Have any issues with this resource or a request? Contact us directly for the quickest response at: explore_education@outlook.com Immerse yourself in the brilliance and joy of Diwali, the Festival of Lights, with our captivating 23-slide PowerPoint presentation. Delve into the rich traditions and cultural significance of this popular Hindu festival, celebrated with great enthusiasm and happiness across India and around the world. Learn about the origins of Diwali, which commemorates the triumphant return of Rama and Sita to their kingdom after a 14-year exile, symbolizing the victory of good over evil. Discover how this joyous occasion brought the light of knowledge and truth back into the lives of mankind. Explore the preparations for Diwali, including the traditional lighting of small Diva lamps to welcome the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi, into Hindu homes. Experience the Hindu New Year celebration, also known as the Festival of Light, which spans one to five days and culminates on the third day of Diwali with mesmerizing fireworks displays. Discover the heartwarming customs of exchanging Diwali gifts with family and friends, spreading love and joy during this festive season. Uncover the deep symbolism behind the rows of lamps that illuminate homes, signifying the triumph of light and goodness over darkness and evil. Witness the vibrant display of beautifully adorned oil lamps, candles, and decorative lights that fill houses and windows, creating a magical ambiance. Experience the delightful traditions of Diwali, from indulging in delicious foods and enjoying family gatherings to participating in pooja ceremonies. Learn about the significance of keeping houses clean and adorning doorsteps with intricate Rangoli patterns to welcome the goddess Lakshmi, the embodiment of wealth and prosperity. Witness the artistic beauty of Rangoli, a traditional Indian art form created during festivals, as vibrant two-dimensional designs come to life on the floor. Marvel at the intricate geometrical patterns adorned with oil lamps (Divas) placed between them, adding a touch of radiance to the celebrations. Expand your knowledge of Diwali with our comprehensive PowerPoint presentation, providing valuable insights into the festival’s traditions, rituals, and cultural significance. Let the spirit of Diwali illuminate your learning and embrace the joyous celebration of light and prosperity. year 1 2 3 4 5 6 reception y1 y2 y3 y4 y5 y6 uks2 lks2 India Hindus Hinduism Jain Sikh sikhism

Light up your RE lessons with these 7 Buddhism RE Lessons! Great for a whole term, these seven lessons cover all the children need to know about the beliefs of Buddhists. Created for Key Stage 2, these lessons are easily adaptable for Key Stage 1 too. Children will create a storyboard, prayer flags, three baskets of wisdom, the Four Noble Truths, a hand of the Five Moral Concepts, a wheel of the Eight-Fold Path, Wesak festival light bulbs. This unit contains a bumper pack of 70 PowerPoint slides altogether, 7 pages of lesson plans and 12 resource sheets. Resources included: ★ x7 lesson plans ★ x7 PowerPoints (one for each lesson) ★ Life of Siddhartha Gautama - Worksheet ★ Life of Siddhartha Gautama - Completed Example ★ Prayer Flags - Worksheet ★ Prayer Flags - Completed Example ★ Three Baskets Worksheet ★ Four Noble Truths - Worksheet ★ Four Noble Truths - Completed Example ★ Five Moral Precepts - Worksheet ★ Five Moral Precepts - Completed Example ★ Noble Eight-Fold Path - Worksheet ★ Noble Eight-Fold Path - Completed Example ★ Wesak Buddhist Festival of Light - Worksheet Lesson 1: L.O. To learn about the background of the Buddhist faith and that Siddhartha Gautama is known as the Buddha Lesson 2: L.O. To learn about how and where Buddhists worship Lesson 3: L.O. To learn about the sacred book of Buddhism, Tripitaka Lesson 4: L.O. To learn about the Four Noble Truths. Lesson 5: L.O. To learn about the Five Moral Precepts. Lesson 6: L.O. To learn about the Noble Eight-Fold Path. Lesson 7: L.O. To learn about Buddhist celebrations. Have any issues with this resource or a request? Contact us directly for the quickest response at: explore_education@outlook.com KS2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 RE religious education buddhist buddhism

