KS1 Sukkot - Judaism - Outstanding RE Lesson

Engage your KS1 students with this comprehensive lesson on Sukkot, a significant Jewish festival that celebrates gratitude and remembrance. This resource provides a full lesson plan, worksheets, and a 12-slide PowerPoint to help students understand the story of Sukkot and its meaning for Jewish people today.

Through creative activities like writing thankfulness lists, designing sukkah models, and retelling the Sukkot story, children will explore how Jewish families celebrate this festival by building temporary shelters and reflecting on God’s protection. The lesson highlights themes of thankfulness for food, shelter, and family, encouraging students to reflect on the importance of gratitude in their own lives.

Includes:

• Full lesson plan
• 12-slide PowerPoint presentation
• My Thankfulness List worksheet
• My Thanksfulness List WAGOLL answer sheet
• Instructions for creating your own Sukkah (either by drawing or modelling)
• Lower ability and middle ability storyboard sheet
• Higher ability storyboard sheet
• Storyboard WAGOLL answer sheet

L.O.: Understand the festival of Sukkot and its meaning for Jewish people.

Suitable for KS1, Year 1 and Year 2.

Keywords: Sukkot, Jewish festival, KS1 RE, Judaism, sukkah, thankfulness, temporary shelters, story of Sukkot, religious education, Year 1, Year 2, lesson plan, worksheets, craft activities, story retelling.