Scholes Junior and Infant School
RE Vocabulary Progression
Theme: General
Reception
Key Stage 1
home, family, school, community, religion, culture, similarities and differences, charity, good manners, rules, friends, creation, responsibility, nature, caring for the world, festivals
caring, organization, charity, fundraising, holy, moral, special, belong, symbols, special, place of worship, similar, different, compare, contrast, community, special occasions, ritual, prayer, praying, celebration, festival, family, promises, parents, ritual, prayer, belief, faith, trust, choice, forgive, promise choices, influences, consequences, rules, guidelines, fables, moral, values, similar, different, prayer, reflection, faith, symbols, created, natural, wonderful, world, stewardship, responsibility, recycle, reuse, environment, creation
Lower Key Stage 2 prayer, belief, worship, questions, mysteries, symbols, divine, spirituality, music, art, dance, poetry, calligraphy, arts, beliefs, symbols, stories, symbol, moral, forgiveness, reconciliation, jealousy, repentance, humility, caring, loving, love, right, wrong, creation, creator, responsibility, interpretation, campaign, divine being, leader, qualities, characteristics, inspiration, inspirational, messenger of God, freedom, oppression, interpretation, celebration, shared values, remembrance, reflection, liberation, light, belief, selflessness, representation, community, faith, believer, denominations, artefacts, features, place of worship,
Upper Key Stage 2 journey, responsibility, belief, pilgrimage, reflection, faith, choice, good and bad, right and wrong, morality, values, consequences, forgiveness, reconciliation, penitence, repentance, redemption, confession, conflict, reconciling, forgiving, grudge, revenge, conflict resolution, Abrahamic faiths (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) Rites of passage, right, responsibilities, growing up, adulthood, promises,
Key Stage 3
Theme: Christianity
Reception church, Harvest, Advent and Christmas, Lent/Easter, disciples, God
Key Stage 1
Bible, church, communion, altar, cross, lectern, pulpit, Bible, seating, font, statues and art, organ, Harvest, godparents, sponsors, baptism, font, parable, Bible, Christian, Jesus, God, Old Testament, word of God, Noah, patriarch, son of God
The Ten Commandments, parable, Jesus, Moses, Christian, God, Christ, gospel, disciple, baptism, crucifixion, resurrection, covenant
Lower Key Stage 2 psalms and hymns, Christianity, The Bible, Old Testament, New Testament, parable, neighbour, Jesus, Christianity, Christians church
Christians, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Red Sea, love, forgiveness, peace between people and God, honesty, prayer, worship, fellowship, crucifixion, gospel, New Testament, confession, Jesus, Catholic, priest, Old Testament, New testament, incarnation, salvation, gospels, messiah, son of man, son of God, eternal, covenant,
Upper Key Stage 2
Key Stage 3
The Ten Commandments, Moses, Exodus, Egypt, ascension, communion, crucifixion, easter, forgiveness, gospel, incarnation, Jesus, Kingdom of Heaven, gospels, Palm Sunday, reconciliation, resurrection, ritual, sacrifice, salvation, confirmation, baptism
Theme: Islam
Reception mosque, Ramadan/Eid, Allah
Key Stage 1
Lower Key Stage 2
Qur’an, mosque, prayer, mat, prayer beads, head covering, ablution area, prayer hall, mihrab, mosaics, imam, wudu, Eid, Ramadan, fasting, aqiqah, adhan, Muslim, Prophet Muhammed (PBUH), Prophet Musa (Moses)
The Five Pillars of Islam: Shahadah, Salah, Zakat, Sawm, Hajj, Allah, mosque, wudu, Muslim, imam, Jum’ah (Friday prayers), Makkah
Islam, Allah, Muslim, Prophet, Muhammed (pbuh), mosque, Allah, Prophet Muhammed (pbuh), Qur’an, Hadith, Shahadah, Salaah, Sawm, Ramadhaan, Zakaah, Hajj, Mecca/Makkah, Akhirah, Sunnah, Shari’ah, Eid ul Fitr, Eid ul Adha, Qiblah, Sadaqah, Wudhu, ablution,
Upper Key Stage 2 Islam, Muslim, Makkah, sacrifices, Hajj, Ummah – community, forgiveness, honesty, prayer, charity, Hadiths
Key Stage 3
Theme: Judaism
Reception Rosh Hashanah, Sukkot, Hannukah, Pesach,
Key Stage 1 Jonah, Daniel, command, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph
Lower Key Stage 2
Upper Key Stage 2
Key Stage 3
Theme: Sikhism
Moses, Abraham, Exodus, Hebrew, covenant, Torah, ark, Shabbat/Sabbath, Passover/Pesach, Mezuzah, kosher, seder, tallit, synagogue, bimah, Jewish, Genesis, Jews, Judaism
Hannukah, menorah, hannukiah, Maccabees, Antichus, Jews, God, synagogue
Judaism, Jewish, Western Wall, Jerusalem the Gold, Amidah, Tikkun Olam, ‘healing the world’, rabbi, Torah, Hebrew,
Reception Vaisakhi
Key Stage 1
Lower Key Stage 2
Mool Mantar, Mudras, Sufi, Sikh, Waheguru, Sikh, Guru Hargobind, Bandi Chor Divas, gurdwara, Mool (Mul) Mantar, Panjab, Guru Nanka, Guru Gobind Singh, Guru Granth Sahib, guru, Khalsa, Amristar, Ikk Oankar, Enlightenment, Gurdwara
Upper Key Stage 2 ‘Oneness with God’, Sikhism, meditation, Amritsar, Guru Gobind Singh, Guru Granth Sahib, Khalsa, Amrit, Baptism, Sewa, Langar, The 5 Ks (Kesh – uncut hair, Kangha – comb, Kara – wrist band, Kachera – short trousers, Kirpan – sword), Khanda symbol, bar mitzvah, bat mitzvah
Key Stage 3
Theme: Hinduism
Reception Diwali, Holi
Key Stage 1
Lower Key Stage 2
Hindu(s), Diwali, Rama, Sita, Ayodhya, diva lamps
Upper Key Stage 2
Key Stage 1
Key Stage 3
Theme: Other faiths & belief systems
Reception the Mid-Autumn Festival, Mardi Gras/Rio Carnival, Chinese New Year
Key Stage 1 birthday Aesop
Lower Key Stage 2 solstices, Pagans,
Upper Key Stage 2
Key Stage 3
Humanism: honesty, integrity, love for the truth, personal responsibility, reciprocity, atheism