Religion Planning

Year 2

School: St Mary MacKillop, Birkdale

2016
Duration: 8 Weeks

Fertile Question
How can we create a world of peace?
VISION for Religious Education

The Vision for Religious Education gives voice to what each school hopes for their students in terms of their religious
literacy and faith formation.
The schools and colleges of the Archdiocese of Brisbane aspire to educate and form students who are
challenged to live the gospel of Jesus Christ and who are literate in the Catholic and broader Christian tradition

Religious Life of the School

Religious Identity and Culture
Ethos and charism (ICE)
Authentic Christian community
(ICC)
Sense of the Sacred (ICS)
Social Action and Justice
Justice in the school community
(SJS)
Action for justice (SJA)
Reflection on action for Justice
(SJR)
Evangelisation and Faith Formation
Living the Gospel (EFG)
Spiritual Formation (EFF)
Witness to the wider community
(EFW)
Prayer and Worship
Christian prayer (PWP)
Celebration of liturgy and
sacraments (PWL)

General Capabilities

Literacy

Numeracy

Information and communication

technology (ICT) capability

Critical and creative thinking

Personal and social capability

Ethical understanding

Intercultural understanding.

Cross-Curricular Priorities

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

histories, cultures and spiritualities

Asia and Australias engagement

with Asia in a multi-faith context

Sustainability and ecological

stewardship.

Ritualising everyday life (PWR)

Year Level Description

The Religion Curriculum involves four strands: Sacred Texts, Beliefs, Church and Christian Life. These strands are
interrelated and should be taught in an integrated way; and in ways that are appropriate to specific local contexts.

Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 2, students analyse some teachings and actions of Jesus depicted in New Testament texts that reveal aspects of
Gods nature. They discuss their ideas about Gods relationship with the Jewish people as described in some Old Testament stories. Students pose
questions about the life and times of Jesus and use sources provided to answer these questions. They make connections between Jesus
teachings and actions and the way members of the Church community live today.
Students recognise the sacredness of God and all creation, especially human life. They identify ways in which human beings respond to the call to
be co-creators and stewards of Gods creation. Drawing on their own experiences, they suggest ways to pursue peace and justice out of respect for
human life and all creation. They recognise choices that harm an individual and their loving relationships with God, with others and
with all creation. They explain ways in which believers seek to heal these relationships through reconciliation and how they
celebrate reconciliation in the Sacrament of Penance. They recognise that prayer and the wisdom of the saints help the believer to nurture
their relationship with God, with others and with all creation. They participate with respect in a variety of personal and communal prayer
experiences, including meditative prayer and prayers for forgiveness.

Class Context for Learning Differentiated learning

Modify for individualised learning needs eg. ESL, ODD, ADHD, ASD, speech and language - abstract concepts may need further unpacking
eg. visuals, verbal and hands on, one on one time with School Officer investigating/unpacking the texts, use R2L detailed read for meaning
etc)
Catholics/non-Catholics - practising/non-practising, variety of other faith traditions - Use language such as believers, Christians rather than
saying we.

Religious Education Abbreviated 5 Point Achievement Scale

Year 1 Semester 2

Overall
Achievement

30 (35%)

51 (60%)

4 (5%)

Learning Intentions
Learning Intention
By the end of this series of learning experiences, students
Communicate an understanding of Gods merciful and unconditional love and how this is reflected in NT passages (Link to Year of Mercy)
Recognise how some choices harm relationships
Explain the purpose of reconciliation and the sacrament of penance

Participate with respect in a variety of personal and communal prayer experiences including prayers for forgiveness (Act of Contrition and Penitential Act)

Success Criteria
Success Criteria

Students communicate an understanding of peaceful relationships and make connections to NT stories that show Gods merciful love
Students identify choices that can hurt relationships with others and with God
Students explain how believers seek to heal relationships through reconciliation and how they celebrate reconciliation through the Sacrament of penance
Students communicate an understanding of the language, purposes gestures and context of prayers for forgiveness including acts of contrition and Penitential Rite.

