a conceptual approach to ks2 re areiac conference 2011 helen matter, diocesan schools’ and re...
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A Conceptual A Conceptual Approach to Approach to
KS2 REKS2 RE
AREIAC Conference AREIAC Conference 20112011
Helen Matter, Diocesan Schools’ Helen Matter, Diocesan Schools’ and RE Adviserand RE Adviser
The SCITT StudentsThe SCITT Students
IncarnationIncarnationDutyDutyCovenantCovenantEqualityEqualityObedienceObedienceEnlightenmentEnlightenment
PeacePeaceChosenChosenServiceServiceReleaseReleaseNon-violenceNon-violenceSalvationSalvation
The SCITT StudentsThe SCITT Students
Incarnation
Concept cracking
UUSSEERR
Links with the children’s
EXPERIENCEEXPERIENCESomething they know about- a parallel
Something they can imagine – funny, puzzling, challenging
Something which is a complete contrast / opposite
Are we incorporating beliefs in RE?
incarnation
Transforming Transforming RE ReportRE Report
• What do Christians believe?
• What key beliefs / concepts should we be teaching in Primary School, particularly in KS2?
Taking on the beliefs of Christianity …..
concepts / big ideas / beliefs1. incarnation
2. ……………
3. ……………
4. ……………
5. ……………
6. ……………
7. ……………
8. ……………
9. ……………
Christianity Christianity Key Stage 2Key Stage 2
Inspirational People
Symbolic Expression
Religion, Family and Community
Religion and the
Individual
The Journey of Life and
Death
Worship, Pilgrimage and Sacred Places
Teachings and
Authority
Beliefs in Action
in the World
Beliefs and
Questions
A few good teachers ….A few good teachers ….
RECONCILIATIONRECONCILIATION
• Ben, Sam and Jack have always been best friends.
• Ben and Sam have had a big fight; they are not even talking to each other now.
Should Jack
A) help Ben and Sam make friends again?
B) leave them and make new friends?
C) still play with both but on different days?
Happy are those who work for peace; God will call them his children.
Jesus
The Bible: Matthew 5 v.9
Our God is a God who makes friends.Our God is a God who makes friends.Our God is a God who is faithful to the end.Our God is a God who makes friends.
Our God calls us all to make friends.Our God calls us all to make friends.Yes, you as well as I, we’re the very ones God
sends.Our God calls us all to make friends.
A song from Canada
• He will be called the Prince of Peace …
Religions are complex.
It is all too easy to stick to the obvious: festivals, practices and founders, without asking too many questions about ‘why’.
Beliefs and concepts are like the glue
which hold all these together. They
give the ‘big picture’ and can transform RE.
What concepts /beliefs might we need for each What concepts /beliefs might we need for each religion?religion?
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
3 C H I C C J
4 C H I S C S
5 C H I J C B
6 C H I B C Hum
Religion and the Individual
Inspirational People
Teachings and Authority
Beliefs and Questions
Beliefs in Action
Worship, Pilgrimage & Sacred Places
Religion, Family and Community
Journey ofLife and Death
Sym
bo
ls & R
eligio
us E
xpressio
n
Meet Meet BethBeth…..…..
and and her her
critics! critics!
gospel
Jula Bible – November 2008Jula Bible – November 2008
Moving onwards ….Moving onwards ….
• Engage / encounter• Enquire• Explore• Express• Evaluate
Enter …… Enable …..Enter …… Enable …..
