Assessing Universal Church WORLD
Assessing
Local Church/Community
• This term, the formally assessed theme is the
UNIVERSAL CHURCH THEME – WORLD
• We will be formally assessing AT1 (i). 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 not the task
you will use 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 2015
Universal Church – World
Beliefs, Teachings and Sources
Early Years:
Adapt Focus Week 1 page 177, adult directed
Activity 1.
‘Make a world frieze on long sheets of paper, one
for land and another for under the sea. Pupils add
in paint, crayon or collage different people, plants
or animals in God’s world, to answer the question,
‘What did God make?’.
Formal Assessment Summer 2015
Universal Church – World
Beliefs, Teachings and Sources
Year 1:
Adapt Learning Focus 4, p185, Activity 1 and related
continuous provision section.
‘Read the account of the Good Samaritan (based on
Luke 10:25-37) and discuss the related questions.’
• Pupils role play some aspects of the Good Samaritan
(Towards Level 1)
• Pupils draw a picture of the story and label some aspects
of the account. (Level 1)
• Pupils retell through their own words and pictures or
storyboard the account of the Good Samaritan (Level2)
ATTAINMENT TARGET 1 : Learning about Religion
(i) beliefs, teachings
and sources
CHURCH THEME
1
Recognise some
religious stories
2
Retell some
special stories
about religious
events and people
The children at Level 1 should recognise the
story of the Good Samaritan.
The children at Level 2 need to retell the
story of the Good Samaritan in their own
words and/or pictures.
Formal Assessment Summer 2015
Universal Church – World
Beliefs, Teachings and Sources
Year 2:
Based on Learning Focus 3 p184, New activity - use
scripture, CAFOD PowerPoint ‘We are God’s Treasure’ and
Background notes.
Using the key questions,
• Pupils retell the scripture passage in their own words. (Level 2)
• Pupils illustrate the scripture passage, recognising how God
looks after us. (Level 1)
• Pupils retell the scripture passage and make links to what
Christians believe about how and why God looks after us - see
Background notes on CAFOD website. (Level 3)
ATTAINMENT TARGET 1 : Learning about Religion
(i) beliefs, teachings
and sources
CHURCH THEME
1
Recognise some
religious stories
The children at Level 1 should recognise the
elements of Luke 12:27-28.
2
Retell some special
stories about religious
events and people
The children at Level 2 should retell Luke
12:27-28.
3
Make links between
religious stories and
beliefs
To achieve Level 3 children need to make
links between Luke 12:27–28 and what
Christians believe about how and why God
looks after us.
Formal Assessment Summer 2015
Universal Church – World
Beliefs, Teachings and Sources
Year 3:
Adapt Learning Focus 1 p189, Activity 4 – support
with God’s Story, PowerPoint and background notes
from the CAFOD website.
• Pupils retell in their own words and picture the
selected story about Jesus from the Content
section- page 189 (Level 2).
• Pupils retell the selected story about Jesus
making links to this story and what Christians
believe – see Background notes (Level 3).
ATTAINMENT TARGET 1 : Learning about Religion
(i) beliefs, teachings
and sources
CHURCH THEME
Recognise some
religious stories
Retell some special
stories about religious
events and people
Make links between
religious stories and
beliefs
The children at Level 1 should recognise
some elements of the scripture story.
The children at Level 2 should retell the
scripture story in their own words and
pictures.
The children at Level 3 should make links
between the scripture story and some
Christian beliefs.
Formal Assessment Summer 2015
Universal Church – World
Beliefs, Teachings and Sources
Year 4:
Adapt Learning Focus 3 p207 – having watched the
CAFOD PowerPoint about Oscar Romero, collate key
facts about his life and discuss Key Question 4.
• Pupils use the key facts to retell the life of
Oscar Romero making links to Christian beliefs
(Level 3)
• Using key facts, pupils retell the story of Oscar
Romero (Level 2).
(i) beliefs, teachings
and sources
ATTAINMENT TARGET 1 : Learning about Religion
CHURCH THEME
1
Recognise some
religious stories
2
Retell some special
stories about religious
events and people
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
To achieve a Level 2 , the pupils should retell the
story of Oscar Romero.
To achieve a level 3 the pupils should make links
between the life of Oscar Romero and some
Christian beliefs .
Formal Assessment Summer 2015
Universal Church – World
Beliefs, Teachings and Sources
Year 5:
Adapt Learning Focus 5 p211, Activity 1 - refer to
this and previous scripture as well as to the CAFOD
background notes.
‘Using the scripture in this session as well as
previous scripture, invite the pupils to design a
leaflet that could be given to people after
Mass, making links between the scripture and
the beliefs that Christians have concerning the
care of Creation and its people.’
(i) beliefs, teachings
and sources
CHURCH THEME
1
Recognise some
religious stories
2
Retell some special
stories about religious
events and people
3
Make links between
religious stories and
beliefs
To achieve a Level 3 the children need to make
links between the scripture and Christian 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
To achieve a Level 4 the children need to describe
and show understanding of religious sources
beliefs, ideas, feeling and experiences and make
links between them.
Formal Assessment Summer 2015
Universal Church – World
Beliefs, Teachings and Sources
Year 6:
Adapt Learning Focus 6, p233, Activity 2 – using
the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-17) and CAFOD
background notes.
‘Invite the pupils to design a guide to the
Beatitudes which shows their understanding
of the Beatitudes, Catholic Social Teaching,
their own ideas, feelings and experiences,
making links between them.’
(i) beliefs, teachings
and sources
CHURCH THEME
1
Recognise some
religious stories
2
Retell some special
stories about religious
events and people
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
To achieve a Level 3 children will be able to make
links between the Beatitudes and to the beliefs
that Christians have.
To achieve a Level 4 children describe and show
an understanding of the scripture passage, the
beliefs, the ideas and feelings of Christians and
make links between them.