WALT discuss what makes an item sacred. Lesson 1: The BibleI can… Self Parentdefine what scared meansshare what I already know about the bibleask and answer questions to determine whether and item or text, is sacred or not.

Task 1: Introduce your child to the term sacred. Talk together and brainstorm some ideas here…

Task 2: what are other synonyms that you could use instead of the word sacred? Check that your child understands what a synonym is =A synonym is a word that means the same, or very nearly the same, as another word in the same language. Example = the lady bird is small, the ant is tiny, the bee is little…

Task 3: Has your child’s idea of sacred changed? Now decide if the items below are sacred or not (put a for sacred, or for not sacred) Then have them write their own definition.

WALT identify and compare different books of the Bible and their authors. Lesson 2: The BibleI can… Self Parent

Make your list here:1) holy2)3)4)5)

My definition of sacred is: _________________________________________________________________________________________________

explain the difference between the Old and New Testamentunderstand what the phrase ‘inspired by God’ meansname at least three different authors in the Bible

Task 1: Verbally ask your child the following questions, they can answer true or false, and note their answers, then go through telling them the correct answers.

Task 2: Who Wrote the Bible? Using the help below, introduce ‘revelation’ to the children and discuss the Christian belief that God reveals himself to people. Discuss how this relates to the Christian belief that the Bible – or scripture – is God-breathed, or inspired by God.

Task 3: With your child read the fact file about an author of the Bible and make notes to prepare for the interview activity to follow.

Questions to consider: when and where did they write it? How did they know what to write? Why did they write it? What else can you find out about their life, or the kind of person they might have been?Task 4: Write an interview for one of the authors above about their writings. You will need to ask the question and then respond in first person. 5 questions in total and 3 must be different than those asked above.Example: When did you write the books of Exodus? I wrote the books of Exodus whilst…

Challenge question: How are these 2 authors different?

WALT understand how stories are used in the Bible to teach lessons. Lesson 3: The

Do you know any other Bible facts?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

BibleI can… Self Parentexplain what a parable is and why Jesus told themuse my imagination to tell a story in my own wayretell a Bible story to make it relevant to listeners

Task 1: Ask your child if they know any Bible stories. Using the help below, explain that the Bible contains many stories and some have become so well-known that people know the stories without knowing they are actually from the Bible.

Now read each of the parables below, choose one and re-create it in a comic strip.

WALT explain how Christians use the Bible and why it is important to them. Lesson 4: The BibleI can… Self Parentexplain how Christians study the Bible as individuals and in groupsgive suggestions for how Christians could read the Bible dailyinclude relevant items in a Bible study survival kit

Task 1: Discuss with your child why the Bible is important to Christians. List 3 reasons.Reason 1:Reason 2:

Task 2: Studying the Bible is important to Christians and they regularly read the stories in it to learn how a good Christian live their lives. Sort the scenarios below into whether someone would study the Bible alone or together.

Alone Together

Task 3: Children will create a kit to be used by Christians for studying. You can choose items from the following list and explain your choices, or write a persuasive advert for your kit.Challenge: include items that are not in the list below.

WALT compare a personal sacred item with the Christian sacred text of the Bible. Lesson 5: The BibleI can… Self Parentexplain what makes a text or item sacred to an individual or group of people

discuss how my own sacred text compares to a religious sacred text, explaining the similarities and differencesshare what I have learnt about the Bible

Task 1: Discuss these questions with your child to gauge how much they have learnt this unit.

Task 2: What is sacred?

Discuss with your child.

Task 3: Independent task: write your argument down.

What do you have that is sacred to you and why?___________________________________

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WALT understand Bible readings. Lesson 6: The BibleI can… Self Parentexplain what ‘love thy neighbour’ meansDo a good deed for your neighbourshare what I have learnt from this reading

Task 1: Discuss this reading with your child, what does it mean? Who is your neighbour? Why should you love them like yourself? Is this always easy? (Discuss difficult ‘neighbours’ and that although they may not always be nice it is our job to be better).Write 2 things that you have learnt from this reading and tell me what good deed are you going to do for a ‘neighbour’, why and what was the response.

WALT understand the power of kindness. Lesson 7: The BibleI can… Self Parentunderstand why being kind is important to Christians

think about ways I can show kindshow kindness even when it is not expected

Task 1: Discus with your child the importance of kindness for Christians, and also any person in life. Have them list 6 things they WILL do this week to show kindness to others and leave 3 space blanks for kind things they may do on the spur of the moment. Have the children rate how happy each act of kindness made them 0 being bad and 10 being super happy.

Act of Kindness Who it was too How I felt 0 -10