Autumn 1
Topic
Harvest
Year 1
Key Questions
Year 2
Key Questions
Year 3
Key Questions
Year 4
Key Questions
Year 5
Key Questions
Year 6
Key Questions
2 or 3 week Harvest project, leading to Harvest celebration in church
KS1 Remember,
Remember:
KS2 World War
Is everybody
special?
Who should you
follow?
Explore the
special groups
that children
belong to and
how we show
belonging –
baptism etc and
what these things
help us to
remember
Focus Judaism
and how the
leaders of Judaism
help Jews to
remember their
beliefs
Does taking bread Does taking bread
and wine help a
and wine help a
Christian to
Christian to
remember?
remember?
Focus on
remembering
through the
Eucharist and how
this links to the
Christian story.
Explore other
ways that the
church helps
people to
remember
Focus on
remembering
through the
Eucharist and how
this links to the
Christian story.
Explore other
ways that the
church helps
people to
remember
Should religious
beliefs cost
people their
lives?
Should religious
beliefs cost
people their
lives?
Explore issues of
persecution,
holocaust, war
and the issues of
belief and war.
Additional
questions could
be: Should
Soldiers be buried
in a churchyard?
Explore what it
means to be a
Christian in the
armed forces with
Chaplain visiting
from Brize Norton
Explore issues of
persecution,
holocaust, war
and the issues of
belief and war.
Additional
questions could
be: Should
Soldiers be buried
in a churchyard?
Explore what it
means to be a
Christian in the
armed forces with
Chaplain visiting
from Brize Norton
Autumn term 2
Christmas
Ideas
Year 1
Key Questions
Should we
celebrate harvest
and Christmas?
Year 2
Key Questions
Should you wear
religious symbols
at Christmas?
Year 3
Key Questions
Is light a good
symbol for
celebration?
Year 4
Key Questions
Should Christians
worship Mary?
Year 5
Key Questions
Does God
communicate
with man?
Having learned
about Harvest
children now
explore the
Jewish
Festival of Sukkot
and consider
whether Harvest
or Christmas is
more important
Explore the
symbols that
people wear and
discuss whether
the religious
symbols for
Christmas are
more meaningful
than the secular
ones. Perhaps
include discussion
of the way that in
some places the
religious symbols
are not welcomed
Link to Diwali and
Hanukkah
Candles, stars,
advent wreath
with the 5 candles
and their
meanings. Link
back to the
foundation that
Jesus is the light
of the world.
The class could
plan & lead a
Christingle with
help from the
Vicar
Explore the role of
Mary in the
Christmas story
and the way that
she is revered in
some parts of the
church. Evaluate
her importance
for the Christmas/
Christian story.
Explore the
concepts of
prophecy &
revelation
particularly with
reference to the
Christmas story.
Discuss the
communications
from angels in the
various parts of
the story and
perhaps looks at
Simeon & Anna in
the temple.
Year 6
Key Questions
Is “God made
man” a good way
to understand the
Christmas story?
Focus on the
incarnation as
expressed in the
nativity story.
Comparing the
different versions
of the Christmas
story within the
bible and what it
means to
Christians for God
to be made man.
Spring term 1
Communication
“WOW” Day?
Spring 2
Communication/
Easter
Year 1
Key Questions
Should everyone
follow Jesus?
Year 2
Key Questions
Can stories
change people?
Year 3
Key Questions
Can made up
stories tell the
truth?
Year 4
Key Questions
Do Murtis help
Hindus
understand God?
Year 5
Key Questions
Do Muslims need
the Qur’an?
Year 6
Key Questions
Do clothes
express believes?
Explore the
Explore some of
Explore the
Explore the
How do Muslims
Explore the
aspects of Jesus
the stories that
parables of Jesus
symbolism of
use the Qur’an
messages that are
communication
Jesus told that
and the messages Hindu Murtis and and what is the
given out by
that made people helped to change that they
how these
message that it
people’s choice of
follow him and
people.
communicate.
communicate
contains for
clothing: Islamic
look at the
Look at stories
Look at stories
Hindu beliefs.
them? Does it
dress codes;
features of other
from Judaism too. from other faiths
help them to be
Jewish dress
leaders and why
too and decide if
better Muslims?
traditions and the
people follow
story can tell
garments worn by
them.
truth.
priests, vicars etc.