Assessment
Assessment Background
1. Students explain how believers seek to heal relationships through Reconciliation by depicting the 4 elements of Reconciliation in a
comic strip.
2. Students complete a reflection on a time when they had hurt others, their God and creation. They include suggestions about how
they can seek forgiveness from others and from God. They describe how they think God might feel at the time and after someone

asked for forgiveness.

3. Students demonstrate their understanding of how the Sacrament of Penance is celebrated by completing a Y CHART- What does the
Sacrament of Penance look like, sound like and feel like?

Content Descriptions
Sacred Texts
Old Testament
New Testament
Christian Spiritual Writings and Wisdom

Beliefs
Trinity
Human Existence
World Religions

Religious Knowledge and

Deep Understanding

Religious Knowledge and

Deep Understanding

Skills

BETR4
Jesus lived a truly human life.
His mission and ministry was to
preach and bring about the
Kingdom of God, including
through his teaching, healing,
and forgiving.

Identify the purpose and nature

of Jesus; mission and ministry
as depicted in some Gospel
Stories.
Describe the effect of Jesus
mission and ministry on the
lives of key characters in some
Gospel Stories.

STNT5
The life and teaching of Jesus is
the primary source of Gods selfrevelation in the New Testament.

Skills

Identify some teachings and

actions of Jesus that reveal
aspects of Gods nature (e.g.
father, loving, just, forgiving,
welcoming, inclusive).

Church
Liturgy and Sacraments
People of God
Church History
Religious Knowledge and

Christian Living
Moral Formation
Mission and Justice
Prayer and Spirituality
Skills

Religious Knowledge and

Skills

Deep Understanding
CHLS3
Forgiveness
involves
reconciliation with God and each
other
and
restores
broken
relationships. In the Sacrament
of Penance, believers celebrate
reconciliation with God and each
other. The Sacrament of Penance
continues Jesus healing ministry
in the life of the community

Deep Understanding
Identify and analyse scenarios
from the Gospels and from life
experience that involve
restoring broken relationships
(reconciliation).
Recognise and record ways in
which believers celebrate
reconciliation with God and with
each other in the Sacrament of
Penance.

CLMJ3
Gods plan is that people
respect all life, especially human
life.
All
people
have
a
responsibility to pursue peace
and justice out of respect for
human life and all creation.

Identify and express ideas

about scriptural texts that
illustrate peaceful and just
actions or relationships.
Make
connections
between
scriptural
texts
about
respecting human life and all
creation and their own life
experiences

Make connections between

Jesus healing ministry and the
Churchs healing ministry in the
Sacrament of Penance.
CHPG3
The Church community draws
from the teachings and actions
of Jesus (e.g. actions of Jesus:
praying, forgiving and helping
people in need; teachings of
Jesus: love, justice and peace) to
guide the way they live

Identify key teachings and

actions from Jesus life that
guide the life of the Church
community.
Make connections between the
ways members of the Church
community live today and some
teachings and actions of Jesus.

CLMF5
The loving relationship God
offers to people is unconditional.
Sin is made evident in the free
choices that harm the individual
and their loving relationships
with God, with others and with
all
creation.
Reconciliation
involves admission of sin, saying
sorry, asking for Gods help to
change and seeking to heal
relationships. There is no limit to
Gods mercy and forgiveness.

Identify behaviours and actions

in
some
Scriptural
texts,
including Jesus teaches about
forgiving others (Luke 17:3-4)
and the Forgiving Father (Luke
15:11-31), that reveal aspects
of Gods nature (e.g. loving,
just,
relational,
forgiving,
welcoming, merciful).
Identify evidence of sin and the
consequences of sin, using
scenarios from the Gospels
and/or from life experiences.
Identify and analyse scenarios
from the Gospels and/or from

life experiences that illustrate

the
four
elements
of
reconciliation (admit sin, say
sorry, ask for Gods help to
change and seek to heal
relationships).
CLPS6
Prayer for forgiveness requires
admission of sin, saying sorry,
asking Gods help to change and
seeking to heal ones loving
relationships with God, with
others and with all creation.

Communicate
an
understanding of the language,
purpose, gestures and context
of prayers for forgiveness
including acts of contrition and
Penitential Act (A, B, C).
Participate with respect in a
variety
of
personal
and
communal prayer experiences,
including
prayer
for
forgiveness.

