Author: Amanda McGarrigle

Year 4 Term 1—Creation
What do Christians learn from the creation story?
The Creation Story

Background Information
Genesis is the very start of the Creation story, which is placed at the very start of the Bible.
For many Christians, this story may be about the beginning of the world, but it is also about the start of the relationship between God and God’s creation.
Adam and Eve eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil — the one thing that God has comanded them not to do. Many Christians talk about this as being the moment when sin enters the world — or ‘the Fall’

The creation story can be found in Genesis 1:1–25

In this unit the children will…
Explore why is the world wonderful.
Discuss what man-made objects are wonderful.
Understand what Christians learn from the creation story.
Learn how the creation story shows us what is wonderful about the world.

By the end of this unit….
All children can:
Understand that God the Creator cares for the creation, including human beings. (T)
Place the concepts of God and Creation on a timeline of the Bible’s ‘Big Story’ (T)
Most children will:
Make clear links between Genesis 1 and what Christians believe about God and Creation (I)
Describe what Christians do because they believe God is Creator. (I)
Some children will:
Ask questions and suggest answers about what might be important in the creation story for Christians living today, and for people who are not Christians. (C)

Identify the ‘wow factors’ in nature.
Identify what is wonderful in the creation story.
Describe what man-made objects are wonderful.
Create instructions that God would give to the first humans to care for the world he has created.

Key Vocabulary
God Nature
Christianity Christians
First Second
Third Forth
Fifth Sixth
Seventh World
Earth