The Harvest Journey

For Year 1

The Harvest Journey’s aim is for every child to hear about the Christian festival of Harvest, and to be encouraged to consider, question and explore the key questions: “How do Christians express their thankfulness for our world?”, “Should we be responsible for looking after others and our world?” and “How do Christians look after the people in their community?”

During the Harvest Journey the children will have an opportunity to hear Bible stories dealing with the theme of harvest or food and learn about how important the Bible is to Christians. They will learn about the Lord’s Prayer and be encouraged to think about why praying and being thankful is important to Christians. They will talk about where food comes from and hear from two local church leaders about how Harvest Festival is celebrated in churches today.

The Harvest Journey is completed in the classroom and led by a teacher. There are three film clips for the class to watch. All pupils are given a notebook which includes activities for them to complete after each video. At the end of the Journey this notebook can be taken home to help the children remember what they have learnt and talked about.

The whole Journey takes approximately 1 hour 30 minutes. It is designed to be completed as one workshop session but could be split into three sessions of 30 minutes if preferred.

A resources pack will be delivered to schools during the week commencing 14th September and includes:

Teacher’s Information booklet
Pupil Notebooks – one for each child
Paper plates – one for each child

Links to the film clips will be emailed to schools the same week. Schools will need to provide each child with a writing pencil, colouring pencils and access to a glue stick.

It is important to book your place on The Harvest Journey in order to receive your FREE resources pack

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National Curriculum Links to the HERTS RE Syllabus for KS 1 – Understanding principal religions: Christianity.

Beliefs and practices – Recall and name different beliefs and practices including festivals and worship. How do Christians express thankfulness for our world? Should we be responsible for looking after others and our world?

Sources of wisdom – Why is the Bible important for Christians? How was the world made?

Prayer, worship and reflection – Why do Christians all over the world pray ‘the Lord’s Prayer’? Exploring the Lord’s Prayer through images.

Identity and belonging – How do Christians show they are thankful for what they have? Why is God important to some people?

Ultimate questions – Who made the world? What do Christians believe about how the world was created?

Human responsibility and values – What do faith stories tell us about the way people should look after each other and the world? Exploring the relationship between humans and their environment. How do Christians look after people in their community? Whose world is it? Should everyone in the world take responsibility for looking after it?