Exceeding (Few children) I can suggest a number of meanings for the parables studied and link it to ideas about the Kingdom of God. Show the class some seeds and discuss what conditions help the seeds to grow. Show 4 different pots; pictures of the sun; path; birds; rocks; thorn bush and some soil. Use the objects to tell the story of ‘Parable of the Sower and the Seed’. Leave seeds to grow in different pots in different conditions over the next few lessons. Explore the Parable of the Sower in dance/drama taking freeze frame photos of the children’s work. Discuss what type of seed grew best and why. Give copies of the freeze frame photos to groups of 4. Ask them to write on each photograph a reason why the seed did/didn’t grow Play passing on the good actions game (See Chester Diocesan Parables Book, page 31) to illustrate how good actions lead to more good actions. Reflection: Ask: What do you think the story means? What would the world be like if everyone was like the seed in good soil and reacted well? Ask: Why did Jesus tell this story? What did Jesus want people to hear? What did he want Christians to know about God? What did he say about the Kingdom of God? List ideas. Vote as a class on the best meaning. (Possible answers: hearing God’s words makes a difference; good actions make for more good actions; distractions will come; people can influence one another). (Teachers Note: Matthew 13: 18-23 gives the interpretation of the parable Jesus gave to the disciples). Lesson 3 seed pictures copies of the text of ‘Parable of the Yeast & the Kingdom’ Matthew 13:33 yeast water
KEY STAGE 2 UNIT Spring 1a: Kingdom of God Concepts: Kingdom of God; stewardship Medium Term Plan Year 5 KEY QUESTION Learning Objectives Learning Outcomes Activities Key Vocabulary How does the local church community seek to bring God’s Kingdom on earth? The children will learn: What Jesus may have meant when he taught about the Kingdom of God in the ‘Parable of the Talents’. How the church uses and talents with the Holy Spirit’s help to bring about God’s Kingdom on earth How that belief affects Christians’ lives By the end of this unit: Emerging (Some children) I can talk gifts and talents in the parable suggesting how Jesus expected Christians to use them for the Kingdom of God Expected (All children) I can explain what influences and inspires local Christians to use their talents/gifts to further the Kingdom on earth. I can refer to their local activity and make links to Bible Lesson 1-2 Ask: What talents can you identify in your friends? Think Pair Share. Show the pictures in Chester Diocesan resource: ‘Growing a Gift’. Explain the story of the young man invested in by a kind headteacher and how his gift was developed despite his disabilities. Give each a piece of a predesigned jigsaw that has the school’s name on the back or printed on the front as a watermark. Ask them to draw their ‘gift/talent/skill in action’ on their piece. This may be based on their partner’s recommendations. Make up the jigsaw piece as a class and explain how each piece has the school logo on and makes up part of the school community. Reflect together on the impact these talents make in the school community. Widen the discussion to include the contribution of midday assistants, caretaker, teachers, parents and everyone they can think of that forms part of the school community. Parable of the Talents: Matthew 25:14-28 (Luke 19:11-26) Watch the parable first of all on Max 7 (this has no words) see: talent Kingdom of God Resources Chester Diocesan Pack ‘Growing a Gift’ 2015 blank Jigsaw pieces Good News Bible passages Background Information Christians believe that the Kingdom of God is not a physical place here on earth. In other words, you cannot visit. The Kingdom of God is the place, domain or
and influences Christians across the world. Create a word bank/Wordle of words they would use to describe their idea of the Kingdom of God. You may want to provide some words to assist them (see list of key vocabulary) Ask: What images our local church community choose to be important in their idea of God’s perfect world? Can children explain why they chose them? Ask: What inspires and influences Christians to seek to about God’s Kingdom? (eg Holy Spirit in them, desire to do God’s will, change the world, draw people towards God). Record ideas. Lesson 3 Ask: What charities do you know about? Do you support any charity? How do you support it? What do you do? Refer to Comic Relief and what the children are doing to serve their wider community. Show children the Sport’s Relief single. What happens when Sport Relief is over? Ask: How is this helping others? What school fundraising is happening and why? Ask: What do different Christian charities do to create or bring the Kingdom of God through their work? Pupils research in groups the work of Tearfund, Action Aid, Mercy Ships and ones they themselves support at home or school; identifying which are Christian and specifically what they do to advance and bring in God’s Kingdom. Each group creates a presentation to show their charities’ key messages and campaigns to the rest of the class using a marketplace, I Pad movie or mantle of the expert. war refugees celebrities banks politicians family Christian Aid Tearfund abstract artist’s visions current stories images of Kingdom of God. art resources Sport Relief single Access to ICT I Pads