Religion Story of the People of God Lots of Planning Catholic Flavour

Lots of great planning.

The unit covers:

Start to understand the structure of the Bible.

Research some different styles of writing found in the Bible.

Discuss some of the important figures in the OT and understand why and how they had a special relationship with God.

Analyse The story of the fall.

Know the story of Cain and Abel.

Relate the story to our relationships with friends and family.

Know the story of Manna from Heaven. (Exodus 16: 1-18)

Understand why God provided for the needs of his people.

Empathise with all involved.

Explain how we can show our love for God through our obedience of the ten commandments.

Sample planning :

Introduce the new unit to the children and explain that, through this five week unit of RE, we will be learning about some of the different styles of literature found in the Bible. We will also be learning about some significant people from the Old Testament and their relationship with God.

Introduce the LO.

Display the word ‘ancestors’ on the board and children to TTYP and discuss the meaning of the word.

Take feedback from class.

Share meaning and address any misconceptions.

Children to think about stories that they know about their family and the ancestors that went before them. Talk about people who research their family tree – they are researching their ancestors. The people who came before them. Discuss the program ‘Who do you think you are?’ on BBC 1. Show the opening credits http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCeWuSgiqHI

Discuss the title of the program. Don’t these celebrities already know who they are? They know their own names, their dates of birth, their parents’ names: what else are they looking for?

Discuss how a knowledge of where we have come from, might help us to understand or plan where we need to go to.

Bring this back to the Bible. The Bible is a library of books which gives us information about our ancestors – the people of God.

Explain to the children that the Bible contains the story of the Jewish people in the Old Testament and is the foundation of the story of the Christian people in the New Testament.

Revise work from Year 4 about the Bible being a library of books rather than just one book. (Use the ‘books of the Bible’ slide on PPT). Ch to count up how many books in the Bible – 39 in OT, 27 in NT – 66 in total