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Festival Matters
Teaching to promote progression in understanding key Christian Festivals.
This pack, written by Education Advisers for the Dioceses of Bath and Wells, Bristol, Exeter, Gloucester and Salisbury, aims to:
- Complement Locally Agreed Syllabus requirements
- Help meet requirements of QCA non-statutory framework for RE
- Help church schools reflect their distinctive character
- Provide material that could be used within a school based study in both church and community schools
- Provide opportunities for the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils
- Provide opportunities to develop and enhance the pupils' multi-cultural understanding.
The schemes comprise a unit of work for each year group from Reception to Year 6. There is a different theme and emphasis for each year. Although each unit may be taught in its entirety, teachers may wish to select from the activities. No time allocation has been set – schools may adjust the timing to fit their own circumstances.
The schemes include:
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Opportunities for links with other curriculum areas - links with Literacy,
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Assessment questions and criteria/suggested assessment tasks – linked to QCA levels
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Suggested activities – with learning objectives, learning outcomes and resource ideas
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Story focus/Festival focus – each unit covers a part or theme of the story [Christmas, Easter, Pentecost] or considers an aspect of modern celebrations.
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Significance for Christians – what a particular aspect of the festival or theme means for Christians and how Christians today live out that message
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Bible references – relevant references which can be read in a variety of versions and re-tellings
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Suggestions for Songs/Hymns/Carols/Music – which reflect the theme or aspect of story being studied.
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Theme for reflection – for use in Circle Time or Class worship.
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Assessment task recording sheets [Christmas and Easter only]
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Resource sheets as appropriate
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Planning for Acts of Collective Worship linked to festival theme
Cost: £30 plus £4.95 p&p.
To order this pack please download an order form and return it with payment to Camilla Sheridan (details on order form), cheques to me made payable to 'Salisbury DBF'.
Onwards and Upwards
