Easter Pause Day

Welcome to an exciting initiative from the Schools department of Guildford Diocese Education Centre.

The overall aim of the Easter Pause Day material is to give schools an opportunity to engage with some high level thinking and reflection on the subject of those who witnessed the events of the first Easter.

The materials are:

  • divided into 5 phases - Foundation Stage, Years 1/2, Years 3 /4, Years 5/6 and Year 7
  • designed to be ‘user friendly’, to be detailed and to enable all staff and not just specialists to deliver high quality teaching, learning and reflection
  • designed to be delivered in one day although they are adaptable as a series of lessons if it is not possible to use them as part of an RE focus day


We are grateful to Anna Shaw for producing all the KS2 material for both Easter Witnesses and Easter Journey.

Reference is made in the materials to music and lyrics written by ‘Out of the Ark’ which can be found in 'Sunday's Cool' Books 1 and 2. We are very grateful for their generosity and support of this initiative.

 

Pause Day Material

To download material please click on required format (Word, PowerPoint, pdf)

Easter Pictures now available to download

 

Easter Witnesses

   
Foundation Stage    
Mary's Story Word doc (66KB) pdf (28KB)
     
Key Stage 1    
Many People Saw Jesus Alive Word doc (63KB) pdf (34KB)
Easter Origami Book   pdf (108KB)
     
Lower Key Stage 2    
Peter and Judas - PowerPoint PowerPoint (1.4MB)  
Peter & Judas Respond to Jesus Word doc (76KB) pdf (38KB)
Writing frame Word doc (31KB) pdf (12KB)
     
Upper Key Stage 2    
Easter Witnesses - Was Jesus God? Word doc (53KB) pdf (22KB)
Easter Witnesses - Was Jesus God?
Script
Word doc (80KB) pdf (43KB)
Easter Witnesses - Was Jesus God?
Powerpoint
Powerpoint (1.2MB)  
     
     

Easter Journey

   
Foundation Stage    
Easter Journey Word doc (51KB) pdf (17KB)
     
Key Stage 1    
Easter Journey Word doc (62KB) pdf (21KB)
     
Lower Key Stage 2    
Easter Journey - Animating the key events Word doc (89KB) pdf (42KB)
     
Upper Key Stage 2    
Easter Journey - through DT Word doc (82KB) pdf (29KB)
Easter Pictures - Powerpoint PowerPoint (2.8MB)  
Easter Pictures - link for download High res images  
The Crowd Word doc (37KB) pdf (9KB)
Peter Word doc (37KB) pdf (9KB)
Jewish Leaders Word doc (36KB) pdf (9KB)
Roman Soldiers Word doc (37KB) pdf (10KB)
The Crowd - Crib Sheet Word doc (30KB) pdf (12KB)
Peter - Crib Sheet Word doc (32KB) pdf (15KB)
Jewish Leaders - Crib Sheet Word doc (30KB) pdf (12KB)
Roman Soldiers - Crib Sheet Word doc (30KB) pdf (12KB)
     
     

Year 7 Easter Pause Day

   
Was Jesus God? A Court Case - PowerPoint PowerPoint (1.3MB)  
Was Jesus God? Court Case Script Word doc (102KB) pdf (59KB)
Disciples - Defence Case Word doc (550KB) pdf (24KB)
Disciples - Prosecution Case Word doc (550KB) pdf (25KB)
Emmaus - Defence Case Word doc (3.1MB) pdf (29KB)
Emmaus - Prosecution Case Word doc (3.1MB) pdf (28KB)
Female Followers - Defence Case Word doc (3.3MB) pdf (36KB)
Female Followers - Prosecution Case Word doc (3.3MB) pdf (36KB)
Jewish Leaders - Defence Case Word doc (2.9MB) pdf (31KB)
Jewish Leaders - Prosecution Case Word doc (2.8MB) pdf (31KB)
Soldiers - Defence Case Word doc (3MB) pdf (31KB)
Soldiers - Prosecution Case Word doc (3MB) pdf (34KB)
Thomas - Defence Case Word doc (525KB) pdf (21KB)
Thomas - Prosecution Case Word doc (521KB) pdf (23KB)

 

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