Medium Term Plans - Special Gifts

YEAR 1 RE HALF TERM UNIT: AUTUMN 2, WHY DO CHRISTIANS GIVE GIFTS AT CHRISTMAS?

  The children will learn to/about: CONTENT OVERVIEW RESOURCES
AT1
ENCOUNTER		 WHAT IS A SPECIAL GIFT?
Look at a selection of wrapped presents. Guess what is inside. Talk about what makes a gift special. In pairs talk about the best gift ever.
Bring a favourite gift into school to share.

WHY DO PEOPLE GIVE GIFTS AT CHRISTMAS?
Tell the story of the visit of the wise men at Christmas. What gifts do people give to babies today? Have a selection of gifts and say why they are important, (clothes, food, toys). Write a sentence about one of them.

INVISIBLE GIFTS
Read Badgers Party. Think about things that you can do for people to help them. Sing songs (Peace, Perfect Peace/ Give me joy). Explore the idea of “invisible gifts”. Talk in pairs about a surprise invisible gift.

WHAT GIFTS DO CHRISTIANS BELIEVE JESUS BROUGHT?
Have a box with “Jesus” on the outside. What would Christians expect to find in the box if they were thinking of Jesus? What are the gifts Christians believe Jesus brought to the world? 		BELIEFS
Beliefs about Jesus
His birth; as a special person for Christians, God’s gift to the world; the qualities that Christians believe Jesus gives.

The Bible as a special book for Christians containing teaching in stories.

PRACTICES Celebrations and important events, giving gifts at Christmas.
Religious ideas and personal feelings can be expressed in a variety of ways.


VALUES Following the example of Jesus, especially his teaching about love and forgiveness.

Giving and receiving are important in Christianity.

The idea of something precious. 		Stories:

Badgers party
Papa Panov
Baboushka

Video:

A Lion for a King
AT2
RESPONSE

N.B. In their activities, the children will explore themes, which help to develop sensitivity to spiritual, moral and religious issues.

ASSESSMENT FOCUS:

Retell religious stories and identify some religious beliefs and teachings (AT1).
Identify aspects of their own experience and feelings in the religious material being studied (AT2).