This half term our learning question is :

What do Christians Learn from the Creation Story? 

OUTCOMES BY THE END OF THIS UNIT, PUPILS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO:

• Place the concepts of God and Creation on a timeline of the Bible’s ‘Big Story’.
• Make clear links between Genesis 1 and what Christians believe about God and Creation.
• Describe what Christians do because they believe God is Creator. (For example, follow God, wonder at how amazing God’s creation is; care for the earth in some specific ways.)
• Ask questions and suggest answers about what might be important in the creation story for Christians living today, and for people who are not Christians.

KNOWLEDGE BUILDING BLOCKS - PUPILS WILL KNOW THAT CHRISTIANS BELIEVE:

• God the Creator cares for the creation, including human beings.
• As human beings are part of God’s good creation, they do best when they listen to God.
• The Bible tells a story (in Genesis 3) about how humans spoiled their friendship with God (sometimes called ‘the Fall’).
• This means that humans cannot get close to God without God’s help.
• The Bible shows that God wants to help people to be close to him — he keeps his relationship with them, gives them guidelines on good ways to live (such as the Ten Commandments), and offers forgiveness even when they keep on falling short.
• Christians show that they want to be close to God too, through obedience and worship, which includes