Spring Term

Theme and Topic

EYFS

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Local Church

 

Community

Celebrating

 

People celebrating in church

 

What and why do people celebrate?

Special People

 

People in the parish family

 

What makes a person special?

Books

 

The books used in church

 

Why do we need books?

Journeys

 

Christian family’s journey with Jesus

 

Is life a journey?

Community

 

Life in the local community: ministries in the parish

 

What makes ‘community’?

Mission

 

Continuing Jesus’ mission in the diocese [ecumenism]

 

Do we all have a mission in life?

Sources

 

The Bible, the special book of the church

 

Are books enriching?

Eucharist

 

Relating

Gathering

 

The parish family gathers to celebrate Eucharist

 

Why do people gather together?

Meals

 

Mass; Jesus’ special meal

 

What makes some meals special?

Thanksgiving

 

Mass a special time for saying thank you to God for everything, especially Jesus

 

 

Why should we be grateful people?

 

Listening and Sharing

 

Jesus gives himself to us in a special way

 

What’s so important about listening and sharing?

Giving & Receiving

 

Living in communion

 

What’s more important -giving or receiving?

Memorial Sacrifice

 

The Eucharist the living memorial of Jesus’ sacrifice

 

Why do we need memories?

Unity

 

Eucharist enables people to live in communion

 

Why are happiest when we are united?

Lent/Easter

 

Giving

Growing

 

Looking forward to Easter

 

How and why do things grow?

Change

 

Lent a time for change

 

How and why do things change?

Opportunities

 

Lent; an opportunity to  start anew in order to celebrate Jesus’  new life

 

How does each day offer opportunities for good?

Giving all

 

Lent a time to remember Jesus’ total giving

 

What makes some people give everything for other people?

Self-Discipline

 

Celebrating growth to new life

 

Is self-discipline important in life?

Sacrifice

 

Lent a time for aligning with the sacrifice already made by Jesus

 

Why do we need to make sacrifices?

Death & New Life

 

Celebrating Jesus’ Death and Resurrection

 

Can any good come out of loss and death?