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Curriculum Overview

At Church Lench C E First School we follow the Worcestershire Agreed Syllabus which you can look at in the document above. We have carefully planned a 2 year rolling cycle for each class shown below.

  Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

Class 1

Cycle A

F6 What times/stories are special and why?

F2 Why is Christmas special to Christians

(1.3)

GOD

1. 1 What do Christians believe God is like?

SALVATION

1. 5 Why does Easter Matter to Christians?

1. 9 How should we care for the world and for others, and why does it matter?  (C, J, NR)

F5 What places are special to us?

Class 1

Cycle B

F4 Being Special: where do we belong?

UC Why do Christians perform Nativity plays at Christmas

1. 8 What makes some places sacred to believers? (C, M)

UC Why do Christians put a cross in an Easter garden?

1.10 What does it mean to belong to a faith community?

GOD/CREATION

F1 Why is the word ‘God’ important to Christians?

Class 2

Cycle A

PEOPLE OF GOD

L2. 2 What is it like for someone to follow God?

INCARNATION/GOD

L2. 3 What is the ‘Trinity’ and why is it important for Christians?

1. 7 Who is Jewish and how do they live?

1. 7 Who is Jewish and how do they live?

SALVATION

L2. 5 Why do Christians call the day Jesus died ‘Good Friday’?

L2. 7 What do Hindus believe God is like?

Class 2 

Cycle B

CREATION

1. 2 Who do Christians say made the world?

GOSPEL

1. 4 What is the ‘good news’ Christians believe Jesus brings?

1. 6 Who is a Muslim and how do they live? Part 1.

GOSPEL

L2. 4 What kind of world did Jesus want?

1. 6 Who is a Muslim and how do they live? Part 2.

L2. 11 How and why do people mark the significant events of life? (C, H, NR)

Class 3

Cycle A

CREATION/FALL

L2. 1 What do Christians learn from the Creation Story

How do religious and non religious people celebrate festivals?

U2. 9 Why is the Torah so important to Jewish people?

SALVATION U2.7What did Jesus do to

save human beings?

L2. 8 What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today?

U2. 11 Why do some people believe in God and some people not? 

Class 3

Cycle B

U2. 12 How does faith help people when life gets hard?

INCARNATION

U2. 3 Why do Christians believe Jesus was the Messiah?

L2. 9 How do festivals and worship show what matters to a Muslim?

GOSPEL

U2. 4 Christians and how to live: What would Jesus do?

KINGDOM OF GOD

L2. 6 For Christians, when Jesus left, what was the impact of Pentecost?

U2. 8 What does it mean to be a Muslim in Britain today?