Key Knowledge

• Know Christians believe God is holy and loving.
• Explain why Christians use the term Messiah and Saviour
• Describe how Christians worship and express beliefs including symbols, images, signs or colours used.
• Use the term ‘Incarnation’ and explain what it means.
• Know how Christians show their beliefs through their celebrations at Christmas
• Retell and explain teachings, parables and narratives in the Gospels
• Name ways Christians show beliefs
• Identify teachings, parables and narratives in gospel texts
• Describe Humanist ideas about people being good or bad.
• Name and explain who/what is Muhammad and the Qur’an is.
• Know there are different Muslim groups
• Explain what the 5 Pillars are and explain how Muslims put them into practice
• Say what happens at Eid-ul-Adha at the end of Hajj
• Know some Muslims stories (Ibrahim/Abraham, Musa/Moses, Isa/Jesus)
• Identify features of a Mosque
• Explain what the Shema is, where it is found and what it means
• Know about the Torah & Tenakh is - what it contains and how the Torah is made.
• Know the Exodus story and how it relates to Passover.
• Name Orthodox and Progressive Jews and identify some of their practices

Key Skills

• Use the bible to find Old Testament passages and Gospel passages in the New Testament.
• Offer Christians meanings for Gospel teachings and parables and make links with my own values.
• Make links between christian beliefs of God and passages from the old Testament, features of Christian buildings and songs
• Make connections between Bible passages, incarnation and Messiah
• Explain links between Christians beliefs and practices at Christmas.
• Explain how the 5 Pillars affect the lives of Muslims
• Compare what is of value to Muslims to my own values and where we each turn for guidance
• Identify and compare stories that are the same for Muslims, Jews and Christians.
• Explain the links between the Shema, Jewish beliefs and practices.
• Make links between beliefs and practices of the Exodus story and Jewish Passover
• Compare Orthodox and Progressive Jews
• Offer explanations about why Jewish traditions are of value to Jews and non-Jews
• Compare religious beliefs to humanist beliefs
• Make connections between Christian teachings (peace, forgiveness, healing) and the issues/problems/opportunities in the world
• Share own responses/opinions/views with reasons and reflect/make connections to on the views of others

Key Vocabulary

Christians, God, Messiah, Old Testament, gospel, incarnation, saviour, parables, Humanist, Muslims, Qur’an, 5 Pillars, Hajj, Pilgrimage, Eid-ul-Adha, Hajj, Muhammad, Mosque, Shema, Torah, Tenakh, Passover, Orthodox, Progressive