What makes us special?

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EYFS outcomes

Development matters

  • Talk about members of their immediate family and community.
  • Name and describe people who are familiar to them.
  • Compare and contrast characters from stories, including figures from the past.
  • Recognise that people have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways.

See Development Matters (non-statutory curriculum guidance) – contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 

 

Early learning goals

Understanding the world

ELG: Past and present

  • Talk about the lives of the people around them and their roles in society.

See Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage, 2021.

 

Lesson 3 suggests inviting a visitor from the local community who cares for others to talk about why and how this is important to them.

Suggested prior learning

This is the first unit in the Kapow Primary Religion and worldviews scheme.

Lessons

Lesson 1: Why are we special?

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Lesson 2: Who is special to you?

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Lesson 3: Who helps us?

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Lesson 4: Why should we care for others?

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Lesson 5: Why is Jesus special to some people?

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Key skills

  • Asking questions about things
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Key knowledge

  • To know:
  • Beliefs are things
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Key vocabulary

belief

believe

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Equipment list

Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.

This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)

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Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected

  • Teddy or soft toy ×1
  • Mirrors ×30
  • Colouring pencils
  • Collage materials such as buttons, wool, fabric and sequins ×15
  • Glue ×1
  • A3 paper ×30

The equipment below is optional

For the Adult-led activity

  • A5 paper

         Per child: 4

  • Drawing materials such as crayons, coloured pencils or felt tips

         ×8

  • Sugar paper folded in half (enough to create a class book)

         ×1

  • a length of ribbon or wool

         ×1
  • Glue stick ×1
  • Friendship bracelets ×1

  • Current printed photographs of the children

         ×8

  • Lolly sticks with the children’s names written on

         ×1

  • A jar or container to hold the lolly sticks

         ×1

  • Paints and paint brushes

         ×30

  • Books about showing kindness

         ×8
  • Props for role play (for example, fabric pieces for makeshift tents, wide-brimmed hats, sunglasses, sandals, water bottles, toy camels, maps, binoculars, stuffed animals such as snakes or lizards). ×1

  • A wooden stick to represent the shepherd’s staff

         ×1

  • A robe or cloak

         ×1

  • Headbands with ears for sheep

         ×1

  • White t-shirts

         ×1

  • A soft toy ‘sheep’

         ×1

  • Lengths of coloured string or wool (30 cm – one each) and beads OR: lengths of wide sticky tape (one each) and an assortment of leaves, flowers, petals and small twigs

         ×30

  • Large jar

         ×1

  • A story in which a character shows kindness

         ×1

  • Coloured pencils or crayons

         ×8
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