Teach the Bible story of Zacchaeus with this clear, engaging, and child-friendly PowerPoint (21 slides), designed especially for primary Religious Education lessons.

This resource helps pupils explore how meeting Jesus can change lives, focusing on forgiveness, repentance, fairness, and kindness. Through simple language and clear storytelling, children learn how Zacchaeus changed his behaviour and made better choices.

Ideal for KS1 and early KS2, this PowerPoint is curriculum-ready and perfect for whole-class teaching, assemblies, or Christianity topic work.
What’s Included

Who Zacchaeus was and why people disliked him
Zacchaeus meeting Jesus in Jericho
Zacchaeus climbing the sycamore tree
Jesus visiting Zacchaeus’ house
Zacchaeus saying sorry and changing his ways
Clear Christian messages about forgiveness and change
Reflection questions and discussion prompts
Pupil task: Think, Draw, Act
Quiz, recap, and plenary slides
Why Teachers Love This Resource

Simple, age-appropriate language
Clear moral and Christian values
Encourages reflection and personal response
Saves planning time
Suitable for mixed-ability classes
Made by teachers, for teachers
Perfect For

Primary Religious Education
Christianity topics
Bible stories for children
Christian values lessons
Assemblies and collective worship