Objective

Beginners

Junior

Middle Class

Intermediate

Basic Ideas about God

- emphasise God’s love for them

- that God cares about what happens to them

- God is loving and kind and forgiving

- that Jesus is God and he came to show us what God is like

- that Jesus is unique

- that God is Spirit - a different kind of being

- God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit

-the importance of God

- continued teaching on the Trinity

- why Jesus is important to Christians

- that the point of being a Christian is to make God the centre of all your life

- focus on developing a personal relationship with God

- why Jesus came to earth

- understanding the nature of redemption especially that God loves us no matter what

About what we teach them

- that what we teach them is real - not just another story

- emphasis on putting stories into context by discussing when and where things took place

- God has really spoken.

- putting bible events into their time and place perspective. If possible introducing archaeology etc to show that the stories are real.

- that the Bible is reliable

- that there is evidence from archaeology to back up the stories written in it.

Christian life

- that Christians want to be kind and thoughtful

- that they can pray to God

- God sets standards for our lives

- that they can pray to God and the different types of prayer

- what behaviours are appropriate

- to turn children’s thoughts away from themselves and towards others

- what it means to be a disciple of Jesus

-to encourage their personal bible reading and prayer outside of Sunday School

- further teaching on the value of prayer and the way we do it

Bible Knowledge

- that the Bible is the book which teaches us about God

- that the Bible is split into the Old and New Testament.

that the New Testament is about Jesus

- that the Gospels tell the life of Jesus

- that they can find a Bible reference using the index.

- that the New Testament builds on the Old Testament

- that they are familiar with the books of the New Testament

- that they understand the progressive nature of God’s revelation and how that influences the way we read and follow the Bible

Church life

- that they are valuable members of the church community

-the story of Easter and Christmas

- that church is a community of believers

- that they are valuable members of the church community

- the meaning of Easter and Christmas

- the meaning of baptism and communion

- that church is where people get support for their christian life

- that everyone is acceptable to God

- the meaning of the Easter and Christmas celebrations and why they are so important that we celebrate them every year

- the meaning of baptism and communion

- that God created the church and it is there to help us grow as christians

- the structure of the church year

- what it means to belong to a church and that people publicly commit themselves to God when they are old enough

- that we belong to a wider communion of saints that have lived before us and will come after us