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Teaching about Christian Worship
Christians worship God in many ways - in dance, drama and ritual, in liturgy, song and prayer, through poetry, story, art and architecture - all these can be worship. Most importantly, life should be worship - worship is an all-encompassing relationship between God and the believer.
These RE schemes below try to capture that belief. The titles showing key stage designations are the worked schemes, the others are support materials.
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Introduction
Rites of Passage
- Weddings - KS1
- Christian weddings in different cultures KS2
- Notes on Christian marriage in India
- Christian funerals and beliefs about life and death - KS2
- Prayers from the funeral service
- The Labyrinth of Life - an overview of the key Christian rites of passage using the labyrinth as a leitmotif. Also an opportunity to think about personal life journeys (AT2) - KS2
- Background notes on Christian labyrinths
- Completed example of Christian Life Labyrinth
- Completed example of personal life labyrinth (AT2)
- Chartres Labyrinth
- Ely Labyrinth
Relating to God
- Dance in worship - KS1
- Psalms and sounds - Reception
- Psalm 148
- WWJD - what would Jesus do? A scheme looking at some of the Biblical teachings about living a Christian life, using art & drama. - KS2
- The Light of the World - Holman Hunt - Support material
- Prayer - KS2
- Stilling exercises
- Prayer hand
- Traditional prayers
- Prayers from around the world
- Eucharist -KS2
God in Symbols
- Titles of Jesus - KS1
- Titles of Jesus - references
- Story of Sainthood - Reception
- Notices for St Nicholas story
- The liturgical year - KS2
- Paintbox poem
- Liturgical pie chart
- Bible readings for the Church's year
- Symbols in worship - looking at religious symbol through ritual, art & craft, using a leitmotif of "hands" - KS2
- Notes on Durer's "praying hands"
- Holding crosses and the rosary
- Creating icons - KS2
- Notes on icons
- Creating icons in the classroom