Have any issues with this resource or a request? Contact us directly for the quickest response at: explore_education@outlook.com The Magic Of Mushkil Gusha reciprocal reading unit. Can be used across a week or over 5 lessons. Based on a traditional story from Iran - fantastic for introducing culture to your school. Suitable for home learning - text provided. PowerPoints and detailed planning provided. ks2 lks2 uks2 y3 y4 y5 y6 guided reading english outstanding home learning remote learning

This newly redesigned unit has all that you need to teach your class about the Christmas Journey in RE! Great for KS1 or KS2, this unit contains planning, PowerPoints, resources and worksheets to make your Autumn 2 term run smoothly. This unit contains: ★ 5 Lesson plans (with LO, success criteria, input, activity, plenary, key questions and resource list) ★ Lesson overview ★ 5 PowerPoints (for each lesson) ★ Worksheets ★ Visual resources ★ Passages from the Bible Features differentiated outstanding planning and resources for 5 lessons: ☆ Understanding the significance of Bethlehem for many Christians ☆ Understanding why pilgrimage is important to many religious believers ☆ Identify with the feelings of the characters ☆ Identify and explain the symbolism in the shepherds being the messengers ☆ Understand what a meaningful gift is ☆ Understand the meaning of Christingle Have any issues with this resource or a request? Contact us directly for the quickest response at: explore_education@outlook.com Tags: outstanding interview religious education ks1 y1 y2 year 2 year 3 ks2 y3 y4 y5 y6

Have any issues with this resource or a request? Contact us directly for the quickest response at: explore_education@outlook.com Bring some Christmas joy to your classroom with these 7 Christmas Art Lessons! Perfect for the last week of term or spread out across the Autumn term, these lessons are perfect to bring excitement to your classroom. Created for Key Stage 2, these lessons are easily adaptable for Key Stage 1 too. Children will make snow globes, Christmas birds, a hand-print wreath, Christmas tree cards, an Advent calendar, a seasons calendar and a winter landscape bauble. They will also find out about the history of wreaths, Advent calendars and Christmas cards. This unit contains a bumper pack of 121 PowerPoint slides altogether, 11 pages of lesson plans and 14 resource sheets. Resources included: x7 lesson plans x7 PowerPoints for each lesson Bauble template Chicken template Viewfinder and Art Snowglobe ideas template Trees throughout the seasons Holly template Lesson 1: Create a winter landscape bauble using tints of colour. Learn about colour mixing and the difference between tints and shades. Layer shades of a colour to create a gradient background. Create a collaged character to stick on top of the fading background. Lesson 2: Be inspired by the patterned hens in Keith Baker’s book Big Fat Hen to create a patterned bird in line with the song ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ - three French hens. Use oil pastels or chalk pastels to create layered patterns and texture. Lesson 3: Create a snowglobe around the values and magic of Christmas to represent how we feel. This will be inspired by John Lewis’ Man on the Moon advert from 2015. Use a range of brushstrokes and stippling to create detail on the snowglobe. Lesson 4: Create a calendar featuring the four seasons of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Sketch the trees and be inspired by pictures, using a range of materials to create the different coloured leaves. Lesson 5: Find out about the history of sending Christmas cards and create their own ‘modern day’ Christmas card of a Christmas tree using simple strips of paper. Lesson 6: Find out about the history of wreaths (even before they were used for Christmas!) and create their own hand-print wreath to decorate the classroom. Lesson 7: Create a simple origami advent calendar, writing messages of love, kindness, inspiration or even jokes to take home. You may want to do this lesson first or last, depending if you want it ready for this year or next! They will demonstrate the art of painting and colour mixing (snow globes and seasons calendar), sketching and creating patterns using oil pastels/chalk pastels (Christmas birds), sculpture and cutting (Christmas wreath and Christmas cards). See the preview files for images of examples of the artwork children will create in this unit. y3 y4 y5 y6 ks2 religious education Christianity xmas santa snow festive design and technology evaluate create creations

