Cringleford CE VA Primary School
RE Curriculum Map KS1 There will be a Whole School RE Day on Christianity every term.
Reception / Year 1 / Year 2Autumn / Christianity: What do Christians celebrate?
How do Christians celebrate the birth of a baby?
How do Christians celebrate Harvest?
What do Christians celebrate at Christmas?
Judaism: What is Jewish community life like?
What do Jews do at the Synagogue?
What do Jewish people do on the Sabbath?
What do Jews celebrate at Hanukkah? / Christianity: Who is Jesus?
Why is Jesus important to Christians?
What do the Gospels tell us about the life of Jesus?
What did Jesus teach through the Parables?
Hinduism: What do Hindus celebrate?
How do Hindus celebrate the birth of a baby?
What do Hindus celebrate at Diwali?
What do Hindus celebrate at Holi? / Christianity: Why is the Bible important for Christians?
What are the Old and New Testaments?
What are the Ten Commandments?
How do some Bible stories affect the way that Christians live their lives?
Buddhism: What did Buddha teach?
What stories do Buddhists tell about Siddhartha Gautama? What is Enlightenment?
What is Wesak and how do Buddhists celebrate?
Spring / Christianity: What does the Bible teach Christians about God?
What is the Creation story?
What happens in the story of Noah and the Flood?
What happens in the Easter story?
Islam: What do Muslims celebrate?
How do Muslims celebrate the birth of a baby?
What do Muslims celebrate at Eid-Ul-Fitr?
What is a Muslim wedding like? / Christianity: What does being a disciple of Jesus mean?
What are some of the things Jesus taught at the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7)?
What happened in the story of the Good Samaritan?
Why and how do Christians celebrate the Lord’s Supper?
How do Christians try and help other people, through community and charity work?
What does Christian Aid (or Tear Fund) do? / Christianity: What are resurrection, salvation and eternal life?
Why is the Cross an important symbol for Christians?
What happened at Easter, and what is the importance of resurrection?
What does salvation mean to Christians?
What does the Bible say about eternal life?
What does the Bible say about Heaven?
Are there examples of people whose lives and behaviour have changed after becoming a Christian?
Summer / Christianity: Why do Christians belong to churches?
What do Christians do at church?
What job does a Vicar/ Minister/ Pastor/ Elder do?
What community work do churches do?
Sikhism: Why is community important to Sikhs?
What happens at the Sikh festival of Baisakhi?
What do Sikhs do at the Gurdwara?
How do Sikhs bless others through the Langar meal? / Christianity: What are the special times in a Christian’s life?
What happens when someone is baptised (a baby, child or adult?)
What is a Christian wedding like?
What happens on a pilgrimage?
Islam: What does a Muslim believe?
Why is Muhammad important to Muslims?
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
How does a Muslim pray? / Christianity: Why is church important?
Why is meeting together important for Christians?
Are all Christian churches the same? What are the different denominations?
What do Christians do, apart from going to church?
Judaism: What do the Jews mean by ‘Covenant’ and ‘Chosen People’?
Why are Abraham and Moses important to Jews?
What is the Jewish Covenant?
What happens at Pesach (Passover)?
Cringleford CE VA Primary School
RE Curriculum MapKS2 There will be a Whole School RE Day on Christianity every term.
Year 3 / Year 4 / Year 5 / Year 6Autumn / Christianity: Incarnation
Who is Jesus and why did he come to earth?
What did the Old Testament say about Jesus?
What happened at Christmas, and why did God send Jesus to earth?
What happened when Jesus was baptised, and why did he go into the Wilderness?
What did Jesus teach at the Sermon on the Mount?
What are some of the miracles and healings that Jesus performed?
Who were Jesus’s disciples? / Judaism: Covenant
Why are the Jews a chosen people?
Why is the Shema important to Jews?
How does Shabbat bind the Jewish community together?
What are the roles of the Rabbi, Chazzan and Shamma at a Synagogue?
Why do Jews view the Torah as a sign of their Covenant with God? How do they show respect for it?
Why is Passover (Pesach) so important to the Jewish people? / Christianity: Relationship
How do Christians live their lives?
What does it mean to live in a relationship with God (prayer, reading the Bible)?
What are the different sorts of baptism?
Why do Christians go to church, and what do churches do?
What does the Bible say about blessing others, and what charitable work do Christians do?
Why are there different church denominations? How are they different? / Islam: Ibadah
How do Muslims live by their beliefs?
What does Ibadah mean in Muslim daily life?
How can Muslims adhere to the Five Pillars of Islam in their daily life?
What is the importance of Ummah, and how is it expressed?
What is the importance of Hajj to Muslims?
How can Muslims put their faith into action?
What are the different expressions of Islam across the world?
Spring / Sikhism: Khalsa
What is belonging to the Sikh community like?
How does the Mool Mantra explain the nature of God to Sikhs?
What is the significance of the 5Ks?
What happens at Amrit?
What does belonging to the Khalsa mean?
What does ‘Sewa’ mean to Sikhs, and what happens at the ‘Langar’ meal?
How does the Sikh community celebrate Vaisakhi? / Christianity: Salvation
What is salvation?
What happened at Easter, and why did Jesus need to die on the cross?
What do Christians mean by ‘sin’?
What do Christians mean by being ‘saved’ – what are they being saved from?
What impact does salvation have on the way Christians make moral decisions?
What are the Fruits of the Spirit?
What is the Trinity, and why is the Holy Spirit important to Christians? / Hinduism: Dharma
How do Hindus live by their beliefs?
What is Brahman, and why are there so many Hindu gods and goddesses?
How do Hindus uphold Dharma in their lives?
What are Karma and Samsara?
What do Hindus believe happens after someone dies?
What happens at a Hindu Mandir, and who are the Hindu leaders?
How are Diwali and Holi celebrated by the Hindu community? / Christianity: Word of God
Is the Bible still relevant today?
How does the ‘Word of God’ influence Christians in their everyday lives, and in their decision making?
Give examples of where Christian faith has motivated people to make a difference.
What does the Bible say about money, greed, injustice and war?
What does the Bible say about relationships and marriage?
What does the Bible say about the future?
Summer / Hinduism and Christianity
Who created the World and why should humans care for it?
What do Christians believe about Creation?
What do Christians say about the Environment?
What is the importance of Brahman to Hindus?
What do Hindus believe about the Trimurti: Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva?
What do Hindus mean by ‘Dharma’ and ‘Karma’? / Islam and Christianity
Why are prayer and fasting important?
What did Jesus teach about prayer in the New Testament?
What is the Lord’s Prayer?
What do Christians believe about fasting?
What did Muhammad teach about prayer (Salat)?
What do Muslims do when they pray? What is the significance of Wudu?
What do Muslims believe about fasting in Ramadan (Sawm)? / Buddhism and Christianity
What is contentment?
Who was Siddhartha Gautama, and what is Enlightenment?
What is the importance of the Three Jewels, and of the Noble Eightfold Path?
What does it mean to ‘follow Dharma’?
What did Jesus teach about contentment in the Beatitudes/ Sermon on the Mount?
What does the Apostle Paul teach about contentment and Godly peace?
What challenges contentment? / Judaism and Christianity:Atonement
What is forgiveness?
What beliefs are central to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?
What happens during the Days of Awe?
What happened in the Holocaust, and can something so terrible ever be forgiven?
Why is forgiveness important to Christians?
What does the Bible teach about forgiveness?
How do Christians work for peace and reconciliation?