Unit title	Year	Background notes
What does it mean to live with family and friends?	1	This unit builds on Foundation Stage activities related to aspects of identity and relationships. In this Year 1 unit, pupils will develop their own sense of identity, particularly as it applies to their relationship with family and friends. They will also think about the idea of forgiveness. In learning about how religious traditions can help to bind people and families, they will also think about customs and traditions in their own families. They will reflect on how stories can help us to think about our own identity and relationships.

Key questions	Concept/s	Learning outcomes	Suggested activities	Resources
What makes me special?	Identity Uniqueness	To be able to identity unique qualities in themselves and others To demonstrate a sense of personal worth	· Read a book like But Martin! · In pairs, children find out what makes their partner special and share this with the rest of the class · In a circle, children share what makes them special and what makes others in the circle special	But Martin! by June Counsel (Picture Corgi, ISBN 0552523127)
How does the Christian parable of the Prodigal Son (Loving Father) help us to think about forgiveness?	Forgiveness Love Parable	To know a well known parable told by Jesus of Nazareth To be able to share ideas about forgiveness and what it means to them	· Introduce a real life situation involving forgiveness eg someone getting upset and pushing someone in the playground, and afterwards feeling bad and saying sorry · Role play the scene and talk about the feelings at each part of the story. Highlight the element of forgiveness: how and why does the person forgive their friend? · Explain what a parable is and why Jesus told parables · Read the parable of the Prodigal Son and talk about the story using the questions in Curriculum Bank, highlighting where forgiveness is shown in the story	Scholastic Curriculum Bank RE, Bk 1, pp33-34
How do Hindu customs at Raksha Bandhan enable brothers and sisters to show that they care for each other?	Family Responsibility Respect	To know how the Hindu festival of Raksha Bandhan is celebrated To understand that brothers and sisters relate to each other in different ways	· Talk about brothers and sisters, who has them, and whether they are younger or older. Encourage children to talk about times they have been looked after, or done the looking after · Show a rakhi and ask questions which encourage children to look at it thoughtfully eg What is it made of? What could you do with it? Where might you wear it? · Explain how the rakhi would be given by a sister to a brother at the Hindu festival of Raksha Bandhan and explain the brother's actions in return · Role play situations where brothers and sisters help and look after each other · Make a special friendship band for a brother, sister or someone special, using craft materials	Scholastic Curriculum Bank RE, Bk 1, pp31-32 Rakhi Craft materials
Why is Friday night special in a Jewish home?	Family Ritual	To identify some of the times when we meet together as a family To know some of the things that a Jewish family does when sharing a Shabbat meal	· Place two white candles in a velvet bag and encourage children to feel them and say what they think the objects are · Show the candles and explain how they are used for a special time of the week for Jewish people - Shabbat · Explain when Shabbat starts, on Friday when it gets dark · Watch a video that shows a mother lighting the candles, wearing a headscarf, the father saying kiddush over the wine, the family sharing challah with salt sprinkled on it and men and boys wearing a kippah · Share grape juice and challah · Invite in a Jewish visitor to talk about Shabbat · Share times when their family gets together and discuss what makes this time special eg wearing special clothes, eating special food, lighting candles and blowing them out · Paint a picture of a Shabbat meal, or of their own family meeting together at a special time	Velvet bag (‘mystery bag’) Scholastic Curriculum Bank, Bk 1, pp26-27 BBC Pathways of Belief: Judaism Jewish visitor/s
What makes my own home special?	Home Special place	To understand that homes are special places for most people To understand that some rooms are more special than others To understand that rooms sometimes require particular kinds of behaviour	· The children paint a picture of their home. The class looks at the pictures and talks about different types of home (eg flat, bungalow, detached house, caravan) · Talk about what each room in their house is used for, which room or part of a room they like best and if there are any rules for each room. Discuss any special objects found in the rooms · They are going to make the home corner into a special room for members of the class to use. Share ideas about what rules there will be for this room eg how many children will be allowed into it at one time, what behaviour is acceptable, whether they should take shoes off, whether they should have special objects in it and how these should be treated · Work together as a class making the special area and talk about feelings after they have used it	Scholastic Curriculum Bank, Bk 1, pp16-17 Pictures of types of home around the world BBC Pathways of Belief: Sikhism (prayer room in house section) Material, cushions, plants, music etc to make a special room

A glossary of religious, cultural and other terms used in this planning grid

Challah	Pronounced with a throaty ch, as in 'loch'. Plaited sweet bread, used for the Friday night Shabbat meal.
Kiddush	Pronounced kidd-oosh. The blessing said over wine. (Not to be confused with kaddish, the prayer recited by mourners at a funeral)
Kippah	Pronounced kipp-ah. Plural kippot. A prayer cap worn by Jewish boys and men. In that it is an ancient custom to cover the head when in the presence of someone greater, it is said to be a recognition that a person is always in the presence of God. Orthodox Jewish boys and men will wear one all the time, even under a hat. In the language of Yiddish – the language spoken by Eastern European Jews - alternative names for the kippah were kappel and yarmulke.
Parable	An everyday story which, hidden within it, has something to teach about life. Parables are not simply ‘nice stories’ because they are designed to evoke a response from the listeners – if it ‘clicks’ with them, that is. Many religious teachers have used parables as a way of getting their message across. Jesus, like many Jewish teachers before and since, was skilful at using parables.
Prodigal	This rarely used word (with its roots in Latin) means spendthrift or wasteful. The prodigal son, then, obtained money from his father and ‘blew’ it.
Raksha Bandhan	The festival of Raksha Bandhan (literally 'protection tying', sometimes also called 'rakhi' or 'raakhi') is essentially a Hindu festival, but many other groups in India celebrate it. It usually occurs in August, when sisters tie a rakhi around their brother's right wrist to symbolise the bond between them. In return, the brother will give his sister a gift, usually money. The rakhi might be a simple red thread, or ornate with a round decoration of tinsel, plastic and beads attached. Rakhis and gifts might be exchanged between male and female cousins.
Rakhi
Shabbat	Pronounced Sha-bbat. The Jewish day of rest that begins on Friday evening and ends on Saturday evening. Because it starts and ends with sunset, it is inaccurate to refer to it as ‘Saturday’. An older translation of the Hebrew word Shabbat is Sabbath.