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Ideas with cross-curricular links: Ideas with knowledge and skills that connect RE with other academic subjects.
Places of Christian worship
The following outline looks at what makes somewhere a special place for Christian worship, how Christian worshipers feel about these places and how Christians experience God there
View ideaWhat Christians believe about the Trinity: a classroom activity
This classroom activity explores what Christians believe about the Trinity. It's hard to picture God! We can try to show what God is like. The icon painters used all sorts of techniques to show the unshowable. Here is a starter session on one icon.
View ideaBooks in the Bible
This is a classroom activity to give an overview of the Christian's special book - the Bible.
View ideaBooks of the Bible - learning about chapters and verses
This is a lesson outline about how to get about the Bible and work out what is where.
View ideaFunny facts about Bible characters
The following activity could be used to introduce a session on the Bible. It has the added element of giving children a fun reason to look up verses from the Bible, making them familiar with using the contents page as well as chapter and verse references.
View ideaJesus' baptism - water as a symbol
Jesus' baptism is a crucial moment as he receives his Father's reassurance of his identity before he faces up to the task ahead of him and starts his ministry.
View ideaWedding at Cana (Water into wine): looking at a miracle of Jesus
Here is an outline for a classroom session on Jesus' first miracle or 'sign' in John's Gospel.
View ideaTalking About Easter: Easter Eggs and New Life
The aims for this unit of work are that children should be able to identify and talk about signs of new life, respond thoughtfully to signs of new life, understand that eggs are given at Easter because it is a time when Christians celebrate Jesus' resurrection, understand that eggs are a sign of new life
View ideaTalking about Harvest: saying thank you
This is an outline for a series of RE lessons for a Foundation class on the themes of harvest and the importance of saying thank you
View ideaWater as a symbol - baptism
This unit of work is an outline for exploring its meaning for Christians and in particular the sacrament of baptism
View ideaThe crown of life: a cross-curricular lesson
Support material for lessons in RE/Art/Design Technology associated with 'royal' events in the life of the nation.
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