Lesson One – Places of Worship

This religious education teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to locate, describe and compare some of the different special buildings that can be found in the local area including any churches.

The class can identify and describe the functions of some of the different parts that can be seen on the outside of a church building such as a cross and the spire.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to locate, describe and compare some of the different special buildings that can be found in the local area including any churches

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe some of the different parts seen on the outside of a church building and a template to select and record information about one of the parts that can be found on a church building in the local area.

The interactive presentation gets the children to some of the different special buildings that can be found in the local area including any churches,

This lesson is part of a religious education scheme of work to get the children to identify and explain the function and importance of churches in communities and describe how Christians use special artefacts to worship God. 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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