Have any issues with this resource or a request? Contact us directly for the quickest response at: explore_education@outlook.com This term, create some fantastic Christmas decorations with your class with this Christmas art unit! Planned by an experienced art lead, this unit includes tips and tricks to help you deliver these lessons with ease. Over four lessons (could be made into five or six lessons depending on time), children will design and create a clay and fabric Christmas decoration. Lesson 1: To explore and develop ideas To design and make images and artefacts, trying out tools and techniques and applying these to materials and processes Evaluate and develop their work Lesson 2: To design and make images and artefacts, trying out different tools and techniques. Y2s -To practise and reinforce some of the sewing skills they learnt in Y1 Y1s - To introduce the running stitch and safe use of using a needle This unit contains: Detailed lesson plans Example images of clay decorations Example images of fabric decorations Christmas images xmas KS1 KS2 Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 clay art design and technology bauble tree

Have any issues with this resource or a request? Contact us directly for the quickest response at: explore_education@outlook.com A Christmas worksheet suitable for LKS2 (Year 3 / Year 4), solving problems with fractions of amounts. Includes 11 question worksheet and answer sheet. PLUS - bonus Christmas stocking colouring sheets for early finishers y3 y4 ks2 maths holiday

Have any issues with this resource or a request? Contact us directly for the quickest response at: explore_education@outlook.com A free Christmas quiz presentation set into three rounds with ten questions each. Answers provided at the end. A good fun time-filler activity for the end of the term.

Have any issues with this resource or a request? Contact us directly for the quickest response at: explore_education@outlook.com This 19 slide PowerPoint presentation tells the Christianity story of Easter and Jesus on a cross. There are many animations to keep children interested and cartoons detailing the story. It is suitable for Key Stage One or Key Stage Two and could be used in the classroom or as an assembly. y1 y2 y3 y4 y5 y6 eyfs uks2 lks2 ks2 ks1 christian cave cross year 1 year 2 year 3 year 4 year 5 year 6 reception

Have any issues with this resource or a request? Contact us directly for the quickest response at: explore_education@outlook.com A simple presentation showing the Easter Story. Suitable for an assembly with EYFS / KS1. A slide before and after the story for discussion of what some famous Easter symbols represent.

This Easter, bring the story of Jesus’ crucifixion to life with these four lessons all about the story of Easter. Each lesson comes with a PowerPoint with videos, lesson plans and accompanying resources and worksheets. At the end of the unit, children will create an Easter wreath using pictures from the Easter story and ‘eggs’ containing scriptures about Easter. Created by a Religious Education subject lead, these are well-informed, outstanding lessons that have been used in the classroom with KS2 pupils. This unit contains lessons about: ✸ Palm Sunday ✸ The Last Supper ✸ The Garden of Gethsemane ✸ The Crucifixion and Resurrection Files included: ✰ x4 lesson plans ✰ x4 PowerPoints ✰ Palm Leaf Template ✰ The Last Supper Worksheet ✰ Betrayal Worksheet ✰ Easter Wreath Scripture Eggs ✰ Easter Wreath Pictures ✰ The Saviour Suffers in Gethsemane video KS1 Y2 LKS2 Y3 Y4 Christianity Have any issues with this resource or a request? Contact us directly for the quickest response at: explore_education@outlook.com

This Easter, bring the story of Jesus’ crucifixion to life with these four lessons all about the story of Easter. Each lesson comes with a PowerPoint with lesson plans and accompanying resources and worksheets. At the end of the unit, children will have understood the story of Palm Sunday, written recounts of the The Last Supper, the crucifixion and the resurrection, . Created by a Religious Education subject lead, these are well-informed, outstanding lessons that have been used in the classroom with KS2 pupils. This unit contains lessons about: ✸ Palm Sunday ✸ The Last Supper ✸ The Crucifixion ✸ The Resurrection Files included: ✰ x4 lesson plans ✰ x4 PowerPoints ✰ Front cover (for books) ✰ Palm Sunday worksheet ✰ The Last Supper closed passage ✰ The Last Supper key points ✰ The Last Supper reading ✰ Palm Sunday reading ✰ Crucifixion short story ✰ Crucifixion reading ✰ The Eucharist information sheet ✰ A Dreadful Day reading ✰ The Crucifixion statements ✰ The Crucifixion statements to trace ✰ The Resurrection statements ✰ The Resurrection statements to trace ✰ A Happy Day reading ✰ Goodbye at Last reading KS2 Y4 Y5 Y6 Upper Key Stage 2 Christianity Have any issues with this resource or a request? Contact us directly for the quickest response at: explore_education@outlook.com