An outline of how you could teach belonging using music.

1. LEARNING ABOUT
BELONGING THROUGH
RELIGIOUS MUSIC
Year 2- KS1

2. KEY QUESTIONS CHILDREN WOULD
EXPLORE
During a whole topic of belonging pupils would explore and answer
these questions.
 What does it mean to belong?
 What groups/religion do I belong to?
 How does it feel to be part of a group/religion?
 How do you show you belong to those groups/religions?
 How do you belong to Christianity?
 How do you belong to Judaism?
 What celebrations do Christianity and Judaism have to show they
belong?
 Why are religious celebrations important for people?

3. PRIOR KNOWLEDGE FOR THIS
LESSON
Pupils will already have an understanding of the basic Christian
beliefs and where they worship.
Pupils will already have an understanding of the basic Jewish beliefs
and where they worship also they will have an understanding of the
Jewish heritage and Israel.

4. DURING THE MUSIC IN RE SESSION PUPILS
WOULD EXPLORE…
 What it feels like to belong to a group or religion.
 How they belong to a group/religion.
 How Christians belong to God’s family.
 How Jews belong to their religion and how Jews belong to Israel.
OBJECTIVES OF THE SESSION
To understand and compare how people belong to Christianity and
Judaism.
To develop a sense of what it feels like to belong.

5. STARTER
Children would discuss in small groups these questions and feedback
as a class.
What does it mean to belong?
 What groups/religion do I belong to?
 How do I belong to those groups.

6. BELONGING TO CHRISTIANITY
 Pupils would listen to the song and consider
what feelings they feel when listening to it.
Pupils would then circle, from a range of
emotions, how the song made them feel.
 Pupils would be given a short time to
demonstrate how the song made them feel
and the main message of the song through
painting, drawing, writing or drama.
 Pupils would consider the lyrics: ‘I am yours’,
‘You set me in your family’, and ‘I belong to
you’ in relation to the Christian teaching.
Pupils will discuss and consider how Christians
become part of God’s family and how
Christians show they are part of God’s family.
 Pupils would consider how these lyrics would
make Christians feel.
This is a Christian worship
song called I belong to you
by a Christian band, called
Hillsong United.

7. BELONGING TO JUDAISM
 Pupils would listen to the song and consider
how it makes them feel. Pupils would then
circle, from a range of emotions, how the song
made them feel.
 Pupils would be given a short time to
demonstrate how the song made them feel
through painting, drawing, writing or drama.
 Pupils compare the emotions they felt to the
Christian song. Why were the emotions
different/similar?
 Pupils would consider how Jews demonstrate
their belonging.
 Pupils would consider the meaning of the
lyrics: ‘I have no other country’ and ‘Here is
This is a Jewish/Israeli song
written by Ehud Manor. It was
written about fighting for your
country and belonging to that
country.

8. EXAMPLE DRAWINGS PUPILS
MIGHT PRODUCE
From: I belong to you. From: I have no other
country.

9. PLENARY
Pupils would reflect on the emotions they felt from the songs and
answer the question:
How does it feel to be part of a group/religion?
What is the difference between belonging to Christianity and
Judaism?