Autumn 2026

We've had a busy start to our first Religious Education unit of Christianity - How do Christians believe the world began? We have learned about the creation story and how Christians believe that God created the world in 7 days, we've explored what is special about the natural world and some artefacts that are important to the Christian faith. Eve from Alive Church visited Year 1 and talked to us about how Christians believe that God created everyone to be unique, and we explored what makes each of us unique, including looking at our fingerprints! 

Summer 2026

In Year 1 we spent the first half of the Summer term exploring what Islam is. We learned about who the followers of Islam are, some important people to Muslims, and looked into the Holy month of Ramadam, and how some Muslim people celebrate Eid-Al-fitr. 

In the second half of this term we started to learn about the religion of Hinduism. We learned about the followers of Hinduism and explored the story of Rama and Sita, and then looked at the festival of Diwali and how some Hindu people celebrate this festival. 

Spring 2026

We spent the first half term of Spring focusing on Judaism and the main characteristics of this religion. We explored who are some important people to Jewish people, looked at some artefacts that are special to some Jewish people, and how Jewish people believe the world was created. We really enjoyed playing bingo to test what we had learned! 

We spent the second half of Spring learning about the lead up to Easter Sunday in Christianity, what Christians believe happened during this week, and how some Christians celebrate Easter. It was lovely to have a visit from Eve at Alive Church, who talked to us about the events that Christians believe happened on Good Friday. 

Autumn 2025

Our focus in Autumn term in Year 1 has been Christianity. Children in explored how Christians believe the world was created, and how they believe God sees humans as unique and precious. In Autumn 2 the children learned about the story of the Nativity, and why Christmas is important to Christians, as well as why some non-Christians now celebrate at this time of year.