assessing local church - community. assessing local church/community this term, the formally...

Assessing Local Church - Community

Assessing Local Church/Community

• This term, the formally assessed theme is the CHURCH THEME – Local Church / Community

• We will be formally assessing AT1 (i). The children may be informally assessed against the other strands.

• Each year group will assess from an activity taken from a Learning Focus in Reveal.

• The activities are listed over the next few slides.• When planning please leave this task out. • Please teach all of ‘Explore’, ‘Reveal’ (but not the task

you will use for the formal assessment) then, after ‘Remember’, please formally assess using the activities indicated.

• This enables the children to have had opportunity to work through the topic in full to inform their assessment.

(i) beliefs, teachings and sources

ii) celebration and ritual

iii) social and moral practices and way of life

i) engagement with own and others’ beliefs and values

ii) engagement with questions of meaning and purpose

CHURCH THEME SACRAMENTAL THEME

CHRISTIAN LIVING THEME

1 Recognise some religious stories

Recognise some religious signs and symbols and use some religious words and phrases

Recognise that people because of their religion act in a particular way

Talk about their own experiences and feelings

Say what they wonder about

2 Retell some special stories about religious events and people

Use religious words and phrases to describe some religious actions and symbols

Describe some ways in which religion is lived out by believers

Ask and respond to questions about their own and others’ experiences and feelings

Ask questions about what they and others wonder about and realise that some of these questions are difficult to answer

3 Make links between religious stories and beliefs

Use a developing religious vocabulary to give reasons for religious actions and symbols

Give reasons for certain actions by believers

Make links to show how feelings and beliefs affect their behaviour and that of others

Compare their own and other people’s ideas about questions that are difficult to answer

4 Describe and show understanding of religious sources, beliefs, ideas, feelings and experiences; making links between them

Use religious terms to show an understanding of different liturgies

Show understanding of how religious belief shapes life

Show an understanding of how own and others’ decisions are informed by beliefs and values

Engage with and respond to questions of life in the light of religious teaching

5 Identify sources of religious belief and explain how distinctive religious beliefs arise

Describe and explain the meaning and purpose of a variety of forms of worship

Identify similarities and differences between peoples’ responses to social and moral issues because of their beliefs

Explain what beliefs and values inspire and influence them and others

Demonstrate how religious beliefs and teaching give some explanation of the purpose and meaning of human life

ATTAINMENT TARGET 1 : Learning about ReligionATTAINMENT TARGET 1 : Learning about Religion AT 2 : Learning from ReligionAT 2 : Learning from Religion

Early Years:Early Years: Nursery Focus 2 p98, Continuous Provision

Activity 1.‘‘Invite the children to use figures or finger Invite the children to use figures or finger puppets to re-enact the story of Mary and puppets to re-enact the story of Mary and

Joseph taking Jesus to the Temple.’Joseph taking Jesus to the Temple.’

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Beliefs, Teachings and SourcesBeliefs, Teachings and Sources

Towards L1Towards L1

Year 1: Year 1: Learning Focus 5, p106, Activity 1

‘‘Read God’s Story 3 p63. Go over the key Read God’s Story 3 p63. Go over the key questions 2, 3 & 4. questions 2, 3 & 4.

Make stick puppets of the special people in the Make stick puppets of the special people in the story. Ask the pupils to name each of the story. Ask the pupils to name each of the people and recognise what they are doing.’ people and recognise what they are doing.’

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Beliefs, Teachings and SourcesBeliefs, Teachings and Sources

Level 1Level 1


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ATTAINMENT TARGET 1 : Learning about ReligionATTAINMENT TARGET 1 : Learning about Religion

The children at L1 should recognise the story of the Presentation and related people.

To achieve L2, the child needs to retell the story of the Presentation, naming the people.

Try to keep annotated photographs of Try to keep annotated photographs of the activity, as evidence, if possible.the activity, as evidence, if possible.

Year 2:Year 2:Based on Learning Focus 4 p105, Activity 2

‘‘Read God’s Story 3 p80 – The Baptism of Jesus Read God’s Story 3 p80 – The Baptism of Jesus Ask the key questions again.Ask the key questions again.

Invite the children to produce storyboard Invite the children to produce storyboard sequencing the events of this story in words sequencing the events of this story in words

and pictures.’and pictures.’

Level 2Level 2


The children at L2 should retell the story of the Baptism of Jesus and name all the characters and events

To achieve L3, the pupil needs to make links with Christian beliefs.


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‘‘Using God’s Story 3 p71, invite the children to Using God’s Story 3 p71, invite the children to create a ‘Guide for a person not of the create a ‘Guide for a person not of the

Christian faith which retells the story of the Christian faith which retells the story of the Annunciation and makes links with the story Annunciation and makes links with the story

and Christian beliefs.’and Christian beliefs.’

Level 2 and 3Level 2 and 3


The children at L2 should retell the story of the Annunciation naming all the characters and events.

To achieve L3, the pupil needs to also make links between the story of the Annunciation and Christian beliefs


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Recognise some religious stories

Retell some special stories about religious events and people

Make links between religious stories and beliefs

Year 4: Year 4: Based on Learning Focus 5 p111, Activity 1

‘‘Revisit the scripture from God’s Story 3, pages Revisit the scripture from God’s Story 3, pages 90, 137 and 14190, 137 and 141

Invite the children to design a guide / pamphlet Invite the children to design a guide / pamphlet entitled, ‘We are Called’ which outlines ways entitled, ‘We are Called’ which outlines ways in which we can live out the message within in which we can live out the message within

the Scripture readings.’the Scripture readings.’

Level 3Level 3


The children, at Level 3, should be able to make links between scripture (Romans 12: 8-11, Mark 3:13-19 and Acts 6:2-13) and the Christian belief that they are called to share in the mission of Jesus.

To achieve Level 4, the children should describe and show an understanding of beliefs, ideas, feelings and experiences about Mission by connecting scripture passages to other sources e.g. Baptism, Ordination, prayers and hymns etc.


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Write a letter of application or ‘Wanted Poster’ to Write a letter of application or ‘Wanted Poster’ to attract suitable people to share Jesus’ mission. attract suitable people to share Jesus’ mission. Include ideas about Jesus’ mission and how they Include ideas about Jesus’ mission and how they can be developed and continued today. Give can be developed and continued today. Give examples that show which Christian examples that show which Christian beliefs/scripture have motivated them to apply. beliefs/scripture have motivated them to apply.

Level 3 / Level 4Level 3 / Level 4

To achieve Level 4, the child would have to describe and show further understanding of the actions of Christians including showing feelings, ideas and experiences around being called.

The children, at Level 3, should be able to make links between scripture studied and being called.


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Year 6:Year 6: Based on Learning Focus 6, p123, Activity 2

‘‘Pupils write a presentation, PowerPoint or Pupils write a presentation, PowerPoint or script explaining what Christians believe script explaining what Christians believe about the Bible. Pupils describe and show about the Bible. Pupils describe and show understanding of the Bible, the beliefs, ideas understanding of the Bible, the beliefs, ideas and feelings of Christians and make links and feelings of Christians and make links between them. They are able to support between them. They are able to support their work with a range of both scriptural their work with a range of both scriptural texts and other source material. ’texts and other source material. ’

Level 4Level 4

The children will describe and show an understanding of the Bible, the beliefs, the ideas and feelings of Christians and make links between them.

In order to progress to Level 5 a pupil would need to further evidence and substantiate the Level 4 task by identifying further sources of scripture and Christian belief in order to explain distinctive beliefs and how they arose.


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