Year 1 Communities: what does it mean to belong? worksheet

“Many groups, one me” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 1 religious education unit “Communities: what does it mean to belong?”, for children aged 5 to 6, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 13 to 18 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Many groups, one me

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 1 · Religious education · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can say that people can belong to many groups at the same time.

A Look back3 min

1.
Look at the map. Circle the place where children go to learn.
schoolparkfarm
2.
A baby grows up. Circle the word for the empty box.
childcloudtable
3.
Circle the weather that shows a happy day.
sunnystormy

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ali is in a family, a class and a swimming club. Each box on the chain is one group Ali belongs to.

Watch me

Ali is in a family, a class and a swimming club.

Each box on the chain is one group.

Ali belongs to all three at the same time.

Now you

1.
Priya is in a family and a choir. Write one more group Priya might belong to.

C Your turn8 min

Read each story. Circle the group that fits.

1.
Leo sits with the same children and teacher at school every day. Which group is this? Circle one.
classchoirfamily
2.
Mia lives at home with her mum, dad and baby brother. Which group is this? Circle one.
familyclubclass
3.
Zara goes each week with her family to a Sikh place of worship. Circle its name.
gurdwaraparkshop
4.
Ali goes swimming with the same children every Saturday. Which group is this? Circle one.
familyclassswimming club

Say it out loud: Can one person be in more than one of these groups? Say which two groups you could be in at the same time.

D Spot the mistake3 min

Three bags hung on three hooks: a school bag, a swimming bag and a football bag

Kit says: “You can only belong to one group.”

1.
Is Kit right? Write why.

E Think deeper4 min

1.
How might a group help someone feel safe and valued? Write one idea.

How did it feel?

Think about the groups you belong to. Which one feels most like home to you?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Many groups, one me · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. school

2. child

3. sunny

B

1. Look for: Names one more group, such as a class, club, team or street group.

C

1. class If they circle family, ask them who they sit with at school each day.

2. family If they circle class, ask them who in the story loves and cares for Mia at home.

3. gurdwara If they circle park, ask: is a park a place where people go to pray?

4. swimming club If they circle class, ask: does Ali's class go swimming together every Saturday?

D

1. Look for: Says no, and says a person can belong to more than one group at once. If they say yes, ask them to name two groups they belong to, then ask if they belong to both.

E

1. Look for: A reason about love, care, feeling safe, or being welcomed by a group.

Words to use

Say“Which groups do you belong to? Let's name them together and see how many you can find.”

Instead of“Tell them the answer is one group, because that is what the question seems to ask.”

After the sheet

Draw your child in the middle of a sheet of paper. Write each group they belong to around the picture, then talk about why each one matters.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

5 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Symbols that show belonging(with a plan)
Christians and their faith family(with a plan)
Shabbat in a Jewish family(with a plan)
Belonging as a humanist(with a plan)
Groups we belong to(with a plan)

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