Religious Education
2023/2024
Early Years
Term 1. Autumn | Term 2. Spring | Term 3. Summer |
Unit – I am Special/Harvest | Unit- Stories Jesus heard/Stories Jesus told | Unit- Friendship/Special Places |
God, love, Father, unique.
Harvest, God, food, creation, thank you, prayer. |
Bible, Old Testament, God, Jesus, creation, Noah, Joseph, Joshua, Gideon, Jonah, Goliath and Israelites.
Parable and Gospels. |
Friend, friendship, trust, love and Jesus.
Church, Jesus, temple, holy and mosque. |
Unit- Special People/Christmas | Unit- Easter
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Unit- Prayer/Special Times |
Lord, trust, compassion, generosity, courage, miracle and Bible.
Christmas, Jesus, Bethlehem, Mary, Joseph, donkey, inn, star, shepherds, stable and kings. |
Love, sacrifice, Easter, disciple, Holy Week, Palm Sunday, crucified, cross, risen and tomb. | Pray, prayer, God, Jesus and Lord’s Prayer.
Anniversary, christening, baptism, wedding, celebration, funeral, Holy Spirit, birthday and prayer.
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Year 1.
Term 1. | Term 2. | Term 3. |
Unit -God and Creation/ Harvest- How can we help? | Unit- Jesus was special | Unit- Saints and Followers |
God, Creation, Genesis, pollution, world, environment, psalm and hymns.
Harvest, Harvest Festival and Christian Aid |
Jesus, Son of God, friendship, miracle and disciple.
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Jesus, disciple, saint |
Unit- Gifts Why do we give and receive gifts? | Unit- Joseph/
Easter celebrating new life and new beginnings |
Unit- Baptism, Why is it special?/Peace- ks2 |
Gift, Wise Men, Magi, Jesus, promise and St Nicholas.
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Joseph, Jacob, brothers, dreams, coat, Egypt and forgiveness.
Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Jesus, new life, Holy Week, disciples, Mary, resurrection, garden and tomb. |
Baptism, font, Christening, Vicar/Minister, Priest, Godparents, water and belonging.
This is a KS2 unit Peace, fruit, spirit, vales, actions, grace, beloved, dove, hope, prayer, Kingdom of God |
Year 2.
Term 1. | Term 2. | Term 3. |
Unit – The Bible. Why is it special? | Unit- Jesus, a friend to everyone | Unit- What happened at Ascension and Pentecost? |
Bible, Old Testament, New Testament, Holy, Gospel, Word of God, Mary Jones, Dead Sea Scrolls | Miracle, New Testament, Gospels, faith and trust
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Ascension, Pentecost, Holy Spirit, disciples, power, heaven and Trinity. |
Unit- Good news. Why was the birth of Jesus such good news? /
The journey to Bethlehem |
Unit- Easter symbols??? | Unit- Why is church a special place for Christians?/
Where do people of other faiths worship? |
Good news, Elizabeth, Zechariah, Jesus, Mary, Angel Gabriel, Joseph, shepherds and Bethlehem.
Saviour, Messiah, Christ, Bethlehem, Mary, Joseph, Jesus, shepherds, angels, wise men and star. |
Cross, crucify, crucifix, Paschal candle, resurrection, Last supper, light, symbol, Light of the World and Eucharist. | Church, Vicar, Minister, pews, font, altar, stained glass, worship, holy, sacred.
Mosque, minaret tower, Temple, ark, Gurdwara, and langar.
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Year 3.
Term 1. | Term 2. | Term 3. |
Unit – Which rules should we follow? | Unit- Called by God | Unit- Jesus the man that changed lives. |
Rules, Laws, Moses, Commandment, Mount Sinai, Covenant, Old and New Testament | Prophet, God, Old Testament and the names of the Prophets, ministry and ordination.
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Jesus, Mother Teresa and the relevant Bible characters.
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Unit- Christmas. God with us. | Unit- Exploring sadness and joy of Easter | Unit- Islam |
Emmanuel, Incarnation
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Palm Sunday, Temple, Last Supper, Gethsemane, Good Friday, Crucified, Easter Sunday and Resurrection | Haj, direction, Mecca, pilgrimage, zakat, qu’ran, charity, wudu, sawm, ramadam, Arabic, salat, Allah, prayer mat, Saudi Arabia and shahadah. |
Year 4.
Term 1. | Term 2. | Term 3. |
Unit –God, David and the Psalms | Unit- Prayer | Unit- Are all churches the same? |
Samuel, David, Jonathan, Saul, Goliath, inspiration and Psalm
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Pray, prayer, collect
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church, chapel, cathedral, sacrament, vicar, curate, priest and minister
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Unit- Exploring symbols of light (Christmas) | Unit- Betrayal or trust?
(Easter) |
Unit- Hinduism |
Jesus, light, candles, Christingle, Light of the World, Saviour and incarnation, Dreidel, Hanukkah, Hannukiah, Jerusalem, Temple. | Trust, betrayal, forgiveness, Judas, loyalty, Peter, Gethsemane and Jerusalem. | Divali, Krishna, om, Brahman, Rama, Sita, light, hindu, god, holi, goddess, pilgrimage, festival, shiva and vedas. |
Year 5.
Term 1. | Term 2. | Term 3. |
Unit – The Bible. How and why do Christians read the Bible? | Unit- Jesus the teacher | Unit- Significant women in the Old Testament |
Old Testament, New Testament Gospel, Word of God and Translation.
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Parable, Kingdom of God and Imagery.
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Ruth, Esther, Purim and the names of the other women you choose to study- Naomi, Ruth…
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Unit- Christmas around the world | Unit-celebration of victory (Easter) | Unit- Judaism |
St Nicholas, St Lucia and Orthodox.
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Victory, triumph, resurrection, sacrifice, salvation and redeemer. | Shabbat, covenant, scroll, Torah, ark, shema, tallit, kippah, rabbi, huppah, ketubah, service, barmitzvah, bapmitzvah, synagogue and havdalah.
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Year 6.
Term 1. | Term 2. | Term 3. |
Unit – Eucharist /The Lord’s Prayer | Unit- Sikhism | Unit- Ideas about God |
Eucharist, Holy Communion, Last Supper, remembrance, holy, sacrifice, mercy, salvation, sacrament and faith
Daily bread, forgiveness, thankfulness, Kingdom, pray, disciples Gospel, holy, hallowed, temptation, message, Father, sustenance, will, trespasses, glory, Christians and belief. |
Guru, Nanank, gurdwara, Guru Gobid Singh, symbols, Vaisakhi, Guru Granth Sahib, Golden Temple, langar, kara, kirpan, service, khanda, kanga and Harmandir Sahib.
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God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Trinity and Celtic |
Unit- How do Christians prepare for Christmas (Advent) | Unit- Who was Jesus (Easter) | Unit- People of faith |
Advent, prophet, prophesy, John the Baptist, Messiah, annunciation, incarnation, Mary | Messiah, Prince of Peace, Saviour, resurrection, redeemer Moses, Passover, ceder, Israel, freedom and slavery.
and servant
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Faith, ministry, mission, kingdom of God and vocation |