Key Question
‘Which stories and books are special for different people and why ?
Key Vocabulary Christian Muslim, Sacred, Holy, Bible, Qur’an, God, Allah, Jesus,
Key events and places
We should know
What a story is.
Religious symbols
Some books are sacred and holy. The scared texts are called the Bible and Qur'an and that they are special to Christians and Muslims.
Christianity – The Bible has stories like The Wise and Foolish House Builders, The Story of David and Goliath, Jesus and the thankful leper that give wisdom and guidance and help Christian’s to live their lives in a better way.
Islam - The Qur’an was revealed to Muhammad in the cave at Hira with the help of the angel Jabril. Muslims respect the holy and sacred Qur’an because they believe it contains the direct word of Allah. Muslim’s take care of the Qur’an to show this respect (place on a stand, wash hands, never put it on the floor, stand it on a cloth, never pass it around).
Key Knowledge
What are the names of the Christian and Muslim
sacred texts?
What is the difference between a special book and a holy book?
What is written inside the Bible?
How do Muslims look after the Qur’an?
R.E. – Reception – Special Stories
Key Question
Why might some people put their trust in God?
We should know
-Jews have a story which tells them God created the world
-Jews believe that God told them to look after the world.
Key Vocabulary Jew Jewish Promise Trust Commitment Sukkot Symbol Community Grateful
Key events and places
Noah and the Ark
After the flood receded Jews believe that God spoke to Noah. He said: “I promise I won't flood the world again. Go now, and let all your children and grandchildren make the world a really nice place to live in.” God went away again, leaving a lovely rainbow to show that he was going to keep his promise. Sukkot is a week-long Jewish holiday that celebrates the autumn harvest. It is one of the most joyful festivals in Judaism, meant to bring families, friends and communities together to celebrate God’s promise to provide what they need. The holiday also commemorates the 40 years that Jews spent in the desert after escaping slavery in Egypt.
Sukkah is a hut. Jews build in their garden. The sukkah must have two and a half walls and a roof made of branches and leaves. It is important that one can still see the sky when inside the sukkah. Jewish families have their meals and some even sleep inside the sukkah during Sukkot.
Religious symbols
Key Knowledge
What do Jews believe the story of Noah tells them about God?
What is a promise?
What happens during the festival of Sukkot?
R.E. – Year One – Judaism
Key Question
Why do Muslims believe it is important to obey God?
We should know
That Muslims believe in one God (Allah)
That Muslims believe that the world was created by God
Islam teaches humans are caretakers of the planet
Key Vocabulary Muslim Routines Rules Obey Shahada Qur’an Mosque Wudhu Prophet Muhammed Prayer hall Prayer Mat
Key events and places
Prayer as one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
Salah is the obligatory Muslim prayers, performed five times each day by Muslims. It is the second Pillar of Islam. God ordered Muslims to pray at five set times of day (roughly, dawn, midday, later afternoon, sunset and between sunset and midnight.)
Rituals of prayer
••Muslims can pray anywhere but it is good to pray together in the mosque.
The ‘call to prayer’ is the chant aloud from the tower calls Muslims to pray at the mosque.
-Wudhu is the ritual washing performed by Muslims before prayer. Muslims must be clean and wear good, modest clothes before they present themselves before God.
•Muslims face the same way, towards Makkah, Saudi Arabia, which is the site of the Ka’bah (cube), the holiest site for Muslims.
•When they pray, men and women pray separately so as not to be distracted. They pray shoulder to shoulder and on a level floor, to remind them that they are all equal before Allah.
•Muslims use a prayer mat when praying and sometimes a compass too. The prayer mat provides a clean place for prayer
-There are fixed movements for prayers, which include kneeling with the forehead placed on the ground in front.
Religious symbols
Key Knowledge
Why do Muslims believe it is important to respect
God?
Why do Muslims pray on a regular basis?
When do Muslims pray?
What do Muslims do when they pray?
R.E. – Year Two-Islam
Key Question
What do Christians mean by the 'Holy Spirit
Christianity: (Church)
We should know
How light is a symbol for Christians
Symbols of Christian worship
Key Vocabulary Holy spirit qualities inspire Pentecost apostles talents and attributes
Christian worship believe celebrate talent
Key events and places
Pentecost is a Christian holiday which takes place on the 50th day after Easter Sunday. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Virgin Mary and the Apostles of Jesus Christ while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks, as described in the Acts of the Apostles.
Whitsuntide the week following Whit Sunday or Pentecost, was traditionally a time for celebration as the first holiday of the summer.
Whitsun was a traditional time for walks and processions. A traditional Procession of Witness or Whit Walk has long been celebrated throughout the North West. Other events and sports celebrate Whitsuntide like cheese rolling.
Worship Christian worship involves praising God in music and speech, readings from scripture, prayers of various sorts, a sermon, and various holy ceremonies (often called sacraments) such as the Eucharist. While worship is often thought of only as services in which Christians come together in a group, individual Christians can worship God on their own, and in any place
Religious symbols
Key Knowledge
• What do Christians mean by the Holy Spirit?
• How might the belief in the Holy Spirit as God's presence impact how Christians live?
• What are the Christian values exemplified by the Spirit?
• How and why is Pentecost celebrated?
R.E. – Year
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Three
Key Question
Is sacrifice an important part of religious life?
Christianity: Jesus
We should know
• The principle of Zakat in Islam
• What it means to be a follower of Jesus..
