Learning Outcomes
The children will be enabled to:
- Identify the celebration of Easter with Christianity
- Name some traditions associated with Easter
- Make connections between the story ‘ The Easter Journal’ and the traditional Easter story from the Bible
- Recall the meaning of the word ‘symbol’ and provide examples i.e. new life= planting flowers
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Introduction
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- Elicit prior knowledge of Easter from the children
- KWL chart- complete the K and W section with the class
- Introduce the story ‘The Easter Journal’ by showing the cover on the Interactive Whiteboard and encourage the children to make predictions
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Development
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- Read through the story with the children, pausing to allow them to form connections and share their own experiences (if any) of Easter
- Highlight the key words on the board i.e. symbol, Lent, share, church,Christianity etc.
- Think-pair-share- children discuss these words with a partner and share what they mean to them
- Show the children a variety of symbols from the Christian tradition and emphasise that these are called ‘symbols’
- Invite the children to paint and decorate their own flower for display in the ‘Garden of Easter’ (symbolising new life)
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Plenary
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- A number of children will be asked to present their flower to the class and explain what it means for them/ why they chose certain colours/decoration
- Recap on learning from the lesson- fill in ‘L’ section of KWL chart
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Other Resources for teaching this topic
E-Book- ‘The Easter Journal’ on the Interactive Whiteboard
