Religious Education Long Term Plan Yellow Cycle
Autumn 1 / Autumn 2 / Spring 1 / Spring 2 / Summer 1 / Summer 2E.Y / Christianity
Harvest
Enrichment:school Harvest performance. / Christianity
Christmas Story
Enrichment:school nativity play. / Chinese New Year
Enrichment: have a Chinese New Year party / Sikhism
Study Vaisakhi celebration
Enrichment:
Boys dance the Bhangra and girls dance the Gidda / Weddings
Study Christian weddings
Enrichment:invite Reverend Reed into perform a ‘wedding’ / Buddism
Study Wesak celebration
Enrichment:Perform 'Bathing the Buddha' ceremony
Y1 / Y2/1 /Y2 / Islam
Study Eid-ul-Adha celebration
Mohammed (Prophet)
Who is Allah?
Koran (Holy Book)
Shahada (Statement of faith)
Enrichment:visit to a Al-Ramah mosque / Celebrating Our Differences
Study how religious buildings, people, books and prayers are different
Enrichment:visit different churches in Golborne (C of E; Catholic) to see the differences. Invite different religious figures into school to discuss their religion. / Christianity
Study Bible Stories with morals
The Bible
Who is Jesus?
Daniel and the Lion’s Den
Samson: God’s Strong Man
The Prodigal Son
The Good Samaritan
Enrichment: look at different versions of the Bible. Look at the Bible translated into different languages.
Reverend Reed to show the children the Bible from church.
Y3 / Y4/3 /Y4 / Racism
Case study into Nelson Mandella
Enrichment:racism workshop in school (Show Racism the Red Card) / Judaism
Study Pesach (Passover) festival
Moses (Burning Bush; Ten Plagues)
Josiah
Destruction of the Temple by the Babylonians
Significance of the Western Wall
King Herod
Jewish Temples
Synogogues
Enrichment: eat a ‘Passover meal’ in school (ask school kitchen to assist) / Christianity
Right and wrong
The 10 Commandments
Christian love
Forgiveness
Enrichment: Visit church
Y5 / Y6/5 /Y6 / Hinduism
Study Diwali festival
Namaste (Hindu greeting)
Brahman (OM symbol)
Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva (The 3 main Gods)
Krishna and Hare Krishnas (Most popular God)
Puja (Worship)
Avatar (Incarnation)
Ashramas (The 4 stages of life: student, householder, retired person and 'renouncer’)
Enrichment:visit a Hindu Temple / Homophobia
Case study into same sex marriage
What is same sex marriage?
Why are people opposed to it?
What difference does it make? / Evolution
Study ‘Intelligent Design’.
Case study into Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution
Religious Education Long Term Plan Blue Cycle
Autumn 1 / Autumn 2 / Spring 1 / Spring 2 / Summer 1 / Summer 2E.Y / Judaism
Study Rosh Hashanah celebration
Enrichment:children eat some Hallah bread / Christianity
Christmas Story
Enrichment: school nativity play / Hindu
Study Holi celebration
Enrichment:throw coloured water / Weddings
Study weddings from different traditions (not Christian)
Enrichment:perform a Hindu wedding / Islam
Study Ramadan celebration
Enrichment:invite some Muslim people in to speak to the children / Birth and Baptism
Enrichment:invite Reverend Reed into E.Y to perform a ‘Baptism’
Y1 / Y2/1 /Y2 / Celebrating Our Differences
Study Christmas traditions from around the world
Christingle
Christian Values
Enrichment: invite parents in from different cultures to discuss Christmas traditions in their culture. / Christianity
Lent and Easter
The Church Year
Old and New Testaments
Enrichment: visit church for an Easter celebration / Judaism
Study Jewish beliefs about God
The Shema (Prayer)
Mezuzah (Parchment)
Teffilin (Little boxes)
Blessings
Enrichment: invite a group of Jewish people into school.
Y3 / Y4/3 /Y4 / Buddhisum
Study Nirvana Day celebration
The Buddha’s Life Story
Living as a Buddhist
Buddha’s Teachings
Buddhist Monastery / Prejudice and Discrimination
Disability
Different disabilities
What the Bible says about disability
What society’s perception is of disability
How were people with a disability treated in the past?
Enrichment:collaborate with Hope School, Wigan / Islam
Study Ramadan Festival
Five Pillars
Fasting
Pilgrimage
Muslim calendar and Hejira
Prayer
Id (pronounced ‘eed’)
Enrichment: invite a group of Muslim people into school
Y5 / Y6/5 /Y6 / Sikism
Study Guru Nanak Celebration
Guru Granth Sahib (Scripture Book)
Gurdwara (The Sikh place of worship)
Khalsa (Community of the Pure)
Sikh Rites of Passage
Sikh Beliefs
Enrichment: visit a Sikh Temple / Christianity
Disciples
Holy Spirit
Christianity in other countries
Enrichment: contact (by letters or blogging or live video link) a school in a different country, who are Christians. / Sexism
Case study into why women couldn’t vote
What is the vote?
Who can vote?
Why could women not vote in the past?
How did this ‘rule’ change?
(Islam; Christianity; Hinduism; Judaism)
(Judaism)
(Buddhism)
(Sikism)
(Sikism)
(Bible stories)
(Islam)
(Racism)
file:///C:/Users/natandben/Downloads/Homophobia,%20Let's%20Tackle%20It.pdf (Homophobia)
(Homophobia)
file:///C:/Users/natandben/Downloads/Celebrating%20Difference.pdf (Homophobia)