Explore the temptations of Jesus in the Wilderness as part of the liturgical year and the start of Lent
Possible “Big Question” Should believers give things up? This could link to Ramadan too if appropriate.
Year 1
Key Questions
Is Easter
important to the
church?
Year 2
Year 3
Key Questions
Key Questions
Does Easter make Does Jesus have
sense without
authority for
Passover?
everyone?
Year 4
Key Questions
Does prayer
change things?
Find out how Lent
& Easter are
celebrated in the
church. Find out
Explore the
symbolism of the
Passover foods
and how they add
Explore prayer as
a means of
communication
between God &
Look at how Jesus
communicated his
authority to
people and how
Year 5
Key Questions
Was the death of
Jesus a
worthwhile
sacrifice?
Explore the
notions of
sacrifice and link
it to the Easter
Year 6
Key Questions
Is resurrection
important to
Christians?
Explore issues of
life and death,
particularly with
the Christian
why Christians get
baptised at
Easter.
to Christian
understanding of
the Easter story.
different people
reacted.
humankind. Link
this to the way
that Easter
changes
story.
understanding of
the resurrection.
Compare to the
Hindu belief in
reincarnation.
Explore funeral
rites in different
faiths.
Year 3
Key Questions
Is a Jewish/Hindu
child free to
choose how to
live?
Explore the rules
that govern the
lives of Jewish or
Hindu children
and discuss
whether these
rules restrict or
give freedom.
Year 4
Key Questions
Is a holy journey
necessary for
believers?
Year 5
Key Questions
Are you inspired?
Year 6
Key Questions
Can we know
what God is like?
Explore the notion
of pilgrimage,
looking at various
destinations and
drawing the
contrast to a
holiday.
Explore the story
of Pentecost and
the coming of the
Holy Spirit and
make the link to
what inspires
people today.
Possibly link this
to Green Issues
and charity issues.
Look at images for
God how do we
know what God is
like? Look at
metaphors for
God and the way
that believers feel
that they can see
God in creation.
Several Psalms
talk about the
image of God in
the natural world.
Contact Jewish community/Visit to a Mosque
Summer Term 1
Sun, sea and sand
Year 1
Key Questions
How should
people care for
the world?
Year 2
Key Questions
How should
people care for
the world?
Explore the story
of creation and
why people care
for the world
because of what
they believe.
Focus on enjoying
the beauty of the
world as well.
Explore the story
of creation and
why people care
for the world
because of what
they believe.
Focus on enjoying
the beauty of the
world as well.
Summer Term 2
Sun, sea and sand
Year 1
Key Questions
Do we need
shared special
places?
Children think
about somewhere
that is special to
them e.g. a trip to
the seaside is
somewhere
special
Lead onto church,
synagogue
Year 2
Key Questions
How should you
spend the
weekend?
Year 3
Key Questions
Do people have
to have shared
experiences to be
part of a
community?
Explore the Jewish Explore the Hindu
Shabbat and
Mandir or the
compare to how
Mosque and see
the children
how community
spend their free
helps people to
time. Look at the lead “better
different
lives”.
expectations of
trips to the beach
because of
Shabbat rules and
dress conventions
perhaps.
Year 4
Key Questions
Did Jesus really
do Miracles?
Year 5
Year 6
Key Questions
Key Questions
What is best for
Does it matter
our world? Does
what we believe
religion help us to about creation?
decide?
Explore the
miracles that
Jesus did,
discussing if they
really are miracles
or not. Possible
stories: Peter
walking on water,
stilling the storm
& feeding the five
thousand.
Look at global
warming and how
people are
influenced to try
to make the world
a better place.
Does religion
change things and
affect what you
do?
Explore various
creation stories
including the
secular big bang
theory and
discuss whether
belief makes a
difference to the
ways people treat
the world.