Year 1: Why is Christmas important to so many Christians?
Recognising why Christmas is important to Christians by exploring some of the ways it is celebrated.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1. Recap and recall
Play the Pupil video: The Christmas story and remind the children about the story of Jesus' birth found in the Christian Bible. Another name for the Christmas story is the Nativity.
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In this unit
Assessment – R&W Y1: What do some people believe God looks like?Lesson 1: How might ideas about God be represented?Lesson 2: What do some Muslim people believe about God?Lesson 3: What do some Hindu people believe God looks like?Lesson 4: What do some Christian people believe God looks like?Lesson 5: Do people all share the same beliefs about what God looks like?Lesson 6: Why do people have different names for God?
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary teamLast update: 3 July 2026
