Level Ladder for RELevel Ladder for RELevel Ladder for RELevel Ladder for RE

Some suggestions for Some suggestions for assessment using the eight level assessment using the eight level

scalescale

To move up to level 1 children must be able

to:• Learning about religion• Use remembering skills

to recall part of a story• Use some correct names

for things that are special to religious people

• Pick out religious symbols or words in a picture or story

• Learning from religion• Talk about themselves

and things that have happened to them

• Talk about things they find puzzling

• talk about what is important them

• Use the word ‘because’ correctly to give a single clause reason

KEY SKILLS: Recall, name, communicate

To move up to level 2 children must be able

to:• Learning about religion• Sequence the main

events in a story correctly• Talk about things that

some religious people have in common e.g. praying

• Talk about what some religious symbols stand for ( e.g. the cross reminds Christians of Jesus’ death)

• Learning from religion• Ask about what the

feelings of others• Talk about the questions

a story might make them ask

• Talk about what is important to them and others

• Give a reason in the form of a consequence about themselves or a simple appeal to authority

KEY SKILLS: retell, asking questions, simple reason

To move up to level 3 children must be able

to:• Learning about religion• Describe what a believer

might learn from a story • Describe some things

that are the same and different for religious people

• Use religious words in their own independent work

• Learning from religion• Identify similarities and

differences about things that influence them

• Ask questions and explore different answers to them

• describe the difference beliefs can make to the way some people behave

• Give a reason based on consequences that affect them or others

KEY SKILLS: describe, compare, reasoning based on consequences

To move up to level 4 children must be able

to: • Learning about religion• Describe the impact of

religion on the lives of believers

• Use religious key words and quotes correctly in detailed pieces of writing and/or in oral presentations

• Use a range of different ways to present the beliefs and ideas of religious people e.g. words, art, drama

• Learning from religion• Give reasons why some

people inspire or influence them

• Use more than one reason to support their view and begin to make use of principles to support their view

• Ask questions about the meaning and purpose of life and suggest answers that show they have taken into account the views of religious believers

• Ask questions about moral decision and suggest consequences for different types of action

KEY SKILLS: describe, using evidence, suggesting a range of answers, giving several reasons

To move up to level 5 children must be able

to:• Learning about religion• Explain how religious sources

and evidence are used by religious believers to provide answers to questions about life or an issue being studies

• Explain the impact of religion on the lives of believers

• Explain why some people have the same or different beliefs

• Use a range of religious vocabulary from different religions independently and correctly

• Learning from religion• Give reasons for more than

one point of view• Provide several pieces of

evidence to support a view• Explain some of the

challenges a believer may have when following their religion

KEY SKILLS: explaining, reasoning for two sides of an argument,

references• I can statements ( betterre

website)• Presentation by Dilwyn Hunt to RE

Advisers November 2010• Assessed RE ( Lat Blaylock)