R&W: Upper key stage 2
Upper KS2 Religion and worldviews units exploring various religious concepts. Pupils refine their substantive, disciplinary and personal knowledge through enquiry and reflection.
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Year 5
Thinking about religious freedom, children use historical and modern-day examples of people, such as Guy Fawkes, who have fought for their beliefs to discuss controversial issues.
Thinking first as geographers and historians, children explore the spread of Christian beliefs worldwide through looking at artwork, history, case studies and first-hand accounts.
Interpreting different sources of wisdom and beliefs from Abrahamic and non-religious perspectives, children explore what happens when we die and the importance of funerals.
Continuing to investigate concepts relating to death, children learn the meaning of reincarnation and karma and compare these ideas with those studied in part 1.
Exploring how laws are created, the concept of succession, where religious laws come from and how leaders can be chosen for leadership characteristics.
Using maps, pictures and texts, children investigate why some places are significant to some religions, exploring what places can tell us about beliefs and culture.
Year 6
Building on comparisons about the origins of the Abrahamic religions, children consider how culture, tradition, migration and interpretation can affect how some religious practices are observed.
Building on their learning from part 1, children consider the influence of culture, history, geography and tradition have on how religion looks in different places and challenge their perceptions.
Thinking back to learning about prayer and worship, children find out about significant religious and non-religious journeys and pilgrimages and why going to a particular place is so important to some people.
Interpreting and exploring different sources of wisdom and beliefs about why there is suffering in the world. Children consider their own and others’ ideas using critical thinking skills.
Developing their understanding of suffering, children look at alternative ideas about and responses to suffering through scripture, quotes and images.
Thinking about their own worldview and the religious make-up of their class, children use census data and digital mapping to explore what it can suggest about religion and what its limits are.
