Learning objective

  • To show respect when talking about big ideas.

Success criteria

  • I can listen

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Religious Education Council Curriculum Framework for RE in England (non-statutory guidance):

  • C1: Explore questions

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Before starting this lesson, you might want to check that children can recall: Good listening involves sitting still, looking at the person speaking, not interrupting and not making comments or asking questions about what has been said. When sharing ideas, speak clearly, use full sentences and look at your partner or audience. Listening to others…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could use gestures to represent whether they agree or disagree with the statements (e.g. raising their hand or giving a thumbs-up for ‘yes’ and lowering their hand or giving a thumbs-down for ‘no’); could use a recording device to record any questions they have (see Wrapping up).

Pupils working at greater depth

Could, in the Main event, create their own statements to discuss, ensuring that some have proof and others do not and write these on sticky notes; could explain how some of the statements might only be true sometimes. 

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: saying whether or not

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Vocabulary definitions

  • belief

    An idea or opinion that someone thinks is true.

  • believe

    To think something is true.

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In this unit

Introductory lesson: What do I believe?

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