Years 1–6: Why and how is Christmas celebrated?

Exploring the deeper meaning of Christmas in a progressive unit for Years 1–6.

Teacher video: Why and how is Christmas celebrated?

An overview video to support the teaching of this unit.

Mixed-age

The lessons in each Key stage can be used as part of a mixed-age cycle. However, the Recap and recall activities in Years 2, 4 and 6 may need to be adapted as they specifically refer to learning from the previous year group.

Lessons

Year 1: Why is Christmas important to so many Christians?

  • To consider why Christmas is important to Christians by exploring the ways it is celebrated.

Year 2: What can light mean at Christmas?

  • To explore ways Jesus’ birth is celebrated at Christmas using the symbol of light.

Year 3: Why do many Christians think that Christmas is good news?

  • To explore why the birth of Jesus is considered good news by many Christians.

Year 4: How is Christmas part of a bigger story?

  • To analyse the importance of Christmas by exploring events in the Bible.

Year 5: Why do some people use different names for Jesus?

  • To explore Christian beliefs about the Incarnation through the Nativity story.

Year 6: Who celebrates Christmas?

  • To consider why and how some people celebrate Christmas.

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Assessment – Religion and worldviews: Why and how is Christmas celebrated?

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Vocabulary – Religion and worldviews: Why and how is Christmas celebrated?

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