Year 3/4 Religious Education

Expressing- Why do some people think that life is a journey? What significant experiences mark this?

• What does a journey mean to us?

• What is the significance of Baptism to Christians?

• How do Jewish people mark becoming an adult?

• What ceremonies do Hindus mark in the journey of life?

• Why do people choose to get married?

• Are all journeys similar? Can we compare the journeys of Christians, Jewish people and Hindus?

Living-What can we learn from religions about deciding what is right and wrong?

• What rules are important? How is the Golden Rule important?

• What important messages are in the Ten Commandments? How do they help Jewish people know how to live?

• What does Christianity say about how to live a good life?

Living-What can we learn from religions about deciding what is right and wrong?

• How can people decide what is right and wrong without God’s help?

• What do religious stories tell believers about temptation?

• How have religious teachings helped to affect somebody’s actions?

Living- What does it mean to be a Christian in Britain today?

• How do Christians show their beliefs in the home?

• What do Christians do to show their beliefs at Church?

• How and why do different Christians use music in worship?

• How and why do different Christians celebrate holy communion?

• How do Christians make a difference in their local community?

• Why do people stand up against injustice because of their religion?

Expressing- Why are festivals important to religious communities?

• What is worth celebrating?

• What do Christians celebrate at Easter?

• What was the meaning of Jesus’ last meal with his friends?

• What does the crucifying of Jesus mean to Christians?

• What do Christians believe happened on Easter Sunday morning?

Expressing- Why are festivals important to religious communities?

• Why is Divali significant to Hindus?

• Why do Muslims celebrate at the end of Ramadan?

• Why do Jewish people celebrate Pesach every year?

• What can we learn from celebrations and festivals?

Believing- Why is Jesus inspiring to some people?

• What does the word ‘inspiring’ mean? Who is inspiring?

• What do we know about Jesus’ life story? Is his story inspiring for some people?

• Was Jesus inspiring because of his actions?

• What did Jesus teach? Was he a good teacher? Was he an inspiring teacher?

• Did Jesus’ teachings inspire people? How and why?

Believing- Why is Jesus inspiring to some people?

• Who did Jesus say he was? Why is he so important to Christians?

• Why do Christians call the day Jesus died ‘Good Friday’ and the following Sunday his Resurrection day?

• Is Jesus still important today? Why? Who to? How does it show?

• What kind of image of Jesus for the 21st Century would pupils like to create? Might it be inspiring to others?

• Does being inspired by Jesus make a person stronger?

• Who is inspiring for me? Who is inspiring for other children in my class?

Believing- What do different people believe about God?

• ‘Seeing is Believing’ – is it? What do I think about believing in God?

• What do Christians believe about God? God as Love, Father, Light, Creator, Trinity, Listener to Prayers.

• What do the stories of Moses and the Burning Bush and of Saint Paul’s conversion tell us about God in Christianity?

• What do Muslims believe about Allah? (The Arabic word for God is Allah)

• What do Muslims believe about the Holy Quran, Allah’s gift to humanity?

Believing- What do different people believe about God?

• How do Hindu people show what they believe about gods and goddesses?

• Why are three of the gods of the Hindu way especially important?

• What difference does it make to life if you believe there is no God? Finding out about Humanism.

• What are the similarities and differences between different ideas about God?

• What have we learned about ideas of God from Hindus, Christians, Humanists and Muslims? (you may have only studied two or three of these)

Believing- Why is the Bible important for Christians today?

• Do we all need wisdom on the journey of life? How do Christians find and use ancient wisdom from the Bible?

• The Bible is a big book. How is it put together? Why is it so popular?

• What does the Bible teach Christian people about God, life, the universe and everything?

• How do Christians use Bible stories such as a story of creation to inspire drama, music, art or dance?

• How can the Bible help people if they are tempted to do wrong things?

• Can Bible stories of lost and found help people today? What makes these stories so popular?

• What are the main ways Christians use the Bible? Which ones explain why it is so popular?

• What are your favourite wise words? What Bible ideas are your favourites? How can you express them?

Living- What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today?

• How do Hindus show their faith? Faith in what?

• A Hindu life; what is important?

• Why is Mahatma Gandhi a Hindu Hero?

• What is it like to be a Hindu in Britain today?

Expressing- Why do people pray?

• What is prayer? Is prayer helpful? How could we answer this question?

• What happens in Islamic prayer? What does this show us about Muslim beliefs and ways of life?

• How and why do Christians like to pray?

• How do Hindus pray and worship at home and in the Mandir?

Expressing- Why do people pray?

• What is similar and different in the words of three prayers (Muslim, Christian, Hindu)

• Reflection: What more can we discover? Does reflection matter to me?

• Prayer and me: why do some people pray every day, but others not at all?

• What have we learned from Muslims, Hindus + Christians about prayer, symbols and worship?

• Concluding activities: ways of recording learning through making up and exploring their own questions.