Year 4 RE Resources and Lesson Plans
Explore ready-to-teach Year 4 RE resources, lesson plans and schemes of work for Religious Education. Our Year 4 Religious Education resources help children deepen their understanding of beliefs, sacred texts, worship, celebrations, values, identity and worldviews through enquiry, comparison and discussion. Find complete Year 4 RE lesson plans, activities and printable worksheets designed to build knowledge and encourage thoughtful responses to different beliefs and perspectives.
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What should children learn in Year 4 RE?
Year 4 Religious Education helps children develop a more detailed understanding of religions, beliefs and worldviews, building on the knowledge and enquiry skills developed earlier in KS2. Children should explore sacred texts, beliefs, worship, celebrations, values, identity and community, while considering why these ideas and practices are significant and how they can influence people's lives.
Interpret sacred texts and religious teachings
Encourage children to explore sacred texts, stories and teachings in greater depth, identifying important ideas and considering how different interpretations can influence beliefs, values and behaviour.
Explain beliefs, worship and practices
Help children investigate how beliefs are expressed through worship, prayer, rituals, symbols and everyday actions, and explain why these practices may be meaningful to individuals and religious communities.
Explore identity, belonging and community
Examine festivals, places of worship, traditions and community life, helping children understand how shared beliefs and practices can shape identity, belonging and relationships with others.
Compare beliefs, values and worldviews
Encourage children to compare different religious and non-religious perspectives, consider questions about values and how people should live, and explain their own ideas using examples from what they have learned.
Explore our Year 4 RE Resources
Browse our complete collection of Year 4 RE resources, lesson plans and schemes of work. Explore ready-to-teach Religious Education lessons covering sacred texts and teachings, beliefs and practices, worship, celebrations, values, identity and worldviews, with engaging activities designed to deepen children’s knowledge, develop enquiry and comparison skills, and help them explain the significance of different beliefs and perspectives.
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Planning Year 4 RE
When planning RE in Year 4, give children opportunities to deepen their understanding of religions and worldviews by exploring beliefs, sacred texts and teachings, worship, celebrations, values, identity and community life. Year 4 RE lessons can help children investigate the meaning and significance of different beliefs and practices, consider how they influence individuals and communities, and make increasingly thoughtful comparisons between different perspectives.
Plan sequences of Religious Education lessons that build on earlier KS2 learning and encourage children to ask more challenging questions about belief, meaning, belonging, values and how people choose to live. Enquiry, discussion, comparison and reflection can help children make connections between ideas, explain their thinking and use examples from their learning to support their conclusions. When developing your Year 4 RE planning, check the requirements of your school's agreed syllabus or RE curriculum and choose schemes of work that build knowledge and understanding progressively across KS2.
Planning RE for your whole school? Explore our RE Curriculum Packs →Frequently Asked Questions about Year 4 RE
What should children learn in Year 4 RE?
Year 4 Religious Education helps children deepen their understanding of religions, beliefs and worldviews. Children can explore sacred texts and teachings, worship, religious practices, celebrations, values, identity and community while considering their meaning and significance and how beliefs can influence people's lives.
What Year 4 RE resources does PlanBee provide?
PlanBee provides ready-to-teach Year 4 RE resources, including complete lesson plans and schemes of work. Resources include teaching slides, differentiated activities, worksheets and other printable materials designed to make planning and teaching Religious Education easier.
Do you have Year 4 RE lesson plans?
Yes. PlanBee's Year 4 RE lesson plans provide the teaching guidance and resources needed to deliver individual lessons. Lesson packs typically include a detailed lesson plan, teaching presentation, differentiated activities and printable resources.
Do you have Year 4 RE worksheets and activities?
Yes. Our Year 4 RE resources include a range of printable worksheets and activities. Depending on the lesson, children might investigate religious teachings, compare beliefs and practices, explore different viewpoints, discuss questions about values and meaning, or use what they have learned to explain their ideas.
Do you have Year 4 RE schemes of work?
Yes. PlanBee's Year 4 RE schemes of work provide structured sequences of lessons that develop children's knowledge and understanding progressively. They combine subject knowledge with opportunities for enquiry, discussion, comparison and reflection.
Which religions and worldviews can children explore in Year 4 RE?
Year 4 children can encounter different religious and non-religious worldviews through topics such as beliefs, sacred texts, worship, festivals, values, identity and community. The particular religions and worldviews studied will depend on your school's RE curriculum or agreed syllabus.
How should Year 4 RE build on Year 3?
Year 4 RE can build on children's earlier KS2 learning by asking them to explore ideas in greater depth. Children can move towards explaining why beliefs and practices are significant, considering how beliefs influence individuals and communities, comparing different perspectives and supporting their ideas with examples from their learning.
Is there a National Curriculum for Year 4 RE?
Religious Education is not part of the National Curriculum in England in the same way as subjects such as Science or Geography. Maintained schools generally follow their locally agreed RE syllabus, while arrangements can differ for academies and schools with a religious character. Teachers should check their school's requirements when planning Year 4 RE.
How should I approach Year 4 RE planning?
Start with your school's RE curriculum or agreed syllabus to identify the religions, worldviews, knowledge and concepts children need to study. Year 4 RE planning can then sequence learning so children revisit important ideas while developing their ability to investigate meaning, make connections, compare perspectives and explain their conclusions.
