Each scheme of work has 3-5 lessons and they are all based around different big questions: Year 1 - Why is Christmas important to Christians? Year 2 - What are the Christian symbols of Christmas? Year 3 - Why are presents given at Christmas and what would Jesus think? Year 4 - How can artists help us to understand Christmas? Year 5 - Why is light an important sign at Christmas? Year 6 - What do the Gospels say about the birth of Jesus? Each unit builds upon the last, so the children build up the skills through AT1 and AT2 all the way to year 6 in which they are analysing the different Gospels. There are LIs, main input and main activities for each lesson.

This powerpoint trains staff how to teach children to read fluently and explores what it takes to be a fluent reader, including the end of year expectations for years 2 and 6. It has ideas for activities that staff can do to help children become fluent readers, including a punctuation game. It also goes through what a greater depth reader looks like and shows staff how to write questions for greater depth readers and stretch and challenge them. There is also a bit at the end about the explicit and implicit teaching of vocabulary.

This is a 3 lesson unit based around religious scripture. Children explore scripture from different religious such as the 10 Commandments and the 5 precepts of Buddhism and explore how these rules help religious people to live. They then create their own precepts and words of wisdom from what they have learnt. There is also opportunity for children to research the lives of religious people such as Gandhi and Martin Luther King, and explore how they put their beliefs into action.

A unit of art - 3/4 lessons long based around the title ‘Who I am.’ Children learn how to sketch self-portraits using photos of themselves; practice printing using different medium and work on their colour mixing and pairing skills. This culminates in a multi-media piece whereby they use all of their skills to create a picture of themselves with a layered background of 2 tone colours and prints with their self-portrait. This links well to PSHE and to the book Wonder.

Three lessons based around the question ‘What can we learn from great leaders and inspiring examples in today’s world?’ The unit explores what qualities inspirational leaders have and then explores religious leaders such as Gandhi and Buddha and how they put their beliefs into action. The unit includes objectives, main teaching input, activities and differentiation to support SEN pupils and stretch the challenge the most able.

A full scheme of work based around religion in the local community for year 5/6 children. Based on Nottinghamshire, but could be adapted to suit any local area. Includes learning objectives, teaching input and independent activities including support for SEN and challenge for the more able.

This is a full medium term plan for sewing worry monsters. It could serve as Art or DT. The plan includes full lessons; differentiation for extending greater depth children and supporting SEND children; activities to complete; learning objectives and ideas for how to sew the worry monster. It’s a great activity for year 5/6 children when they first move into their new year group and it’s something they can keep.