Together In Prayer – Advent / Christmas Year 4Term 4Weeks 5 – 8

OVERARCHING LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Students use language to understand, develop and communicate ideas and information and interact with others. / 2. Students select, integrate and apply numerical and spatial concepts and techniques. / 3. Students recognise when and what information is needed, locate and obtain it from a range of sources and evaluate, use and share it with others. / 4. Students select, use and adapt technologies. / 5. Students describe and reason about patterns, structures and relationships in order to understand, interpret, justify and make predictions. / 6. Students visualise consequences, think laterally, recognise opportunity and potential and are prepared to test options. / 7. Students understand and appreciate the physical, biological and technological. World and have the knowledge and skills to make decisions in relation to it. / 8. . Students understand their cultural, geographic and historic contexts and have the knowledge, skills and values necessary for active participation in life in Australia. / 9. Students interact with people and cultures other than their own are equipment to contribute to the global community. / 10. Students participate in creative activity of their own and understand and engage with the artistic, cultural and intellectual work of others. / 11. Students value and implement practices that promote personal growth and well being. / 12. Students are self-motivated and confident in their approach to learning and are able to work individually and collaboratively. / 13. Students recognise that everyone has the right to feel valued and be safe, and, in this regard, understand their rights and obligations and behave responsibly.

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1.A pursuit of knowledge and a commitment to achievement of potential. / 2.Self acceptance and respect of self / 3.Respect and concern for others and their time. / 4.Social and civic responsibility. / 5.Environmental responsibility.

Religious Education Learning Area Outcomes

  1. Students understand that people come to discover God who calls them through their human experiences of the universe, including the world around them, and their human questionings and yearnings, which can only ever be satisfied by their Creator.
  2. Students understand and give expression to their most basic human heart experiences in light of the Gospel, through study of their interests, questions, hopes, anxieties, reflections and judgements.
  3. Students understand the content of the Christian message, by relating it to examples drawn from their experiences.
  4. Students understand that God offers salvation through Christ who models how to live in a truly human way.
  5. Students understand that Catholics are empowered to live like Jesus as they draw on the power of the Spirit and of the Kingdom through Church, Sacraments, Scripture, prayer and other ways Jesus taught.
  6. Students recognise that every good value, attitude or way of doing things is a sign of God’s presence and influence within culture.
  7. Students know and appreciate the values of Christ and those of his Gospel as the basis for living out the Christian mission in the world.
  8. Students demonstrate the skills necessary in order to read and apply Scripture and to participate in Catholic ritual and prayer.

Key Understandings Learning Points

A1Wondering at families

A2Wondering at God who created families

A3Attribute: God is a trinity of love

B1Jesus belonged to a family

B2Jesus draws family members closer as they pray for each other

C1Jesus taught his followers to pray

C2Ways members of God’s family the Church pray

C3Jesus calls his followers to live the Fourth Commandment

C4Continuing to wonder at families and how members can become closer through prayer

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/ TUESDAY / WEDNESDAY / THURSDAY / FRIDAY / ASSESSMENT
5 / A1.1 Explores the ways in which people can contribute to family life. Brainstorm and chart ways family members contribute to family life by using their gifts to help in: keeping family values, joining in family celebrations and cooperating with parents. / A2.1 Expresses wonder at God who created families. Write a letter to God telling him about their family. Include questions students have for God about God creating families. / A2.1 cont… Using clay or plasticine, the students could design a symbol that represents what family means for them. Write a wonder question about God who created families. / A3.1 Celebrates tat God is a Trinity of love. Using colour, line, shapes etc. create designs, pictures or symbols that represent and celebrate the Trinity. Create class gallery: Celebrate God: A Trinity of Love! / A3.1 cont… Create a collage of words and pictures that represent ‘love’ especially ‘family love’
6 / B1.1 Names members of Jesus’ family. Students name members of their own families, including cousins. Then name the members of Jesus’ family. / B1.2 Illustrates actions of Jesus that showed he belonged to the Holy Family. Create mindmaps for the topic, ‘When people belong to families…’ Using a different colour, add information (pictures, words, symbols, scripture references, etc.) which shows that Jesus belonged to his family: the Holy Family. / B2.1 Illustrates what family life would be like if family members drew closer together through prayer. Read The Twits. Identify ways in which family members could draw closer together through prayer. / B2.1 cont… / SWIMMING CARNIVAL
7 / Recall with students that Jesus taught many lessons about prayer. Christians pray:
  • In the name of God - Sign of the Cross
  • To God the Father
  • With others
  • Alone
  • Each morning and night
  • To Mary
Discuss times, places and ways each can be prayed. / C1.1 Explores the words, meanings and intentions and scriptural origins of The Lord’s Prayer, Hail Mary and The Angelus. Complete ‘Directions for Mix ‘n’ Match The Lords Prayer. And ‘Stories and Prayers of Mary’
Resource sheet 3a-c 4a-c / C1.4 Identifies community, school and family intentions for which people might pray to saints. Students locate saints associated with:
  • The local parish
  • The school
  • The founding religious order
  • A particular need
Write a prayer to a saint asking them to help with their need. / C2.2 Constructs a rosary. Make a class set of rosary beads using paper plates and label. / CHRISTMAS CONCERT & FAMILY BBQ
8 / C2.4 explores and creates an Advent Calendar as a way to plan prayer. Students make an advent calendar with these themes:
Week 1 – Be Ready
Week 2 – Prepare
Week 3 – Rejoice
Week 4 – Hope
Resource sheet 10 a-d / C3.1 Names ways in which people keep or fail to keep the Fourth Commandment. Create Y-charts on keeping the Fourth Commandment. ‘Look like’, ‘Sound like’ and ‘Feel like’. In a different colour on the same chart words, actions, attitudes etc that explain not keeping the Fourth Commandment. / C3.2 Expresses ways people can show love for family, friends and the wider community during Advent. Students create a star box to take home and share with their families. / C4.1 Reviews and expresses the main ideas of the unit. Students complete ‘Leading Me To…’ (Anonymous Self Assessments). / GRADUATION MASS