Assessing
RECONCILIATION ~ INTER-RELATING
For our Catholic Schools
Assessing RECONCILIATION ~ INTER-RELATING
• This term, the formally assessed theme is the
SACRAMENTAL THEME – RECONCILIATION
• We will be formally assessing AT1 (ii). The children
may be informally assessed against the other strands.
• Each year group will assess from an activity taken from
or based on 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 not the task
you will use for the formal assessment) and following
Remember please formally assess.
• 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 Summer 2013
Reconciliation ~ Inter-relating theme
Celebration and Ritual
Early Years:
Reception Focus 2 p164, Continuous Provision
Activity 1 (adapted).
‘Using the role play area encourage children to talk
about how they feel when things go wrong and
how they make up as friends. Invite pupils to
talk about the pictures from God’s Story 2 p50.
Ask what the children in the pictures can say or
do to make things better.’
Towards L1
Formal Assessment Summer 2013
Reconciliation ~ Inter-relating theme
Celebration and Ritual
Early Years:
Reception Focus 2 p164, Continuous Provision
Activity 1 (adapted).
‘Add speech/thought bubbles to the pictures.
Invite pupils to write or talk about using
annotation, what the characters will say and
do to make it better.’
Within L1
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
Towards L1, the children may be able to use certain words
/ phrases e.g. Love, friend, happy, sad, make up, kind,
loving, gentle and sorry.
Within L1, the children will be able to recognise words,
action and phrases related to asking for, and receiving
forgiveness.
Photographs of the activities are a good way of recording evidence
Formal Assessment Summer 2013
Reconciliation ~ Inter-relating theme
Celebration and Ritual
Year 1: Learning Focus 6, p171, Question 4
Using Church’s Story 2 (p15) to prompt discussion and
ideas, invite the pupils to:
‘Talk about and label the picture with the
appropriate words, phrases and actions related
to what is happening in the picture.’
Level 1
Formal Assessment Summer 2013
Reconciliation ~ Inter-relating theme
Celebration and Ritual
Year 1: Learning Focus 6, p171, Activity 4
Using Church’s Story 2 (p15) to prompt discussion and
ideas, invite the pupils to:
‘Write or scribe sentences / words to
accompany the picture, describing what is
happening.’
Level 2
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
The children at L1 should recognise some religious actions and use
some religious words and phrases related to reconciling with one
another – sign of peace, ‘Peace be with you’, forgive, love etc.
To achieve L2, the child needs to use religious words and phrases
to describe actions related to reconciling with one another –
pupils may relate this to the Mass, Collective Worship or through
other liturgies within the school day.
Year 2:
Based on Learning Focus 5 p169, Activity 2
‘Using Church’s Story 2, page 48, invite the
pupils to use some religious words and
phrases to describe what is taking place
within the picture and what they know about
the Sacrament of Reconciliation. ’
Level 2
Year 2:
Based on Learning Focus 5 p169, Activity 2
At L1, the pupils may label the pictures to show
they recognise some religious actions and can
use religious words and phrases
At L3, the pupils can create a guide for younger
children using words and pictures describing
what happens in the Sacrament of Reconciliation
and giving the reasons for the words and actions
used.
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
To achieve Level 1, the pupil has been able to recognise and
use some of the words and phrases – sorry, priest, right,
wrong, sign of cross, forgive etc.
Use religious words
and phrases to
describe some
religious actions and
symbols
To achieve Level 2, the pupil has been able to describe what is
happening within the picture, making reference to some of the
actions, symbols, words and phrases involved – forgive,
reconciliation, conscience, prayer, sign of cross, sorry, priest etc.
Use a developing
religious vocabulary
to give reasons for
religious actions and
symbols
To achieve Level 3, the pupil needs to give reasons for the
religious actions and symbols within the Sacrament of
Reconciliation.
Year 3:
Based on Learning Focus 5 p179, Activity 1
‘Using Church’s Story 3 p66-67, invite the
children to design a Reconciliation Booklet
which uses religious words and phrases to
describe the actions and symbols within the
Sacrament of Reconciliation.’
‘Give reasons for these actions and
symbols’
Level 2
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
Sacrament of Reconciliation.
To achieve L3, the pupil needs to give reasons for these
actions and symbols.
Year 4:
Based on Learning Focus 4 p192.
‘Invite the pupils to plan their own liturgy of
Reconciliation for someone who is not a
Catholic to be able to follow and understand
why symbols, actions etc. are chosen. Ask
the pupils to choose songs, readings, prayers
and responses that would be suitable for a
class celebration of reconciliation. (They
should include an examination of conscience,
a penitential rite and Act of Contrition etc.)’
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
At Level 2, the children will just use religious words and phrases to
describe religious actions and symbols related to the Sacrament of
Reconciliation (no/insufficient reasons given).
Use a developing
religious vocabulary
to give reasons for
religious actions and
symbols
The children, at Level 3, should be able to use religious words and
phrases to give (suitable) reasons for the different actions and
symbols used in the Sacrament of Reconciliation
Use religious terms to
show an
understanding of
different liturgies
To achieve Level 4, the child would have to demonstrate a clear
understanding of the structure of a liturgy and the elements
involved within the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Year 5:
Based on Learning Focus 6 p190, Activity 1
‘Create a leaflet for a friend who is not a
Catholic describing what happens during the
Sacrament of Reconciliation and giving
reasons for the words and actions used.’
Level 3
Year 5:
Based on Learning Focus 6 p190, Activity 1
‘Design a leaflet for a friend who is not a
Catholic to understand the importance of the
Sacrament of Reconciliation, describing and
giving reasons for what happens during the
rite.
Make links to Scripture showing what Catholics
believe and how they should act wherever
possible.
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 L2, the child will use religious words and phrases to
describe what happens in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
At L3, the child will use religious words and phrases to give reasons
for the religious action and symbols used in the Sacrament of
Reconciliation
At L4, the child will show an understanding of the Sacrament of
Reconciliation giving reasons for the action and symbols used and
making links to scripture, what Catholics believe and how they
should act.
Year 6:
Based on Learning Focus 5, p210, Activity 1
‘Design a leaflet to help someone to
understand the importance, for Catholics, of
the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.
Describe and give reasons for what happens
during the rite. Make links with Scripture
what Catholics believe and how they should
act.’
Level 4
iii) social and moral
practices and way
of life
CHRISTIAN LIVING
THEME
Recognise that
people because of
their religion act in
a particular way
Describe some
ways in which
religion is lived
out by believers
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
At L2, the child will use religious words and phrases to describe what
happens in the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.
At L3, the child will use religious words and phrases to give reasons
for the religious actions and symbols used in the Sacrament of the
Anointing of the Sick.
At L4, the child will show an understanding of the Sacrament of the
Anointing of the Sick, giving reasons for the action and symbols used
and making links with Scripture, what Catholics believe and how they
should act.
At L5, the child will identify, describe and explain the meaning and
purpose of the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick and how
Catholics respond to the Sacrament according to their beliefs.