A text that looks at the story of St George and how he defended the Christian faith against the Emperor of Nicomedia that then includes three sets of 10 differentiated questions related to the text.

A lesson that focuses on Advent and the significance of this period to Christians, comparing this to other people and how the countdown to Christmas is different. Included is the lesson presentation and differentiated worksheets.

A lesson about the Ten Commandments that includes the presentation and activities for children to work through.

A lesson that gets children to compare Luke and Matthew when describing the birth of Jesus. Included is a lesson presentation and extracts that can then be used to fill in the Venn diagram to highlight similarities and differences between the two gospels.

Three lessons that look at focusing on developing understanding of Easter and Ramadan before being able to make comparisons between the two different religious festivals. The lessons also focus on developing reading as well as religious understanding. The first lesson focuses on Easter. This includes a text with information about Easter. The text also includes a section for vocabulary and a section for adding notes. The text forms the basis of the lesson (which can then be found in the lesson PowerPoints) that includes developing reading fluency of the text, discussion of the vocabulary that forms the left hand side of the text, a chance to discuss Easter, with an opportunity for the class to make notes, and a quiz and discussion to end the lesson. The second lesson focuses on Ramadan. This follows the same style of the first lesson with a text with information about Ramadan. The text again includes a section for vocabulary and a section for adding notes. The text forms the basis of the lesson (which can then be found in the lesson PowerPoints) that includes developing reading fluency of the text, discussion of the vocabulary that forms the left hand side of the text, a chance to discuss Ramadan, with an opportunity for the class to make notes, and a quiz and discussion to end the lesson. The third lesson then provides the opportunity for children to revisit the two texts about Easter and Ramadan before engaging in discussions and an activity that require them to consider similarities and differences between Easter and Ramadan, completing a Venn diagram to finalise the sequence of lessons.

A six-lesson unit focusing on improving understanding of different religious festivals and non-religious celebrations, based on the question ‘Why are festivals important to religious communities?’ from the Derbyshire syllabus. Included is a booklet with all the information and activities for the six lessons (images and some information courtesy of BBC Bitesize) with key vocabulary, recap questions on prior learning, discussion points, questions, activities and challenges included. Also included is a PowerPoint for each lesson to support teaching, with notes and relevant links to videos included. The six lesson sequence is as follows: Lesson One - Celebrations Lesson Two - Christian festivals (focusing on Christmas and Easter) Lesson Three - Diwali Lesson Four - Ramadan Lesson Five - Modern Events Lesson Six - Review lesson