Year 6 The Church: Has there always been diversity? worksheet

“The day the Church began” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 6 religious education unit “The Church: Has there always been diversity?”, for children aged 10 to 11, 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

The day the Church began

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 6 · Religious education · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can explain why Christians say the Church began at Pentecost.

A Look back3 min

1.
Advent, Christmas and Lent are on the ring. Circle the festival that comes next.
EasterDiwaliEid al-Fitr
2.
Christians go to a church. Circle the place where Jewish people worship.
synagoguegurdwaramosque
3.
Christians remember Jesus rising from the dead at Easter. On which day of the week did this happen?

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ola's class is learning about Pentecost. Her teacher draws a chain on the board to show when it falls.

A plain stone room with a wooden table and a high window, with no people

Watch me

Easter Sunday is the starting point.

Pentecost is 50 days after Easter Sunday.

So Pentecost is a festival that comes after Easter.

Now you

1.
Circle the festival that goes in the gap: Good Friday, ___, Pentecost.
Easter SundayChristmas DayAsh Wednesday

C Your turn7 min

After Easter, the followers of Jesus were afraid and hid in a room. At Pentecost, Christians believe the Holy Spirit came with a sound like wind. The followers spoke other languages and went out to tell people about Jesus. Circle or write the answer.

A white dove flying over a plain stone wall under a pale sky

1.
Which festival comes 50 days after Easter Sunday? Circle one.
PentecostChristmasAdvent
2.
The followers went out to tell people about Jesus. Which word names a task someone is sent out to do? Circle one.
powermissionchurch
3.
Sort these cards into the right column.
A sound like wind filled the roomThe disciples spoke other languagesJesus rose from the deadThe empty tomb was found
At Pentecost At Easter
4.
Write one sentence: why do Christians say the Church began at Pentecost?

Say it out loud: How were the followers different before and after Pentecost? Say it in your own words.

D Spot the mistake3 min

A single lit candle on a wooden shelf in a stone room

Maya says: “The Church began when Jesus rose from the dead, so Pentecost is not important.”

1.
Which day do Christians say the Church began? Circle one.
Easter SundayPentecost

E Think deeper4 min

A small bowl of flames set on a stone table in a plain room

1.
Give two reasons why some Christians might say the Church began at Pentecost, not at Easter. Write them in your own words.

How did it feel?

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For the grown-up

The day the Church began · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. Easter If your child circles Diwali, say it is a Hindu festival at a different time of year. Point to the ring and ask what season comes just before Easter.

2. synagogue If your child circles mosque, point out that the chain already gives the mosque to Muslims. Ask which word is left for Jewish people.

3. Look for: Sunday (Easter Sunday).

B

1. Easter Sunday

C

1. Pentecost If your child circles Christmas, ask whether Christmas is after Easter in the year. Point to the chain and count the 50 days from Easter Sunday.

2. mission

3. At Easter: Jesus rose from the dead, The empty tomb was found · At Pentecost: A sound like wind filled the room, The disciples spoke other languages If your child puts the rising of Jesus under Pentecost, ask which event happened first, on Easter Sunday or 50 days later.

4. Look for: Mentions the Holy Spirit coming and the followers going out with a mission to tell others about Jesus.

D

1. Pentecost If your child circles Easter Sunday, they have accepted Maya's idea. Say Christians point to the day the Holy Spirit came, when the followers were sent out.

E

1. Look for: Two reasons: before Pentecost the disciples were afraid and hiding; after the Holy Spirit came they went out with a mission.

Words to use

Say“Which day do Christians say the Church began, and what changed the disciples that day?”

Instead of“Just tell them the answer is Pentecost and move on.”

After the sheet

With a calendar, count 50 days from a Sunday in spring. Mark the day, then talk about what happened to the followers on that day.

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:

Churches in the East(with a plan)
The Church in the West(with a plan)
Soup, soap and salvation(with a plan)
Two ways to worship(with a plan)
Christianity in Sri Lanka(with a plan)

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