The Way the Truth and the Life Autumn 2 Planning, Resources and Whiteboards Including: 2 Weeks of Diwali planning (re-telling the story, making clay lamps, rangoli patterns and mehndi designs). 6 lessons for God’s Family with all resources and whiteboards Lesson 1 - The Annunciation Including a worksheet for the children to write on with a challenge extension for more able. Lesson 2 - Advent including a proforma to put pictures of children’s advent wreaths on. Lesson 3 - The story of Christmas, differentiated re-telling the story of Christmas worksheets one for the LA and MA (sequencing the pictures with a challenge) and one for the HA (re-telling the story). Lesson 5 - The Shepherds, making a Christmas decoration and a worksheet for the children to draw the shepherds on with a challenge to extend their understanding of the shepherds role. Lesson 6 - The most important gift at Christmas is Jesus, worksheet for the children to draw what they could do to bring joy at Christmas. Homework - one piece of homework to be given out before lesson 6, looking at how different families celebrate Christmas in their home (what are your traditions?)