Primary RE Curriculum – Year 3

Year 3 – Unit 19: What is it like for someone to follow God?

Pupils will learn about the Old Testament people of God and how they lived their lives. They will learn the story of Noah, considering what it was like for him to follow God. They will learn about the covenant that Christians believe Noah made with God, making links to the promises that Christians make at a wedding ceremony. Pupils will spend time looking at several texts that share stories from the Old Testament people of God in detail. They will consider the importance of returning to the original text for meaning rather than learning the story from videos or children’s books. Later in the unit, pupils will learn about the story of Abram/Abraham and the covenant that he made with God. They will consider why following God might sometimes feel hard for believers.

What is it like for someone to follow God?

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Year 3 – Unit 20: What is the ‘Trinity’ and why is it important for Christians?

YEAR 3 – UNIT 20

In this unit, pupils will find out about the baptism of Jesus and where this is found in the Bible. They will study the text in detail and find out what it means for Christians today. They will investigate how Christians show their beliefs about God and the Trinity and how these impact their lives. Later in the unit, pupils will find out about infant and believer’s baptism in the church and what this means for Christians today.

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

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Year 3 – Unit 21: How do festivals and worship show what matters to a Muslim?

In this unit, Pupils will identify some beliefs about God in Islam, expressed in Surah 1. They will also make clear links between beliefs about God and ibadah (worship) and how this links to prayer, fasting, celebrating and the intention to live out the five pillars of Islam. They will have opportunities to ask questions and suggest answers about the value of submission and self-control to Muslims, and whether there are benefits of these for all people.

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

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Year 3 – Unit 22: How do festivals and family life show what matters to Jewish people?

In this unit pupils will build on their knowledge about Jewish worldviews and way of life. They will recap work on Shabbat and deepen it by considering how different Jews today mark it. They will understand that Jews are diverse – beginning to use the language of Orthodox and Progressive. They will explore Shabbat, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Pesach to build up their understanding of festivals and ideas of forgiveness, remembering, and freedom.

How do festivals and family life show what matters to Jewish people?

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Year 3 – Unit 23: What do Christians learn from the creation story?

This unit focuses on the stories of Creation and the Fall as two parts of the ‘Big Story’ of the Bible. Pupils familiarise themselves with the first Creation story from Genesis and key messages within it for many Christians about the world being good and how Christians are called to look after God’s world. They move on to think about the story of Adam and Eve and how the Fall fits into the ‘Big Story’ of the Bible.

What do Christians learn from the creation story?

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Year 3 – Unit 24: How and why do people try to make the world a better place?

In this unit, pupils will find out about how Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and non-religious people try to care for the world. They will consider what motivates people from these worldviews to care for the world, basing their knowledge on scripture and religious teachings. Pupils will consider why the world is not always good and make simple links to religious (e.g Christian, Jewish, Muslim) and non-religious (e.g Humanist) worldviews. They will find out about the Jewish idea of Tikkun Olam and consider how charities like Tzedek help Jewish people to live out ideas and teachings, considering diversity of views. Pupils will have opportunities to raise their own questions about caring for the world and consider the responsibility that everyone must care for the world.

How and why do people try to make the world a better place?

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