Learning objective
- To explore how water is important to life practically and symbolically.
Success criteria
- I can explain
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Religious Education Council Curriculum Framework for RE in England (non-statutory guidance):
- A2: Describe and understand
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Cross-curricular links
English
Writing – composition
Pupils
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Hand out the mini whiteboards and marker pens (one each). Display the Presentation: Bingo – key vocabulary and ask the children to divide their whiteboards into four boxes and write one of the keywords from the slide in each box.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could use the Resource: Water word bank as a prompt to support during discussions and creation of their mindmaps about uses of water; could use the Activity: Water mind map (support) to structure their mind map; could focus on the Christian and Jewish creation story during the Main event as they are likely to be more familiar with it from prior units.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should develop and add connections between ideas when creating a mindmap; could use a colour-coding system on mindmaps to highlight the practical and symbolic uses of water; should explain why some uses of water may be both practical and symbolic based on prior learning or personal experience.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: discussing the importance of
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Vocabulary definitions
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perspectives
Different ways of looking at or thinking about something.
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practical
For a real-life need or purpose rather than an idea or something imagined.
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In this unit
Assessment - R&W Y3/4 (A): Why is water symbolic?
Y3/4 (A): Why is water important?
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 2: How is water used in some rituals?
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 3: What can stories suggest about water?
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 4: What is baptism?
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 5: How and why do some Hindus celebrate the River Ganges?
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 6: Why is water precious?
