Planning RE using the Mind Friendly Framework for Learning

Connect to previous learning: What do I already know? What do I want to know?

Have a look at all of the questions that we came up with and all the ones ticked off that we answered. Have a think alone, can you remember those answers?

Learning intentions: to know, to be able to do, to understand

To be able to show that they know the similarities and differences between the festivals of Pesach, Eid and Christmas.

The Big Picture: What will I be finding out or learning about?

We are going to compare the 3 festivals that we have looked at.

Achievable steps: What are we going to do? How are we going to do it?

We are going to quickly recap some of the things that we have learnt and then we are going to choose a way of showing what we have learnt.

Teacher input: engaging the learner and encouraging thinking through visual, auditory and kinaesthetic cues

In small groups discuss why and how the different festivals are celebrated.
Which religion? Make a number of statements, children to show the answer by using the hand gestures.

Main activity: children explore the learning and establish meaning through activities which take account of multiple intelligences.

Show a selection of possible ways that the children can demonstrate what they have learnt. They can work individually, with a partner or in small groups. They can suggest their own ideas.

• Make a list of words
• Draw a mindmap
• Draw a venn diagram
• Draw pictures or a cartoon strip
• Make a poster
• Make a song or a rap
• Act parts out
• Create a dance
• Write a description
• Write a fact sheet
• Write a story of a person at the festivals

Show you know: practise, rehearse and memorise key points. What have I learned?

Show what has been produced to the rest of the class.

Reflection: How did I learn? What do I need to know next?

How did you do this work? Reflect over the whole series of lessons, which did you enjoy most and in which did you learn the most?