School visits and the curriculum

RE

Key Stages 1 and 2

Unit 1B: What does it mean to belong in Christianity? (Year 1)

Unit 1F: What can we learn from visiting a church? (Year 1)

Unit 2D: Visiting a place of worship – Generic (Year 2)

Unit 3A: What do signs and symbols mean in religion? (Year 3)

Unit 4D: What religions are represented in our neighbourhood? (Year 4)

Unit 5D: How do the beliefs of Christians influence their actions? (Year 5)

Unit 6E: What can we learn from Christian religious buildings? (Year 6)

Additionally, we can bring in aspects of the following elements of the RE curriculum:

Unit 1D: Beliefs and practice – Generic (Year 1)

Unit 2C: Celebrations - Generic (Year 2)

Unit 3C: What do we know about Jesus? (Year 3)

Unit 4C: Why is Easter important for Christians? (Year 4)

History

Key Stages 1 and 2

As All Saints’ is an historic building which has been a part of High Wycombe for over 900 years, it is relevant to many aspects of the study of History.

Unit 18: What was it like to live here in the past? (Year 3/4)

The dove window features an image of Florence Nightingale which forms part of

Unit 4: Who was Florence Nightingale  (Year 2)

We have various memorials from the world wars which are relevant to

Unit 17: What are we remembering on Remembrance Day? (Year 2)

We also have a number of memorials to local people which may be relevant for the study of the Victorians.

Unit 12: How did life change in our locality in Victorian times? (Year 5/6)

Citizenship

Key Stages 1 and 2 

It may also be appropriate to consider the church as part of your study of the diversity of community under the citizenship curriculum

Unit 05: Living in a diverse world (Year 1-6)

Literacy

Our Worksheets offer children the chance to write about their impressions of the church and imagine what life might have been like for people living in a different period.

Numeracy

Our worksheets involve using tally charts to count windows with clear glass and windows with stained glass, mapping various features of the church building on a plan of the church

All Saints Parish Office