pupils will use religious words and phrases to give
reasons for the actions and symbols related to and used
within baptism (Level 3)
Use a developing
religious vocabulary to
give reasons for
religious actions and
symbols
Can I use some of the religious words and phrases to describe some of the
actions and symbols used within the celebration of baptism? (Level 2)
Can I use religious words and phrases to give reasons for the actions and symbols
related to and used within the celebration of baptism? (Level 3)
Formal Assessment Autumn 2014
Baptism – Confirmation
Celebration and Ritual
Year 4: Adapt Learning Focus 3, page 74, activity 3
Read Church’s Story 3 page 48 and watch the video clip
on-line. Then invite the pupils to design and prepare a
booklet describing what happens at Confirmation.
• Pupils will use religious words and phrases to describe
the actions and symbols used during Confirmation,
giving reasons for these (Level 3)
• Pupils use religious words and phrases to describe the
actions and symbols used during Confirmation (Level 2)
ATTAINMENT TARGET 1 : Learning about Religion
ii) celebration and
ritual
Year 4:
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
Pupils use religious words and phrases to describe
religious actions and symbols related to Confirmation
(Level 2)
To use religious words and phrases to give reasons for
some actions and symbols related to Confirmation (Level 3)
Use religious terms to
show an
understanding of
different liturgies
Can I use religious words and phrases to describe actions and symbols used during
Confirmation? (Level 2)
Can I use religious words and phrases to give reasons for some actions and symbols
during Confirmation? (Level 3)
Formal Assessment Autumn 2014
Baptism – Confirmation
Celebration and Ritual
Year 5: Adapt Learning Focus 4, page 73, Activity 1 (refer to
Background Notes and Come and See website)
Pupils to design a booklet about the marriage liturgy explaining what is
happening and why, linking it to other sources including a choice of appropriate
hymns. (Level 4)
Pupils to design a booklet about the marriage liturgy giving reasons for the
actions and symbols used during the celebration. (Level 3)
Pupils to make a booklet which describes what happens during the marriage
liturgy (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
Year 5:
Pupils to use religious terms to show an
understanding of the marriage liturgy.
(Level 4)
Pupils to give reasons for the actions and
symbols used during the marriage liturgy.
(Level 3)
Pupils to describe some religious actions and
symbols which take place during the marriage
liturgy. (Level 2)
Can I describe some religious actions and symbols that take place during the marriage
liturgy? (Level 2)
Can I give reasons for the actions and symbols that take place during the marriage liturgy?
(Level 3)
Can I use religious terms to show an understanding of the marriage liturgy? (Level 4)
Formal Assessment Autumn 2014
Baptism – Confirmation
Celebration and Ritual
Year 6: Adapt Learning Focus 6, Activity 2, page 75.
Provide pupils with a set of pictures of the different stages in the
ordination, (These could be from Church’s Story 3 pages 80-83 or the
PowerPoint).
• Pupils to write a series of paragraphs for each picture explaining what is
happening and why, making links to scripture, what Catholics believe and
how they should act. (Level 4)
• Pupils to give reasons for the words and actions used within each picture
(Level 3)
• Using words and pictures pupils describe what is happening in each
picture (Level 2)
Year 6:
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
Pupils to use religious words and phrases to
describe what happens during the ordination.
(Level 2)
Pupils to use religious words and phrases to give
reasons for the religious actions and symbols used
during the ordination. (Level 3)
Pupils to show an understanding the ordination,
giving reasons for the actions and symbols used
and making links to scripture, what Catholics
believe and how they should act. (Within Level 4)
Can I use religious words and phrases to describe what happens during
ordination? (Level 2)
Can I give reasons for the religious actions and symbols used during
ordination? (Level 3)
Can I show an understanding of ordination, giving reasons for the
actions and symbols used and make links to scripture, what Catholics
believe and how they should act? (Level 4)