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Welcoming a foster child into the family

I can describe how people's beliefs may mean they welcome a foster child into their family.

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Welcoming a foster child into the family

I can describe how people's beliefs may mean they welcome a foster child into their family.

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Key learning points

  1. Some people welcome new family members.
  2. Some children live with foster parents.
  3. Some people foster because of their beliefs.

Keywords

  • Fostering - looking after babies, children or young people who are in need of a safe, stable family environment

  • Belief - to have an opinion about something

  • Foster parent - someone who chooses to foster

Common misconception

Every family looks the same.

All families look different.


To help you plan your year 1 religious education lesson on: Welcoming a foster child into the family, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...

You might have an adult within your school who was fostered as a child and might be happy to talk about this to your class. If this is not the case, maybe set up a welcome area in your classroom where you could set up a welcome for a foster child.
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4 Questions

Q1.
A person who makes a promise at a baptism is called a ...
guide parent.
Correct answer: godparent.
baby.
Q2.
Which of these statements do humanists believe?
Correct answer: this life is important
God is important
Correct answer: being happy is important
prayer is important
Q3.
What would religious people not do to welcome a baby into the church family?
say prayers to God in church
go to church for a baptism
Correct answer: have a humanist naming ceremony
Q4.
Which of these is not a promise that would be made during a Christian dedication ceremony?
to guide the child in the ways of God
to help the child learn about Jesus by reading stories from the Bible
Correct answer: to take the child to a mosque

4 Questions

Q1.
When a child cannot stay with their own parents, they go and live with a __________ family.
Correct answer: foster
god
guide
step
Q2.
Some Christian people become foster parents because of their belief in ...
Correct answer: God.
hope.
children.
humanity.
Q3.
Put these events in a foster child's life in the correct order.
1 - the foster family get the child's bedroom ready
2 - the child is welcomed into the home
3 - the child is loved and cared for by the foster family
4 - the child stays until they are ready to go home or go to a forever home
Q4.
To welcome a child into a foster family, the foster parents might ...
Correct answer: prepare a cosy bedroom.
Correct answer: show the child around their new home.
change the school they go to.
Correct answer: plan some fun activities.
speak in a cross voice.