Primary School Religious Education (RE) Lesson Plans and Resources by PlanBee

Journey back to Bethlehem with your class in this series of 5 KS2 RE lessons as your children discover the details behind the Christmas story. Find out why Bethlehem was the location of the greatest story ever told and how Mary and Joseph found themselves with a newborn in a barn. These informative and empathetic lessons take a fresh look at this familiar story as your class delve deeper into the emotions of the characters and find out ... more

This challenging unit based on the RE QCA scheme of work for Year 4 explores the basic Hindu beliefs in god and studies some of the ways in which this is reflected in Hindu worship and celebrations at home and in the mandir. Your class will have the opportunity to find out what the aum symbol represents, learn some of the characteristics of Hindu gods and goddesses, explore shrines and how they are used in worship, and much more. Wi ... more

This festive module is based on the RE QCA scheme of work for Year 3 and takes a fun approach to teaching children about the traditions, stories and celebrations relating to Divali. Your class will have the chance to hear the story of Rama and Sita, find out why divas are lit at Divali, how Hindu families celebrate Divali, and much more. Using a range of lesson plans, slides, activity ideas, differentiated worksheets, an End of Unit ... more

Religion has been linked with the arts for thousands of years. This series of 6 lessons based on the RE QCA scheme of work for Year 6 gives your class the chance to find out how, why and when music, drama and art are used in religions around the world. These arty lessons provide plenty of opportunity for your class to learn how other people express themselves as well as learning how to use their own artistic talents to portray ideas abo ... more

This series of 5 lessons, based on QCA RE Unit 6A for Year 6, gives your class an insight into Judaism, starting with a brief history of Judaism and continuing to look at the features of Jewish worship, what it means to belong to the Jewish community and the Jewish contribution to the wider community. With lesson plans, informative slides, worksheets, picture cards, question cards and much more, these Judaism lesson plans for KS2 pr ... more

This series of 6 lessons is based on the RE QCA scheme of work for Year 6 and focuses on what Christian religious buildings tell us about what Christians believe and what is precious to different groups of Christians. The module starts by exploring what the word 'precious' means, both from a personal and religious point of view. It then goes on to explore what churches can tell us about what Christians value. Your class will have the op ... more