Learning objective
- To investigate where some people believe the world came from by listening to a creation story.
EYFS outcomes
Development matters
Understanding the world
Children in reception will be learning to:
- Recognise that people have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways.
See Development Matters (non-statutory curriculum guidance) – contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Understanding the world
ELG: People culture and communities
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Know some similarities and differences between different religious and cultural communities in this country, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class.
See Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage, 2021.
Support and challenge
- Provide cutters to help the children shape their creations.
- Allow children to re-watch the Pupil video: Jewish and Christian creation story.
- Challenge the children to create a model for each day of the creation story.
- Ask the children to write labels for their models.
- Ask the children to orally retell the creation story.
Key vocabulary
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belief
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believe
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Christian
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create
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creation
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creator
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Jewish
