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T5 Progressive skills and content

• Make clear links between the story of the Day of Pentecost and Christian belief about the Kingdom of God on Earth. 

• Offer suggestions about what the description of Pentecost in Acts 2 might mean. 

• Give examples of what Pentecost means to some Christians now. 

• Make simple links between the description of the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2, the Holy Spirit and the Kingdom of God, and how Christians live their whole lives and in their church communities. 

• Make links between ideas about the Kingdom of God explored in the Bible and what people believe about following God in the world today, expressing some of their own ideas. 

T5 Knowledge Building Blocks

• Christians believe that Jesus inaugurated the ‘Kingdom of God’ — i.e. Jesus’ whole life was a demonstration of his belief that God is King, not just in heaven but here and now (‘Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven’). 

• Christians believe Jesus is still alive, and rules in their hearts and lives by the Holy Spirit, if they let him. 

• Christians believe that after Jesus returned to be with God the Father, he sent the Holy Spirit at Pentecost to help the Church to make Jesus’ invisible Kingdom visible by living lives that reflect the love of God. 

• Christians celebrate Pentecost as the beginning of the Church. 

T6 Progressive skills and content

• Explain who Humanists are.

• Describe what Humanists believe makes us special.

• Understand that there are different ways to be happy. 

• Explain the difference between reason and empathy.

• Know what the golden rule is.

• Know that Humanists celebrate key moments in their lives.

• Talk about what happens at a Humanist wedding.

• Identify some similarities and differences between a Christian wedding and a Humanist wedding.

• Know that Humanists do not have a place of worship and why.

• Understand that Humanists celebrate humanity’s achievements – intellectual, technological and creative.

• Name some of the shared values Humanists hold.

• Know that Humanists care about the environment and want to protect it.

• Know that most Humanists believe that human beings can make the world a better place.

T6 Knowledge Building Blocks

• Humanism isn’t a religion, but a way of thinking and living. 

• Humanists do not believe in God or gods and believe You do not need to follow a religion or believe in a God to be happy.

• They believe that this is our only life, so it is very important to live a worthwhile, happy life for ourselves and others.

• Humanists know the importance of empathy when making decisions about how we should act.

• The Golden Rule means treating others as you would want to be treated.

• Taking care of other living creatures and the natural world is really important to a Humanist.

• A Humanist celebrates humanity and the human spirit – intellectual, technological and creative/artistic achievements

• No place of worship – instead Humanists take pleasure in both the natural wonder of the world around us and human creativity.

• Many Humanists have shared moral values – kindness, compassion, fairness, justice, honesty

• Happiness as a worthwhile goal; happiness as more than simple sensory pleasures: the importance of relationships, exploration, and achieving our goals. The time to be happy is now – there is only one life.

• Humanists do not have special festivals; however, many humanists will celebrate cultural occasions.

• Many Humanists mark key moments in people’s lives such as births, weddings, and deaths

• Humanist weddings celebrate two people agreeing to spend the rest of their lives together, making a wedding personal and meaningful to the couple.

• Human relationships are really important, particularly the need for love and support from other people in our lives (particularly given the absence of belief in a god or gods), including the need to offer support as well as accept it.