Year 3 Holy Week: what do the stories say and what is their meaning? worksheet

“Holy Week, day by day” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 3 religious education unit “Holy Week: what do the stories say and what is their meaning?”, for children aged 7 to 8, 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 19 to 24 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Holy Week, day by day

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 3 · Religious education · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can describe the order of the main Holy Week days and what Christians remember on each.

A Look back3 min

1.
The church year goes round in a cycle. Circle the season that comes after Advent.
ChristmasLentEaster
2.
Which colour do many churches use at Easter? Circle your answer.
whitepurpleblack
3.
Church services often have a set order. Circle the missing step in the chain.
Say a prayerPlay a gameEat a meal

B Watch me, then you4 min

Holy Week has four main days. On Palm Sunday, Jesus rode into Jerusalem. The Last Supper was on Thursday. Jesus died on Good Friday. Christians believe he rose again on Easter Sunday.

A small upright green palm-leaf cross on a plain background.

Watch me

Find Good Friday in the chain.

The arrow points to the next day.

Easter Sunday comes after Good Friday.

Now you

1.
Circle the day that comes just before Good Friday.
Palm SundayLast SupperEaster Sunday

C Your turn8 min

Use the chain to answer each one. Circle your answer, or number the boxes. Many churches hold a service on each of these four days.

1.
Circle the day Christians remember Jesus riding into Jerusalem.
Palm SundayGood FridayEaster Sunday
2.
Circle the day Christians remember Jesus dying on the cross.
Palm SundayGood FridayLast Supper
3.
Circle the day Christians celebrate Jesus rising again.
Palm SundayGood FridayEaster Sunday
4.
Put these four days in order, first to last.
1. Easter Sunday
2. Palm Sunday
3. Good Friday
4. Last Supper

Say it out loud: Which day did you look at each time, and what did you check next?

D Spot the mistake3 min

The inside of a church with lit candles on a table

Lena says: “At Easter time, Christians only go to church on the Sunday.”

1.
Write one reason why Lena is wrong.

E Think deeper4 min

1.
Why do you think the Last Supper comes before Good Friday? Explain in two or three sentences.

How did it feel?

Think about what you learned today. Tell a grown-up one thing that surprised you.

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Holy Week, day by day · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. Christmas

2. white

3. Say a prayer

B

1. Last Supper

C

1. Palm Sunday your child may have picked Easter Sunday. Read the Watch me box together and ask on which day Jesus rode into Jerusalem.

2. Good Friday your child may have picked the Last Supper, the meal on Thursday. Ask on which day Jesus died on the cross.

3. Easter Sunday your child may have picked Good Friday, the day Jesus died. Ask on which day Christians believe Jesus rose again.

4. 1 Palm Sunday · 2 Last Supper · 3 Good Friday · 4 Easter Sunday your child may have put Easter Sunday first. Ask: which day does the story end with, and which day starts Holy Week?

D

1. Look for: Many churches hold services on several or every day of Holy Week, not just Easter Sunday. If your child repeats the claim, ask: on which days of Holy Week do churches hold services? Then ask whether that is only Easter Sunday.

E

1. Look for: The Last Supper is the meal before Jesus's death on Good Friday, so it comes first in the story.

Words to use

Say“Point to each day on the chain and tell me what Christians remember on that day.”

Instead of“Just tell them the order so they can copy it down.”

After the sheet

Write four days on paper strips: Palm Sunday, Last Supper, Good Friday, Easter Sunday. Mix them up, ask your child to put them in order, then say one thing about each.

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:

The Last Supper stories(with a plan)
Maundy Thursday events(with a plan)
Good Friday: many churches(with a plan)
The four Gospel accounts(with a plan)
Why Holy Week matters(with a plan)

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