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Year 2 religious education

Year 2 religious education runs to 36 lessons across a 36 week year, for children aged 6 to 7 in Key Stage 1. Every lesson is listed below in teaching order.

The vocabulary a child meets this year includes Testament, Torah, Promise, ark, flood, trust, covenant, obedience, faith, perseverance, pharaoh, interpret.

These lessons are written by Oak National Academy, the government-funded curriculum body, and are free to anyone. StudyDen sequences them, marks the answers and keeps the record.

Every Year 2 religious education lesson

In the order they are taught. 36 lessons.

The Bible: what does it say about God's promises?

  1. Shared Stories: The Bible and Its Two Parts
  2. Noah and the Rainbow
  3. The Calling of Abraham
  4. The Story of Abraham and Sarah
  5. The Story of Joseph
  6. Jesus: Waiting for a Promise to be Fulfilled

Festivals: How do they celebrate the natural world?

  1. Harvest Festival in the UK
  2. Harvest Festival Around the World
  3. The Jewish Festival of Sukkot
  4. The Festival of Trees: Tu B'Shevat
  5. The Story of Holi
  6. The Celebration of Holi

Hindus: what do Hindu stories teach about life and the world?

  1. The Story of the Blind Men and the Elephant
  2. The Blind Men and the Elephant: Deeper Meanings
  3. The Story of the Mouth of Krishna
  4. The Mouth of Krishna: Deeper Meanings
  5. The Story of Waiting for God
  6. The Story of Waiting for God: Deeper Meanings

Choices: Do we need rules to live by?

  1. Rules to Live By
  2. The Ten Commandments
  3. Jesus and Good Choices
  4. Dharma: Ganesha's Race Around the World
  5. Humanist Choices: The Fox and the Stork
  6. Reflecting on Rules and Choices

The world: how do different people explain how it started?

  1. The Idea of Beginnings
  2. Creation: Deeper Meanings
  3. Muslim Ideas About Creation
  4. Humanists and How the World Started
  5. Different Ideas About How the World Began
  6. Stewardship and Care of the World

Prayer: Is it possible to speak to God?

  1. Introducing Prayer
  2. The Lord's Prayer
  3. Different Christian Prayers
  4. Different Muslim Prayers
  5. Humanist Reflection
  6. Comparing Prayer and Reflection

Teach the first religious education lesson free

StudyDen puts the next religious education lesson on the screen each morning, marks what your child types and writes the record as they go. The first lesson needs no card, then it is £29.99 a month for every child in the family.

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Common questions

What does Year 2 religious education cover?
Year 2 religious education runs to 36 lessons across a 36 week year, covering Testament, Torah, Promise, ark, flood, trust and more.
How many religious education lessons are in Year 2?
36 lessons, sequenced in teaching order across the school year.
How old is a child in Year 2?
Children in Year 2 are 6 to 7 years old during the school year in England and Wales.