Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify things which are natural and man-made.
- Discuss ideas about how natural things were created.
- Recall the key elements of the Jewish and Christian creation story in the correct order.
- Understand that some Christian and Jewish people believe the story explains how the world was created.
- Correctly order the key events of a Hindu creation story.
- Make some links between the Hindu creation story and the Christian and Jewish creation story.
- Choose appropriate adjectives and adjectival phrases from a selection to describe what people might think about God.
- Share their own ‘I wonder’ questions.
- Recognise that Humanists use evidence to understand how the world began.
- Create a thoughtful representation that reflects the Humanist belief of how the world began.
- Use art to express their ideas about how they think the world began.
Suggested prior learning
Y1/2 (A): What do some people believe God looks like?
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Lessons
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 1: What is creation?
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 2: What might some Jewish and Christian people think about creation?
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 3: What do some Hindu people believe about creation?
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 4: What do creation stories suggest to some people about God?
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 5: How do some Humanists believe the world began?
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 6: Where did the world come from?
Key skills
Personal
- Talking about simple ideas
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Key knowledge
Personal
To know:
- What they and
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Key vocabulary
belief
believe
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Assessment – R&W Y1/2 (A): How did the world begin?
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Vocabulary: R&W – Y1/2 How did the world begin?
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English: Spoken language, reading.
Science: Everyday materials, working scientifically.
Maths: Number – number and place value.
Geography Human and physical geography
Art and design
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