Christingle and its meaning

Religious education

The story of Christmas

Christmas: deeper meanings

Christmas: deeper meanings through art

Different ways of celebrating Christmas in the UK

Christmas: different ways of celebrating Christmas around the world

In this unit pupils will study the centrality of Jesus for most Christians through   the story of his birth. Pupils will learn the term incarnation to describe Jesus as God's son. They will see how different Christians portray Jesus through art, and explore how Jesus' birth inspires acts of charity.

Jesus: why is he so important to Christians?

The candle shows Jesus is the {{}} of the world.

Why do artists draw or paint the nativity story?

What is a halo in pictures of Jesus and Mary?

What might be different in a nativity from another country?

People don’t know what they looked like.

Why do pictures of Jesus and Mary sometimes look different?

We don’t know what Jesus looked like, but he was born in the {{}} East.

Starter Quiz

Why do artists draw or paint the nativity story?