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

Hannukah teaching Materials 5 Powerpoints 4 Word Documents Nice visual topic. Interesting.

Nice powerpoint on the Ascension. Plus Teaching Strategies Lent Vigil Explained. Vigil four parts explained.

Materials for teaching Easter and Jesus and his disciples. Planning powerpoints etc. Road to Emmaeus board game.

Simple powerpoint. Real product has no references on it i.e. it’s clean

3 rounds. Answers at end. Handy filler at very busy time of year. Please look at my other Christmas resources. Merry Christmas!

A nice play for a Christmas assembly. About 12 pages. Sample : Part 1: KIRA - Narrator 1: The time leading up to Christmas is a busy one, and sometimes we can forget what the message of good news it brings. We would like you to imagine that this good news event is being broadcast to you today, live! EMILY - Narrator 2: Our report, and the beginning of Christianity, is set in Nazareth. In the town, Jewish families were living under Roman occupation. These families had become poor due to King Herod’s heavy taxes. Nearly all the money the Jews earned went to Herod and the Romans so that they could afford new weapons and lovely food and clothes. RICKY - Narrator 3: In the town lived a very religious Jewish family: the daughter of this family was called Mary. When Mary was about 14 years old she became engaged to Joseph, a talented carpenter. SONG: Nazareth (NATIVITY) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNDcWruJ4IY Things are really cool in Nazareth. Our city is full of joy, Cause this is where girl meets boy. Barely had a school in Nazareth. There they join hand in hand, side by side, they will stand. A wedding is being planned. Here in Nazareth. Nazareth our place to live. Always willing to forgive. Nazareth will bring us well. We can hear those wedding bells. Feeling in a fix in Nazareth. Rules are to be obeyed, Arrangements are being made. Got to get your kicks in Nazareth Baby, you’ll run away Start at a brand new day Still we can not betray Good old Nazareth.” <Play news theme – Have playing on a screen during broadcast?> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj5Rc60fJ2M ASHTON - Newsreader 1: Hello. And welcome to this breaking news update. We begin our report with the news of wedding preparations that are under way for Mary and Joseph who are pledged to be married. Tonight, however, Mary was woken from a deep sleep by a gentle voice.

Two great powerpoints and some planning. Nice powerpoint on Epiphany. Sample : Share the new targets with the children and explain that this is a short unit – two double lessons. Read the story of Jesus’ birth from Matthew’s Gospel – Mt 1: 18-2: 23. Who are the main characters in this story? Concentrate on Mary, Joseph and King Herod. Talk through the story. God had promised a saviour to free us all from our sins and he sent His only son into the world for us. Talk about the priorities for any family when a baby is expected. (safety and comfort of the mother) . Activity One Come back together and watch scene featuring King Herod. Fear gripped King Herod, his mighty power was threatened. He gathered all the chief priests and scribes to see what they knew – they confirmed that Bethlehem had been foretold by the prophets. Herod launched his plan to locate the baby so that he could destroy him. What was Herod’s mistake? (look for the children to understand that Herod thought that Jesus would be an earthly King with a throne and a crown who was overthrow Herod). What were Mary and Joseph’s feelings about the birth of the baby? Do you think they were scared? Happy? Relieved? Children to TTYP and discuss – What does the birth of Jesus mean for us? Jesus truly God and truly human has come down to Earth. He brings peace, love and true freedom to those who seek him. He opens the way to heaven for us. He has come to save all people. What does the birth of Jesus teach us? God seeks those with an open heart to receive him. If you truly seek God, He will find you. It’s not money, wealth or knowledge that matters because God seeks the lowly and the humble who are looking for Him.

Nice worksheet on Ramadam. Plus other nice bits and bobs on Islam and other religions.

I’m putting up a series of lesson for Christmas. RE themed. Catholic flavour. You get a nice powerpoint. Plus some planning and worksheets. I’ll put up the others if there is demand.

Lots of great planning from my teaching career in Primary schools. Nice powerpoints. Nice fun stuff too. Good value as you get a lot of stuff. I taught from Reception to year 6 so something for everyone.

Second in my series for Christmas. Nice powerpoint and planning.

Lesson four in my nice Christmas unit. Please look at the others to get the idea. Nice powerpoint ion this one.