This lesson explores more deeply one of the five pillars discussed in the last lesson: prayer or salah. Islamic prayer takes place five times a day, each time taking about ten minutes. These compulsory prayers help Muslims keep God at the front of their thoughts and keep them from doing bad deeds. Other prayers also take place at any time and these are called du’a and are often more personal prayers. The thinking skills strategy of fact or opinion will be used in this lesson. This strategy is used when material is controversial, such as the idea of a religious belief. It encourages people to think about what is a fact, a belief or an opinion. Learning objective Learning about: • To understand the importance of regular prayer in a Muslim’s life; and to understand the beliefs that teach the importance of regular prayer. Learning from: • To understand that what is truth to one religion, may be considered to be an opinion to another group of people. Success criteria Learning about: • Pupils will be able to explain the importance of prayer in the life of a Muslim and discuss how prayer improves the life of a Muslim. Learning from: • Pupils will have considered facts and opinions about prayers and be able to express their own views about how different people might categorise beliefs.

This unit addresses the topic of marriage in a way that is appropriate for Key Stage 2 pupils. It begins by looking in general terms at the idea of love and relationships, then goes on to explore how some of the major religions allow believers to make a lifelong commitment to their partner and how God’s blessing on this is represented in a marriage ceremony. Non-religious commitment is also discussed and addressed. The individual circumstances of anyone in your class for whom this is a sensitive topic should be considered and discussed with their carers if appropriate. You will need to source video clips of Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh marriage ceremonies to enhance the teaching of the lessons. Prior learning: It is likely that pupils will have studied friendship, families and perhaps other relationships that are special to them. However, no specific knowledge is required to access the unit. Lesson length: The lessons are designed to last approximately 75 minutes. 7 lesson unit includes all lesson plans and resource sheets Lesson 1: Relationships Lesson 2: Love Lesson 3: Christian Weddings Lesson 4: Jewish Weddings Lesson 5: Arranged Marriage Lesson 6: Sikh Wedding Lesson 7: When relationships go wrong

1 lesson Plan: The geography of the United Kingdom and its surrounding sea All worksheets included. Learning objectives Children should learn: • the names of the countries of the UK; • the names of the four capital cities of the UK; • to identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities. Success criteria Children should be able to: • name the countries of the UK; • name the four capital cities of the UK; • identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities Lesson taken from LCP’s KS1 Geography Resource File

1 lesson plan with resources Called: Going somewhere new – How will we get there? Learning Objective Children should learn: • about the types of transport used to get to places; • to use atlases, internet maps and globes. Success criteria Children can: • use atlases, internet maps and globes to plan routes Taken from LCP’s KS1 Geography Resource File

3 lessons covering: The Compass How to use the compass Directional language Includes Lesson plans and work sheets Lesson 1: The Compass and its uses Learning objectives Children should learn: • the names of simple compass directions; • simple locational language; • to describe the location of features on a map Lesson 2: Using the Compass Learning objectives Children should learn: • the names of simple compass directions; • simple locational language; • to use simple maps; • to plot a route on the ground. Lesson 3: Using directional language Learning objectives Children can: • begin to confidently use directional language. Taken from LCP’s KS1 Geography Resource File

Lesson: My school address Learning objectives Children should learn: • that everyone has a personal address; • the significance of addresses, including the school address. Success criteria Children can: understand the importance of knowing addresses particularly of their school Taken from LCP’s KS1 Geography File

Lesson: Celebrating the local area- Designing a trail Learning objectives Children should learn: • how to design a trail that celebrates their local area; • to work in pairs to review and redraft their work. Success criteria Children can: • work with a partner to devise a successful trail which can be readily followed with clear starting and finishing points, with a set of precise direction to help find one’s way. Taken from LCP’s KS1 Geography Resource File

The activity sheets are structured around the narrative, non-fiction and poetry blocks of the new literacy Framework. The content comes from common Year 6 fiction and non-fiction themes. The activities are designed to support work done across the curriculum as well as in literacy teaching. The activities follow the main literacy priorities in Year 6 and are designed to be used flexibly. They are intended to be used with an adult: it would be pointless for the child to do them alone. Much of the learning is in the interaction. Each activity sheet has a clear focus and advice to the adult as well as the child. There are four main types: • Understanding and engaging with texts; • Shaping texts; • Sentence structure and punctuation; • Spelling. Each unit contains a mixture of the activity types. We’d love to hear how you’re getting on with these resources. Please leave us a review.