Table of Contents:
1. Teacher’s background information.
The Biblical Creation story starts with God creating a formless and empty Earth, which was in complete darkness, but we are not told how long this took.
Was it seconds or millions of years?
Then it goes into six stages called days:
- Light appears over a watery sphere.
- Sky/atmosphere appears.
- Land pushes up out of the ocean, and vegetation starts to grow.
- Stars, sun and moon appear.
- Sea creatures and birds appear.
- All land creatures, animals and humans appear.
- God rested from creating the world and set up a weekly system for humankind to work six days and have one day off.
The children will investigate what the Bible says about creation, and then they can see how that fits with modern scientific views.
For the teacher’s further background information, see: Conclusive Evidence For The Age Of The Universe?
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2. Lesson plans and resources for the Biblical Creation story.
[a] The Biblical Creation Story. The lesson plan is a downloadable PDF document to present to the children. (Opens in a new tab.)
[b] The Biblical Creation story lesson plan, a PowerPoint presentation viewable or downloadable for teachers to show the children. (Opens in a new tab on www.slideshare.net) (Same material as the PDF above).
[c] The Biblical Creation Story Explained. A free lesson plan video based on a PowerPoint presentation. Created with 5-second slides, so pause the video to enable the children to study each slide: (Same material as the PDF above).
[d] Free videos and songs:
The Creation of the World – Kids’ video Bible Story below.
There are six (under a minute long) videos that take each day at a time.
Great is the Lord.
3. Cartoon Videos for Children:
[a] The Creation of the World – Kid’s Cartoon Bible Story (7.23 minutes long)
[b] Creation day one, let there be light (55 seconds long)
Here are six teasers of the video above:
[c] Dividing the water is explained on day two. (51 seconds long)
[d] Land rises and plants grow – day three of creation. (49 seconds long)
[e] The sun was created on day four when the light was already there, how come? (55 seconds long)
[f] Day five of creation – sea creatures and birds appear. (53 seconds long)
[g] Day six of creation – humankind made in God’s image. (57 seconds long)
4. A free children’s song.
[a] Great is the Lord by the Compass Bible Church.
5. How to fulfil the locally agreed syllabus for ‘The Biblical Creation story lesson plan’
Hopefully, you will be able to match your local agreed syllabus with what is here.
This lesson plan is based on the UK RE Attainment Targets.
Here is the Mapping Grid for the Attainment Target Categories:
- Sacred Texts – stories, scriptures, parables, teachings
- Beliefs – ideas about God, truth, meaning, purpose
- Practices – worship, prayer, festivals, rituals, lifestyle
- Identity – belonging, community, worldview, personal reflection
- Values – moral ideas, attitudes, virtues
- Living – how beliefs affect actions and everyday life
🎯 Why This Grid Works for UK Schools
✔ Matches Agreed Syllabus expectations
✔ Supports progression from KS1 to KS2
✔ Aligns with Ofsted language (knowledge, understanding, impact)
✔ Works for lesson planning, assessment, and inspection evidence
✔ Non-political, non-denominational, UK-appropriate
For many local syllabi, in KS1, Christianity plus at least one other major religion is studied.
Effective RE should combine:
- knowledge (stories, beliefs, practices)
- understanding (why people believe/do what they do)
- reflection (personal response, values, empathy).
Typical Key Questions for KS1
Here are common “core/enquiry” questions or themes that appear in most KS1 agreed syllabi:
- “Who am I?” (Identity).
- “What does it mean to belong?” (Belonging).
- “What makes some people so important?” (Important people).
- “Where did we come from / how did the world begin?” (Simple beliefs).
- “What makes some stories so important to different people?” (Sacred books).
- “Why are festivals, symbols or special stories important?” (Stories & moral values).
- “Why are some places so important?” (Important places).
These then required merging within the Assessment Aims, but as can be seen, there had to be some overlapping of the themes/core questions:
- ASSESSMENT AIM: 1. SACRED TEXTS (Stories, Scriptures, parables & teachings) – [SACRED TEXTS & WHO AM I?]
- ASSESSMENT AIMS: 2. BELIEFS (Ideas about God, truth, meaning & purpose) – CREATION & IMPORTANT PEOPLE]
- ASSESSMENT AIM: 3. PRACTICES (worship, prayer, festivals, rituals & lifestyle) – [FESTIVALS & PLACES]
- ASSESSMENT AIM: 4. IDENTITY (belonging, community, worldview & personal reflection) – [BELONGING & IDENTITY]
- ASSESSMENT AIMS: 5. VALUES (moral ideas, attitudes, virtues, right & wrong) – [FESTIVALS & BELONGING]
- ASSESSMENT AIMS: 6. LIVING (how beliefs affect actions and everyday life) – [IMPORTANT PEOPLE & FESTIVALS]
Each assessment had its own set of questions to answer. These are included in each lesson plan, which is suitable for that particular subject.