1. YEAR 1 A learning journey in the Diocesan ‘Holy Spirit’ concept

2. Context for learning……
Long Term Plan for Religious Education for Primary Schools in Chester Diocese
Summer Term 1b Christian Concept: God the Holy Spirit Linked Concept: Trinity
Year Group
Enquiry Questions
Essential Knowledge FS
What do Christians say the Holy Spirit is like?
Christian Belief Holy Spirit as wind Y1
How did the Holy Spirit change the disciples after the Day of Pentecost?
New Testament Pentecost: Acts 2:1-13 Y2
What do Christian symbols teach about the Holy Spirit?
Christian Belief Symbols of Holy Spirit: dove, fire and wind Y3
What does Christian art teach people about the Trinity?
Christian Belief Celtic cross; Rublev’s Icon; Trefoil & Triangle Y4
What part do Christians believe the Holy Spirit plays in welcoming Christians into the church community?
Why do Christians say: ‘Father, Son & Holy Spirit?’
Christian Practice Infant baptism (visited in Year 2 ‘Discipleship’) and Believers’ baptism Y5
What part do Christians believe the Holy Spirit plays in confirmation?
 What part do Christians believe the Holy Spirit played in helping the disciples in the early church?
Christian Practice Confirmation Service
Eucharist
New Testament Early Church: Acts 2:43-47; Acts 3:1-10; Acts 4:1-22; Acts 4:32-37; Acts 5:12-42;
Conversion of Saul: Acts 8:1-3; 9:1-31 Y6
How do Christians believe the Holy Spirit is at work in their lives today?
Christian Practice Pentecostal practice: speaking in tongues
Catholic practice: words and action eg CAFOD
Famous Modern Christians: work of Holy Spirit through their lives
Diocesan Syllabus
Context for learning……

3. KEY QUESTION(S)
YEAR 1
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
How did the Holy Spirit change the disciples after the day of Pentecost?
The children will
learn:
To recognise how the Holy Spirit changed the disciples on and after the Day of Pentecost.
By the end of this unit:
Emerging
(Some children)
I can describe three changes that happened to the disciples after the Holy Spirit came in the Pentecost story.
Expected
(All children)
I can talk about the Holy Spirit and say what happened to the disciples in the Pentecost story in more detail.
Exceeding
(Few children)
I can suggest how the Holy Spirit changed the disciples inside during and after the Day of Pentecost.

4. Yr.1 What do we know already about the Holy Spirit?
Starting points: You could use this slide to recap
Show 4 pictures;
sailboat, kite, windmill, hot air balloon.
Ask: What is the one thing all of these pictures need? (wind)
Ask: What does the wind do in each picture?
eg gives movement; gives energy-turns sails; helps them move ie the effect of the wind is to change things.
Can anyone remember how we learnt about the Holy Spirit being like wind in EYFS?
What other things can you remember learning about the Holy Spirit ?
Teachers Notes: Explain: here are 4 pictures; sailboat, kite, windmill, hot air balloon.
Ask: What is the one thing all of these pictures need? (Draw out answer: they need wind):
Ask: What does the wind do in each picture? Draw out answers eg gives movement; gives energy-turns sails; helps them move.
Ensure they understand the effect of the wind is to change things.

5. Step 1: Recapping on previous learning from EYFS
What questions would you ask the children?

6. Q/A: Recapping on previous learning from EYFS

7. What does fire do? Step 2: Introducing the idea of fire using a
Teachers Notes:
Ask: What is fire like? Ask for suggestions eg its hot, it warms us, it burns things. Ensure they understand the effect of fire is to change things.
Step 2: Introducing the idea of fire using a
few symbols and/or pictures.

8. Exploring the properties of fire & how it changes things.

10. Step 3: Can you remember a Bible story from the Bible that has wind & fire in? Questions to jog children’s memory: Who was in the story? What happened? (Beginning, middle, end) What do you think was the most important part of the story you remember? Why? Revisit the story…..

11. Teachers Notes
Instruction: tell the story interactively & show each slide as you do. You could use puppets or toy people. Give sound effects or instruments and actions so the children can join in eg for wind and fire
‘After Jesus had left the disciples and gone to heaven, the disciples were very afraid that they might be killed. They waited in Jerusalem and often met to pray in peoples homes.’
On the day of Pentecost which is a special day, the disciples were upstairs in a house in Jerusalem.
Suddenly they heard a sound like the blowing of a very strong wind. It swirled all around them and went into every room in the house.
When they looked at each other they saw flames on each others heads but nothing was being burnt up. Then they all began to speak in other languages.
They went outside and saw many visitors who had come to Jerusalem. When the disciples spoke the visitors were surprised to hear all the disciples speaking to them in their own languages. ‘What does this mean? they asked. Some thought they had drunk too much wine.
Peter one of the disciples stood up and said, ‘No we have not drunk too much wine, we are not drunk, it is only 9 o’clock in the morning. God has filled us with his Holy Spirit. Jesus said this would happen. He came to teach us about God and then he was killed. He came back to life and spoke to us. He said he would send the Holy Spirit to us after he had left.
The people said, ’What shall we do?’ Peter said ‘Tell God you are sorry for all the wrong things you have done and be baptised. Then the Holy Spirit will be given to you as gift. Many said sorry and were baptised that day.
You could use the Diocesan KS 1 PPT to revisit the story or see

12. Step 3: How would you deepen this child’s learning?
Emerging Outcome:
I can describe three changes that
happened to the disciples after the
Holy Spirit came in the Pentecost story.

13. Step 4: What questions would you ask the children to deepen their understanding of the Holy Spirit?
For example:
What were the disciples doing right at the beginning of the story?
What do you think happened to the disciples on this day?
Can you describe the 3 most important things that happened to the disciples on this day?
Why are these things the most important in the story?
How did the disciples change?
(NB For the teacher: WHAT would you do differently?)

14. Step 4: Recalling the events of the story
Expected Outcome (All children)
I can talk about the Holy Spirit and say what happened to the disciples in the Pentecost story in more detail.

16. Step 5: Extending the learning-towards exceeding
Exceeding outcome:
I can suggest how the Holy Spirit changed the disciples inside during and after the Day of Pentecost.
Ask: What do you think the disciples do next? Why?
Example Activity:
Give the children a choice of answers to the question to discuss, analyse and suggest which is the best answer asking them to say why they think that is the best answer: Eg
1. The Holy Spirit made the disciples very brave inside & helped them tell people about Jesus.
2. The Holy spirit gave the disciples miraculous powers to heal people
3. The holy spirit made the disciples full of God’s love and made them want to share it with others.
Can they think of their own answer?

17. Making links to the Pentecost story
Step 5: How did the disciples change in and after the day of Pentecost story?

18. Capturing the evidence

19. Step 6: Can we take the learning even further
Step 6: Can we take the learning even further? Example questions that could be explored: Why might this story be important to Christians today? Can you think of anything that Christians believe about the Holy Spirit today? (eg Trinity link) How could we find out more about the Holy Spirit? What else might you do?

20. One example…
Taking the learning further:
Thinking about how Christians think the Holy Spirit is at work in people today.

22. Assessment Ladder
example