Visit to a local Church KS1. RE resources
The most important point is that a local church is much more than just a building. The children need to understand that the local church they are visiting is part of the Church worldwide – it is a community of Christians from all races and nationalities. To see where the local churches are, go to…
What is the Church? RE resources
The people are important – the Church should be a community of Christians from all races and nationalities.Why do Christians go to church – to worship, pray, listen to Bible teaching and make friends.Who or what influences the children’s behaviour? Lesson plans and resources for: What is the Church? NEW December 2020 What is Church…
Is Jesus a historical figure? RE resources
Jesus a historical figure like Napoleon Bonaparte or Julius Caesar? Yes, he is proven to be a real historical person according to ancient secular records as well Christian writings. Lesson plans and resources for: Is Jesus a historical figure? NEW May 2023 Is Jesus a historical figure RE lesson plan is a PowerPoint presentation (Opens…
Christmas and Easter simply explained. RE resources
Both Christmas and Easter can be difficult subjects in Christian Religious Education, here it is broken down into an easy-to-use lesson plan. 1. Teacher’s background information. [a] Here the children can discover the real, tough story of Christmas – a poor girl heavily pregnant having to travel 90 miles [145 km] on a donkey over…
What is the Bible? RE resources
The Bible is the world’s best-selling book – it does not appear in the ‘book charts’ because the other books do not stand a chance!20 million Bibles sold each year, that’s 54,945 Bibles sold every day. Take a look at the figures for book sales since the first editions: estimated at: Some people see the…
Big Bible stories. RE resources
These are the stories we will be looking at: How the world was created by God, by just the speaking the world into existence.Moses was raised as an Egyptian but he ended up leading the Jewish nation out of slavery there and towards the Promised Land.David was just a lad who got enraged with Goliath,…
Does Christianity change lives? RE resources
When someone truly becomes a Christian people should see a change in their behaviour. For example, no more cheating, bullying, aggressive attitudes and more peace and fulfilment. These things may not come immediately, though they can when someone is ‘converted’ – that is, they decide to follow Jesus. 1. Teacher’s background information. To mark this…
The Harvest festival. RE resources
It is so easy to get detached from the thought that we rely upon farmers to provide us with food, because many children, and some adults, think no further than their nearest supermarket. Christians believe that the world was created by God and that we need to be thankful for all the world’s rich provision.…
Famous Christians. RE resources
There have been hundreds of famous Christians, but here is just a handful that might appeal to adults: And for the children, here are some Christians from the sporting world: The lesson plan will also look at a young girl from history who went extraordinary lengths to get a Bible – Mary Jones. Lesson plans…
Church year and festival of Harvest. RE resources
Many churches, like the Anglican Church (Church of England) celebrate the Christian festivals throughout the year. Some of the ‘Nonconformist’ / ‘Free churches’ could celebrate a few of them. The Christian Church year consists of these festivals: Out of those festivals we will look at the Harvest Festival. Lesson plans and resources for: The Church…
Christian festival of Advent. RE resources
Advent is celebrating Jesus coming to this Earth as a man, when he was born to Mary at Bethlehem.Christians believe that Jesus is God and to meet us humans at our level, he had to put on flesh and blood and become like one of us – except he had no sin. Having no sin…
Christian festival of Holy Week. RE resources
In this lesson plan the children learn how Jesus, knowing that the religious leaders were jealous of him and wanted to kill him, still continued to go to Jerusalem to teach the crowds about God and the Kingdom of Heaven. He even told his disciples that he was going to be beaten and crucified by…
Christian festival of Easter. RE resources
The Easter break may signify Easter eggs, Easter bunnies and an Easter hunt, but why is it so important for Christians?The festival of Easter tells the story of how Jesus was unlawfully treated, beaten, whipped and crucified and yet Christians rejoice at the outcome 3 days later. Lesson plans and resources for the: Christian festival…
What is Christian baptism? RE resources
Some people believe that baptism is baptising a young baby and then later there can be a Confirmation Service to ‘confirm’ their promises that were given at baptism. Others believe that baptism should only be done when a person turns to God and believes in Jesus, Simon Peter, one of Jesus’ disciples said: “Repent and…
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