Year 1 Religious Education Who do Christians say made the world? 

Unit Sequence

1. Who do Christians say made the world?

2. What happens in Genesis?

3. Why do Christians look after the world?

4. What happens at Harvest and why?

5. How do artists show the Creation?

6. Who do Christians say made the world?

Learning Outcomes

• Retell the story of creation from Genesis 1:1–2.3 simply.

• Recognise that ‘Creation’ is the beginning of the ‘big story’ of the Bible.

• Say what the story tells Christians about God, Creation and the world.

• Give at least one example of what Christians do to say thank you to God for Creation.

• Think, talk and ask questions about living in an amazing world

• Give a reason for the ideas they have and the connections they make between the Christian/Jewish Creation story and the world they live in.

1.6 How and why do we celebrate special and sacred times? (Expressing)

1. Identify some ways Christians celebrate Christmas/Easter/Harvest/Pentecost and some ways a festival is celebrated in another religion (A1).

2. Re-tell stories connected with Christmas/ Easter/Harvest/Pentecost and a festival in another religion and say why these are important to believers (A2).

3.  Collect examples of what people do, give, sing, remember or think about at the religious celebrations studied, and say why they matter to believers (C1).

1.8 How should we care for others and the world, and why does it matter? (Living)

1. Recognise that some people believe God created the world and so we should look after it (A2).

2. Re-tell Bible stories and stories from another faith about caring for others and the world (A2).

3. Identify ways that some people make a response to God by caring for others and the world (B1).

4. Talk about issues of good and bad, right and wrong arising from the stories (C3).

5. Talk about some texts from different religions that promote the ‘Golden Rule’, and think about what would happen if people followed this idea more (C2)

6. Use creative ways to express their own ideas about the creation story and what it says about what God is like (C1).

7. Give examples of ways in which believers put their beliefs about others and the world into action, making links with religious stories (B1).

8. Answer the title question thoughtfully, in the light of their learning in this unit (C1).