Lent and Easter support material

The following selection of resource material would be suitable for classroom extension work on this theme from your Barnabas RE Day. There are a variety of activities, stories, music and pictures along with suggested approaches for using it with learners at Foundation, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.

All worksheets come with full photocopy permission to use in your school.

In addition there are links to further ideas for follow-up on the website and lists of Barnabas books which you will find helpful in exploring the topic further.

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Support material

Information and Activity

• The Symbol of the Cross for Foundation

• Lent for KS1

• Lent Collecting Box for KS2

• The Temptations of Jesus for KS2

• Jesus is Nailed to the Cross for KS2

• An Easter Garden for KS2

• Holy Week for KS2

Storytelling

• Jump for Joy for Foundation

• Can't Wait to See Him Again for KS1

• Palm Sunday for KS1

• The Story of Good Friday for KS1

Music

• Jesus in the Desert for KS1

• Jesus Shares his Last Supper with Friends for KS1

A Poem for Easter Sunday

• Emmaus Road for KS2

Ideas

• Talking about Easter a way in to talking about new life with Foundation and KS1

• Talking about Easter with KS2 a discussion to tease out the symbolism of the cross

• The horse and the donkey retelling the story of Palm Sunday

The following ideas on the Barnabas in Churches may also be helpful:

• A Resurrection Cross a study of a Japanese cross with craft activity

• An Easter Shout a collective worship idea

• Jesus' Temptations a reflective story with an invitation to respond creatively

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Supporting books and resources

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