Primary RE – Unit 7 Lent

Unit 7: LENT

EARLY YEARS

Core pLAN Supplementary Guidance

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Introduces Lent as a time when we get ready for Easter and introduces, through the example and teaching of Jesus, different ways of getting ready.

Looks at how Jesus followed the Jewish faith and explores how Jewish people attend a synagogue to pray.

YEAR ONE

Core pLAN Supplementary Guidance

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Explores the basic meaning of Lent and links it to the life and teachings of Jesus.

Looks at how we can get ready for Easter by changing.

The Sabbath day is explored in the multi-faith element.

YEAR TWO

Core pLAN Supplementary Guidance

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Looks at  Lent as being preparation for Easter, commencing with Ash Wednesday and being a time of seeking forgiveness and doing penance.

Looks at the Our Father.

Looks at the Torah and the Jewish faith.

YEAR THREE

Core pLAN Supplementary Guidance

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Looks at how Jesus changed the people he met and deepened his relationship with the Father through prayer.

Explores how Jewish people pray.

YEAR FOUR

Core pLAN Supplementary Guidance

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Examines Jesus’ time in the wilderness.

It also explores how prayer, fasting, almsgiving and living out the Beatitudes help us prepare for Easter.

Examines the importance of Yom Kippur in the Jewish religion.

YEAR FIVE

Core pLAN Supplementary Guidance

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Looks at the concept of temptation.

Looks at how preparation for Easter involves becoming more like Jesus through St Paul’s teaching.

Explores Jewish understanding of repentance.

YEAR SIX

Core pLAN Supplementary Guidance

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The means by which we prepare for Easter are explored in depth, through the teachings of Jesus in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus and the account of the Samaritan woman at the well.

Explores the history of the Jewish faith.