Scriptural Texts
Core texts are prescribed Scriptural texts that need to be taught in depth at each year level.
-Jesus teaches about forgiving others LK 17:3-4; The Forgiving Father Lk15:11-31; Zacchaeus Lk 19:1-10; The
Parable of the unforgiving servant Matthew 18:21-35.
Supplementary texts are other possible Scripture texts that could be used to support the teaching of
particular concepts.
-Jesus forgives a loving Woman Lk 7:36-50; The Lost Coin Lk 15:8-10; Pharisee and Tax Collector Lk 18:9-14

Mandated Prayer- Prayers of Forgiveness, including Act of Contrition and Penitential Act.

Significant Days and Celebrations

Pentecost
Ascension of Jesus
Mothers Day
Month of Mary (May)

Learning Experiences
Core Content Area One
Focus/Question What is peace?

Resources
Teacher Background
Mandated Scriptural
Texts

Tuning In

Finding Out

Students listen to or view a story such as God's Dream by Desmond

Tutu and Douglas Carlton Abrams.
Students share ideas from the story about God's dream for the world.
Students imagine that God's dream for the world is a world of love/ a
world of peace and describe one or two things that definitely would
be happening and one or two things that definitely wouldn't be
happening in that world. They include examples from the classroom.
Students demonstrate their ideas either by role playing or by
speaking.
Record students initial ideas about what a world of love is like to
compare to ideas at the end of the unit.
Students draw their world of love either using a digital drawing tool
such as Flockdraw, or Kerpoof or on paper or by contributing to a class
mural.

Introduce students to focus question: What is peace? Love and

unity
Listen to the song: Make me a channel of your peace by Sebastian
Temple or read the Peace Prayer of St Francis.
Discuss what a peacemaker is.
How do we see, hear peace? How does peace feel?
Students brainstorm words to add to class mural.
Students explore the symbol of the dove as a sign of peace by
creating a dove display
Discuss with students how understanding other people can help us to
be a peacemaker.

Sorting Out

Discuss words such as loving, just, forgiving, welcoming and sorry.

Create a whole class definition of the words and display in the
classroom on word wall/class mural.
Read or watch the story Rose meets Mr Wintergarden and identify

 What do we want
to find out?
How can we do
this best?
How will we
gather the
information?
Does what I knew
before still
apply?
Does my first idea
still make
sense?

different emotions that characters feel in this story.

Record emotions that they have heard or seen in the story. Share and
discuss times they have felt these emotions.
Students engage in activities to explore emotions such as using facial
expressions to illustrate emotions, frozen pictures, curtains up
curtains down.
Students connect facial expressions with feelings and discuss times
when they couldnt tell how a person was feeling because they didnt
show the emotion on their face.

Resource Link Emotion cards

Communicating

Reflecting and
Evaluating

Students create a visual or written response to the focus question,

What is peace? (includes definition and example of where they see
peace in their community)

Students reflect on their wordle, Popplet or Animato

Use the concepts to find an example of someone exemplifying peace
in the school community.

Wordle
Popplet
Animato

Core Content Area Two

Focus/Question How did Jesus show us a way of peace?
Tuning In

Finding Out

Resources
Teacher Background

Brainstorm what stories of Jesus students remember creating a visual

and/or written list of their stories.
Discuss what Jesus said/did in the remembered stories.
Use big books or Bible to find and identify other New Testament
stories.
Review with students where they would find stories of Jesus
(Gospels).
Introduce students to three Gospel stories to further explore.

Explore the world of text for the three focus Gospel stories,
highlighting key phrases/words, creating a story map, recording
unfamiliar words and investigating the meaning of words.
Dissect story using cues: Who, What, When, Where, Why, How
Predict/suggest what might have happened next (Choose Your Own
Adventure).
Investigate the world behind the text
eg Forgiving Father families, pigs, town versus city.
Zacchaeus tax collectors sharing meals

Students examine the story of the Prodigal Son and explain the image of
God alive in the characters of the story. Describe the reactions of the father
and the son. How does the story end? What words would describe the
father? Who is he like?

