Lesson Four – Palm Sunday
This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to explore and record information about the arrival of Jesus into Jerusalem and suggest how to welcome visitors in similar scenarios.
The class can design and make cards that could be given to Jesus to welcome his arrival into Jerusalem as a special visitor to show why he was considered to be a good friend.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore and record information about the arrival of Jesus into Jerusalem and suggest how to welcome visitors in similar scenarios
Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to explain the sequence of events in a story from the Bible about Jesus’ arrival into Jerusalem and templates to design and make a card to welcome Jesus as a special visitor and record what people might have said when Jesus arrived into Jerusalem.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore the arrival of Jesus into Jerusalem and suggest how to welcome visitors in similar scenarios.
This lesson is part of a curriculum topic scheme of work to get the children to explore and illustrate the main sequence of events in the Easter story and understand the role of different characters in the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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