Key Vocabulary Lent
Easter Agapé
Temptation
Self-discipline Expression Sacrifice
Sacrificial Love
Key events and places
Jesus in the wilderness This is a story from the Gospel tells of how Jesus is led into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasts for 40 days and 40 nights and is hungry and faces a number of temptations by Satan but he refuses to be tempted. This gospel passage is read on the first Sunday of Lent. Christians believe that the message of this story is that God will help them resist temptation if they ask for his help. Temptation are not bad in themselves but it is what Christians do with them that can help them turn to God or away from God, to be the kind of person they want to be with purity of heart.
Lent is a period of 40 days leading up to the death of Jesus at Easter. Lent starts on Ash Wednesday. In Lent, many Christians commit to fasting, as well as giving up luxuries to reflect Jesus Christ's sacrifice during his journey into the desert for 40 days; this is known as one's Lenten sacrifice. Lent is also a time of reflection and prayer.
Agapé love is the highest form of Christian love, the kind of love and action that shows empathy; extends the desire for good; wants the best; extends help or shows good intentions; and is intended for everyone. Agapé love is sacrificial.
Oscar Romero Catholic Saint Oscar Romero was the Arch Bishop of San Salvador who was shot dead whilst saying mass. At the time, his country was governed by the wealthy who were oppressing the poorest with help from the army. Thousands were imprisoned, tortured, murdered or simply disappeared. Romero denounced the violence in his Sunday sermons. . He is inspirational for many today as he didn’t just talk about the need to love your neighbour, but courageously named and stood up against injustices and showed how we should not ignore the suffering of people in need.
Religious symbols
Key Knowledge
What are the key events in the story of Jesus in the Wilderness? What beliefs about Jesus are
reflected in this story?
Why is sacrifice an important Christian value?
What might a Christian do during lent? Why do they do this?
What is agapé?
Discuss Christians who have been an example of sacrificial love.
R.E. – Year Four –
Key Question
What do we mean by a miracle?
Key Vocabulary
Miracle
Pilgrimage
Jesus as God incarnate
Divine Resurrection
Holy land
Miraculous event
Key events and places
Christianity: Jesus
We should know
that Christians identify belief and values within religious teachings
That Christian beliefs about Jesus are reflected in stories from the Bible
About the Christian belief in Incarnation
When Christians talk about a miracle, they mean an event that is not ‘normal,’ something that cannot be explained by the laws of nature. The Gospels describe 35 miracles that Jesus performed. Some stories are about Jesus healing sick people or bringing dead people back to life. others show Jesus' power over things - changing water into wine, feeding over 5000 people with very little food, and calming a storm.
These miracles are important for Christians as they show that Jesus was more than just a man and they help show what God is like and that God is at work in His world - then and today - and to encourage Christians to believe in God for themselves.
Religious symbols
The Holy Land is the land where Jesus was born and lived. The area known as The Holy Land includes Bethlehem, Nazareth and Jerusalem along with other towns and places that are linked to the life of Christ.
Key Knowledge
Know and retell the miracles of The feeding of 5000 people, casting out evil spirits, Jesus healing the blind and sick, turning water into wine and controlling the water.
• What happened during these miracles and do these miracles reveal to Christians about Jesus?
• Why are these miracles a sign of the divinity of Jesus?
• Why do some Christians go on pilgrimage to places associated with these miracles?
R.E. – Year Five–
Key Question
Why do Christians believe Good Friday is good?
Key Vocabulary Holy Week
Good Friday Easter
Stations of the Cross Suffering Courage Resurrection Hope Comfort Eucharist disciple
Key events and places
Christianity: Jesus
We should know:
• that Christians believe that miracles are signs of the divinity of Jesus and Christians might go on pilgrimage to places associated with miraculous events
• Understand what a Christian might do during the period of Lent and what ‘sacrifice’ is.
• Holy Week is when Christians reflect on the week leading up to Jesus’ death by crucifixion, known as the Passion of Christ. This is a very solemn period of time for Christians. Holy Week is the last week of Lent, and the week before Eastertide.
• How is Holy Week celebrated? Holy Week is celebrated across the full week, with four key Holy Days. Christians celebrate this period by attending Church services and may continue fasting as during Lent. Christians show devotion by taking part in The Stations of the Cross which is a walk that allows for reflection and re-enactment of Jesus’ final journey, when he carried his cross to Golgotha, the place of his crucifixion.
• Palm Sunday focuses on Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, where he arrived on a donkey to observe the Jewish festival of Passover. Today, most churches use palm crosses during the Palm Sunday service. You may see people carrying larger palm branches.
• Maundy Thursday takes place on the Thursday before Easter. This is when Christians remember the first Eucharist at the Last Supper when bread and wine is consecrated and shared. It was on this evening that Judas betrayed Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane which led to his crucifixion the next day.
• Good Friday This is the most solemn of days for Christians – the day of Jesus’ crucifixion. Christians will attend special services at their local church, where they will think about Jesus’ suffering and death, Many churches run a special service between 12 noon and 3pm, as this is the time Jesus was on the cross.
• Holy Saturday falls the day after Good Friday. Churches are silent on this day. Christians take part in a special evening service where baptismal promises are renewed and where Jesus’s resurrection is celebrated with great joy in the heart of the night. A special Easter candle is lit which symbolises the Risen Jesus as the light of the world. This candle will be used at christenings and baptisms for the forthcoming year, reminding worshippers of the life and death of Christ.
Religious symbols
Key Knowledge
What are the events leading up to the death of Jesus?
How and why do Christians celebrate the events of Holy Week?
What is the Eucharist?
What do Christians believe about the Eucharist and its importance?
How might a belief in the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus guide and comfort a Christian during difficult times in their lives?
R.E. – Year Six –
