a conceptual approach to ks2 re areiac conference 2011 helen matter, diocesan schools’ and re...

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

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xpressio

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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 …..