This religious education scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to identify and explain the function and importance of churches in communities and describe how Christians use special artefacts to worship God. The class can make a visit to a church and describe what makes the building important in the local area.

Identify and explain the function and importance of churches in communities and describe how Christians use special artefacts to worship God

Lesson One : Places of Worship

Locate, describe and compare some of the different special buildings that can be found in the local area including any churches

Lesson Two : Inside a Church

Identify and describe some of the special objects and parts that can be found inside a Christian church

Lesson Three : Church Visit

Explore and record some of the different reasons as to why people might visit and use a Christian church in the local area

Lesson Four : Local Church

Investigate, describe and record how churches are the same or different as some of the other buildings that can be found in the local area

Lesson Five : Church Services

Identify and describe some of the different services and rituals that are performed inside a church including christenings

Lesson Six : Stained Glass Window

Explore and illustrate some of the different ways that stories from the Bible can be presented inside a church including the use of stained glass windows

  • Garden Numbers

    Garden Numbers

    Identify and model some of the different calculation techniques that can be used when adding pairs of single digit numbers

  • Summer Stories

    Summer Stories

    Practise composing and presenting narrative stories with familiar settings to illustrate the events and experiences that could happen during the summer

  • Fraction Numbers

    Fraction Numbers

    Investigate how to use concrete equipment, diagrams and calculations to identify and record the matching fractions of different numbers

  • Family Holiday Lists

    Family Holiday Lists

    Explore how to compile sentences punctuated using commas to list some of the special things that families can use, complete and experience on a holiday