Religious Education: Places of Worship

Subject Key Objective Progression and Development by Year Groups

The following is a guide to help you understand your child’s progression through school.

All lessons are differentiated. This means teachers plan activities that enable the objective to be learned by all children including those who will find the objective challenging, those children who with hard work will secure good progress and those children who can tackle extra stretch and challenge in this subject.

EYFS

Children name some special (religious) places and buildings.

Year 1

Children name different parts of a place of worship.

Year 2

Children describe and reflect on how faith members use a place of worship.

Year 3

Children compare activities at different places of worship.

Year 4

Children explain how activities at local places of worship create a sense of community.

Year 5

Children show understanding of what is sacred for believers in religious places.

Year 6

Children compare key places of pilgrimage and identify why a faith member might go there.