Curriculum Overview
Point in Year
Unit of Work Title
Starting Point
Curriculum Content
Core Knowledge
Curriculum Content
Core Skills
Mid-term and Final Assessments
Autumn Term 1
Religious Buildings
- Names, use and importance of features of religious buildings.
- Buildings covered include The Church, Mosque, Synagogue, Gurdwara, Pagoda and Mandir
- Identify key features of religious symbolism
- Describe and explain the similarities and differences between religions.
- Extended written task
- Summative assessment
Autumn Term 2
Worship Time
- How people worship in the six main religions.
- Similarities and differences in worship services.
- Describe the key features of religious beliefs and practices.
- Explain the impact religion has on people’s lives
- Extended written task
- Summative assessment
Spring Term 1
Journeys With a Purpose
- Places of pilgrimage
- Pilgrimage activities
- Purpose of pilgrimages
- Impact of pilgrimages on pilgrims
- Recognise and recall some main points of key religious beliefs and practices.
- Describe the key features of religious beliefs and practices and explain the impact religion has on people’s lives.
- Extended written task
- Summative assessment
Spring Term 2
Death and Beyond
- Death rites in major religions
- Beliefs about the after life
- Influence of beliefs on believers.
- Explain the diversity within different religions and begin to analyse different beliefs and practices.
- Extended written task
- Summative assessment
Summer Term 1
Guidelines Of life
- Laws and rules that govern believers’ lives.
- Purpose of such laws.
- Impact on individuals and society.
- Raise questions about religion and morality and express their own opinion.
- Use reasoning and examples to express insights into a range of religious and moral issues.
- Extended written task
- Summative assessment
Summer Term 2
Follow the Leader
- Religious leaders and their life work
- The influence of beliefs on their life work.
- Lessons from their lives
- Raise, and suggest answers to, questions about religion and morality and express their own opinion.
- Extended written task
- Summative assessment