Jesus Teaches about

Forgiving Others
Forgiving Father
Zacchaeus

Learning strategies link

http://lb1godswordinacti
on.weebly.com/
learning-strategies.html
Zacchaeus learning
object (ResourceLink
search)
Story books from Library
Art Thumb print tree
Tree image with thumb
print making us
remember that we are
accountable for every
action.

Sorting Out

Communicating

Reflecting and
Evaluating

Review with students how the stories that Jesus shared show how
people can make mistakes and wrong choices.
Discuss how Christians use the word sin to describe when things go
wrong in the relationship with God or with each other.
Share with students that a way of understanding sin is the idea of a
target and a bullseye.
Show students a target and discuss how when we sin or we make
wrong choices, we miss the target. We can change our behaviour to
be more on target.
Review characters in scripture story of Zacchaeus and discuss the
behaviour they showed.
Use a visual of a target and pictures of the characters to show how
close the characters are to the target eg beginning, middle and end
of story
World in front the text - Students choose the Zacchaeus and/or
Forgiving Father story to create a visual or written image to show
what Jesus was saying about peace and forgiveness in the story.
How did Jesus react to Zacchaeus? /How did the father respond to his
son?
How did others respond?
How did Jesus / the sons father feel at the end of the story?
What is the message for us?

Target Template
Characterisation with
puppets to explain
story/role play.

Assessment
Students complete a reflection
on a time when they had hurt
others, their God and creation.
They include suggestions about
how they might seek forgiveness
from others and from God. They
describe how God might have
felt at the time and after
someone
has
asked
for
forgiveness. (Eg hoping that they
might be sorry for what they did,
loving them for realizing they
made a mistake)

Describe to your peers when you were like Zacchaeus and how you
returned to the bullseye.

Core Content Area Three

Resources

Focus/Question How can we be peacemakers in our Church community?

Tuning In

Finding Out

Introduce students to the focus question and discuss the concept of

Church community ie Who is the Church community for Catholics at
Mary MacKillop Catholic Primary?
Read the Gospel story, Jesus teaches about Forgiving others.
Reflect on previous Gospel stories and identify peacemaker actions
and people.
Identify people in their school community they have witnessed as
peacemakers. What were their choices/actions in making peace?
Discuss the word Reconciliation with students and engage in
activities such as: sharing the four elements of Reconciliation (admit
the wrong, say sorry, ask for Gods forgiveness to change and seek to
heal relationships) and create a visual or written record of the process.
Create a whole class structure for saying sorry and asking for
forgiveness in the classroom eg saying sorry recipe, steps for
forgiveness
Explore songs that can help us remember about peace.
Teach the Penitential Act (You offer us the gift of peace) Link in with
the Year of Mercy
Create a list or concept map of how peace can be lived in the school
playground or classroom.
Make direct links to Class Vision Statements.

Teacher Background

Jesus teaches about

Forgiving others (Luke
17:3-4)

Use picture books (eg. Once

there was a boy by D. Leffler,
and DVD (Forgiven)
Guided reading set I Forgive
You and Our forgiving hearts.
Physically demonstrate
children collect ingredients.
Scrunch paper activity
Introduce Penitential Act
Lord have Mercy
Alexander and the terrible,
horrible no good day book
and movie.
Song Hearts on fire

Sorting Out

Introduce students to the Sacrament of Penance as a way the Church

heals relationships and lives peace in the community.
Explore the Sacrament of Penance including: sights, sounds and
actions of the Sacrament. Using resources in the Adaptive
Sacrament Kit (ResourceLink).
Act of Contrition cards, puzzle booklet
Explore the words of the Act of Contrition to show how the words try
to heal relationships.
Pray the Act of Contrition in class prayer.

Review the fertile question with students, How can we create a

Communicating

Use images/ have children draw

pictures for each part.

world of peace?

Reflecting and
Evaluating

Students create a collage of peaceful images, words etc as a visual

representation of peacemaking.
Students compose an individual Peace Promise and celebrate their
commitment through ceremony/ritual (Peace Garden).

Theme of Peace through class prayer.

Breathing prayer Breathe in peace, breathe out any fights etc.

Brainstorm Ideas for Learning Experiences

Act of Contrition I am
very sorry I sinned
against you because
you are so good.
Song - My Shepherd
John Burland