Assessing Serving - Pentecost
Assessing
Serving - Pentecost
• This term, the formally assessed theme is the
CHRISTIAN LIVING THEME Serving - Pentecost
• We will be formally assessing AT1 – LEARNING
ABOUT RELIGION Strand (iii). 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 Summer 2014
Serving – Pentecost
Early Years:
Based on Focus Week 2, page 151, Activity 1 .
(Refer to Church’s Story 1 pages 46-47)
As a class, make streamers with the words ‘Share the Good News
of Jesus with everyone’ (We celebrate and share the Good
News of Jesus by……..) and invite the pupils to draw
pictures/write about how they share and celebrate the Good
News with everyone, on a balloon template of their own .
• The pupils with adult directed support will begin to recognise
ways in which people celebrate Pentecost (Towards Level 1)
• The pupils will recognise ways in which people celebrate
Pentecost (within Level 1)
Formal Assessment Summer 2014
Serving – Pentecost
Year 1:
Based on Learning Focus 4, page 152, Activity 1
Imagine you are one of the people in God’s Story 2 pages 84-85. How
did the coming of the Holy Spirit make you feel and act?
• The pupils will recognise ways in which the Holy Spirit helped
Jesus’ friends (Level 1)
• The pupils will describe some of the ways in which Jesus’ friends
‘lived out’ the message of the Holy Spirit (refer to Background
notes) (Level 2)
Year 1:
iii) social and moral
practices and way of
life
CHRISTIAN LIVING
THEME
Recognise that people
because of their religion
act in a particular way
• Pupils will recognise that Christians act in
a particular way because of their religion
(Level 1)
• Pupils will describe ways in which religion is
lived out by believers (Level 2)
Can I recognise ways in which the Holy Spirit helped Jesus’ friends? (Level 1)
Can I describe some of the ways in which Jesus’ friends ‘lived out’ the message of the
Holy Spirit? (Level 2)
Formal Assessment Summer 2014
Serving – Pentecost
Year 2: Based on Learning Focus 6, page
155, Activity 2.
Invite the pupils to produce a simple poster which illustrates
and describes some of the ways in which we, as Christians
‘Go out’ to tell everyone the Good News use the outline
of a flame (Level 2).
Pupils choose from a bank of words and actions to show that
they recognise how we should act and behave (Level 1).
Pupils need to give further reasons for the ways/actions
they have described (Level 3).
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
Year 2:
At Level 1 the pupils can recognise that
because of their religion ‘Christians’ act in
a particular way.
Pupils at Level 2 should describe how
because of their religion Christians live out
their lives.
To achieve Level 3, the pupil needs to
describe and give further reasons for how
Christians live out their lives.
Can I recognise how Christians should act and behave? (Level 1)
Can I describe ways in which Christians go out to tell everyone the Good News?
(Level 2)
Can I describe and give further reasons for the ways and actions Christians
behave and tell everyone the Good News? (Level 3)
Formal Assessment Summer 2014
Serving – Pentecost
Year 3: Based on Learning Focus 6, page 163
Activity 3
Give each group of children a particular gift of the Spirit to work with
i.e. Wisdom, Knowledge. Ask them to demonstrate to the rest of
the class through any medium they choose how Christians might use
that gift
• Pupils describe some ways in which religious belief is lived out
(Level 2)
• Pupils give reasons for some of the ways in which religious belief is
lived out (Level 3)
iii) social and moral
practices and way of
life
Year 3:
CHRISTIAN LIVING
THEME
Recognise that
people because of
their religion act in a
particular way
Pupils at Level 2 should describe some
ways in which religious belief is lived out.
Describe some ways
in which religion is
lived out by believers
•
Give reasons for
certain actions by
believers
• Pupils at Level 3 should give reasons for
these actions.
Can I describe some of the ways in which religious belief is ‘lived out’?
(Level 2)
Can I give reasons for the actions of Christians who live out their religious beliefs?
(Level 3)
Formal Assessment Summer 2014
Serving – Pentecost
Year 4: Based on Learning Focus 6, page 174,
Activity 4.
Using all the Scripture studied in this topic, plan a Thought
for the Day by completing the following grid
Scripture
New way of living
described
Examples of how the
new way of living is
‘lived out’ today
• In order to access Level 4 the pupils could write a script
showing how the Holy Spirit helped the early Christians
live, and how the Holy Spirit shapes the lives of
Christians today .
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
Year 4:
• Pupils at Level 2 will be able to describe some of
the ways in which belief in the Good News and the
coming of the Holy Spirit is lived out.
• Pupils at Level 3 will be able to give reasons for the
different actions of Christians because of their belief
in the Good News and the coming of the Holy Spirit.
• Pupils at Level 4 would have to show further
understanding of the actions of Christians and how
their belief shapes their lives.
Can I describe some of the ways in which belief in the Good News and the coming of
the Holy Spirit is lived out? (Level 2)
Can I give reasons for the different actions of Christians because of their belief in the
Good News and the coming of the Holy Spirit? (Level 3)
Can I show an understanding of the actions of Christians and how their belief shapes
their lives? (Level 4)
Formal Assessment Summer 2014
Serving – Pentecost
Year 5:
Based on Learning Focus 6, page 170, Activity 1.
Imagine you have been asked to give the homily at Mass
on Sunday. The title is ‘How the Holy Spirit transforms
our lives’. Prepare a homily using the range of Scripture
you have studied throughout this topic and your own
experience, to show how Christian belief in the ‘power
of the Spirit’ transforms our daily lives.
N.B. A level 3 task would require the pupil to focus on
the actions of believers, rather than on a way of life.
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
Year 5:
At Level 2, pupils will be able to describe the
actions of Christians because of their belief in
the ‘power of the Spirit’.
At Level 3, pupils will be able to give reasons for
the actions of Christians because of the belief in
the ‘power of the Spirit’.
At Level 4, pupils will be able to show an
understanding of the belief in the ‘power of the
Spirit’ particularly with reference to how religious
belief shapes lives.
Can I describe the actions of Christians because of their belief in the ‘power of the
Spirit? (Level 2)
Can I give reasons for the actions of Christians because of their belief in the ‘power
of the Spirit? (Level 3)
Can I show an understanding in the belief of the ‘power of the Spirit’? (Level 4)
Formal Assessment Summer 2014
Serving – Pentecost
Year 6: Adapt Learning Focus 6, page 190, Activity 1.
Invite pupils to write a report on the work of
Father Balashowry which focuses on:• what makes him a modern witness.
• how does, what he believes shape the way he
lives his life?
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
Year 6:
NB A Level 3 task would require the pupil to focus on the
actions of believers, rather than a way of life and giving
reasons for these.
(Refer to Background Notes).
At Level 4 pupils will be able to show understanding of how
someone’s way of life was formed by their religious beliefs.
N.B. In order to achieve a Level 5 the task would need to focus on
the response of a non-Christian e.g. Muslim to the social and
moral issue of street children and compare them with Fr.
Balashowry’s.
Can I give reasons for the actions of Christians because of their belief
in the ‘power of the Spirit? (Level 3)
Can I show an understanding of how someone’s way of life is formed by
their religious belief’? (Level 4)
Can I identify similarities and differences between peoples’ responses to
social and moral issues because of their beliefs? (Level 5)