St Mary MacKillop Catholic Primary School,

Birkdale
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION SCOPE AND
SEQUENCE
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Term 1

Term 2

Term 3

Term 4

Who is Jesus
Family?

How do believers
Celebrate?

Who made the

World?

Students listen to, read and

view stories of and about
Jesus in the Gospels that
tell of Jesus life as a Jew,
his mother Mary, his friends
and family; of Jesus praying
and teaching others to
pray; of his teachings about
love,
compassion
and
forgiveness that challenged
people about the way they
were living; and of his
suffering,
death
and
resurrection.

Students understand that

prayer
helps
believers
follow the teachings of
Jesus; to live according to
Gods plan. They learn
about
ways
in
which
believers
pray,
They
observe ways in which
believers
pray
together
during special celebrations
and rituals They learn about
the Church building as a
sacred place for believers
and the Bible as a sacred
book for believers.

How do we build
relationships with
others?

Why is Lent/Easter
so important?
Who is Jesus?
Students understand the
importance of belonging
and following belonging
behaviours.
For students to understand
Jesus was a Jew, elements
of Jewish daily life and His
missionary work.

Lent and Easter

What is Gods
Relationship with
the Jewish People?
They make connections
between the Old and New
Testament
to
find
representations
of
God.
They identify his teachings
and
revelation
through
scriptural texts.

Lent and Easter

How do believers
celebrate in a
community?
Students understand the
Sacraments of Initiation. For
students
to
understand
their connection to Gods
family and what it entails

Lent, Holy Week

and Easter

Students learn about some

Old Testament and New
Testament stories that tell
of a God of love, the creator
of all, the goodness of
Gods
creation,
Gods
special relationship with all
of creation and Gods plan
that people help each other
to live safely and happily
together, for the good of
all.

St Mary MacKillop
Feast Day

Students
learn
that
Christians
believe
God
created people with the
freedom to choose between
good and bad, right and
wrong.
They
explore
examples of times, from
familiar texts and their
personal experience, when
people make these choices.

What is Advent?

Who prayed before

us?

How can we be
stewards?

Why do we have a
Church?

Students engage with a

variety of prayers and
prayer
practices.
For
students to know and utilise
prayer in their daily lives.
For students to recognise
ways in which believers
honour Mary. For students
to recognise that Jesus
prayed regularly for his
needs.

Students to value Gods

creation
and
act
as
stewards for this. To inspire
others
through
their
practises
to
value
themselves,
others
and
Gods creation.

For students to understand

the sacramental practises
and
rituals
within
the
Catholic
Church
and
Community. For students to
have the opportunity to
engage with these rituals.

What is Advent?

How do we create a
world of peace?

St Mary MacKillop
Feast Day
Why do we care for
Gods Creation?

They recognize how their

choices
can
harm
individuals and God. They
learn and explain ways they
can heal these relationships
through Reconciliation.

They make connections

about the sacredness of
Gods creation and begin to
identify ways in which they
can be stewards of his
creation.

St Mary MacKillop
Feast Day

How does the

church community
action Jesus?
They make connections
between Jesus teachings
and suggest actions for us
as a church community to
do.

Advent

Who are our heroes

old and new?

Whats in a name?

How can we live in

harmony?

Students
develop
an
understanding of the word
Messiah from scripture.
Students
identify
the
structure and purpose of
the
infancy
narrative
(Matthew). Students have
an understanding of the
cultural context in which
the Gospel of Matthew was
written. For the children to
understand that the Torah
is from the OT and the
Gospels are from the NT

Students recognise images

of God used in the Old
Testament Students express
their ideas about Gods
relationships
with
individuals.
Students
investigate
prayers
of
thanksgiving and praise.
Students
participate
in
meditative prayer.

Students understand that

the Beatitudes are a guide
for us to live a happy and
fulfilled
life
Students
acknowledge
our
responsibility to the poor.
Students understand that
scripture is the foundation
of living a moral life.

St Mary MacKillop
Feast Day

Advent

St Mary MacKillop Catholic Primary School,

Birkdale
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How do we use the

Bible?
Students use the Bibles
referencing
system
to
locate
books,
people,
places and things in the
Bible. explain how a reader
uses this knowledge to
better understand Gods
Word. They recognise the
Christian belief that God, as
Trinity, is relational in
nature t.
They
participate
respectfully in a variety of
prayer
experiences,
including meditative prayer.

Lent, Holy Week

and Easter

What did Jesus

teach us about
healing?

How did
Catholicism come
to Australia?

How did the Jewish

people live in
Community?

They describe practices and

characteristics
of
contemporary parishes and
dioceses
(including
celebration
of
the
Sacraments of Anointing of
the Sick and Penance).
They explain how free
choices result in actions
that affect the individual
and their community.
They use an appropriate
structure to create prayers
of blessing, petition and
intercession,
and
demonstrate understanding
of the significance of these
forms
of
prayer
for
Christian communities.

Students
explain
the
significance of community
for Christians, from the
experiences of different
communities including early
Church
communities
in
Australia (c.1788 CE c.1850 CE).
They connect ideas about
living in community from
different texts (
They
participate
respectfully in a variety of
prayer
experiences,
including
prayers
of
blessing,
petition
and
intercession.

They connect ideas about

living in community from
different texts and from the
experiences of different
communities
(including
Jewish communities in first
century).
They
participate
respectfully in a variety of
prayer
experiences,
including meditative prayer
and prayers of blessing,
petition and intercession.

How does the Holy

Spirit help us in our
lives?

Why was Mary

Mackillop a
pioneering catholic

Students
will
gain
an
understanding of the gifts
and fruits of the Holy Spirit
and how they can be lived
out in the community.

Students will investigate

the life of Mary MacKillop,
including the challenges
and the impact she had on
Catholics
in
colonial
Australia and on believers
today.

Lent and Easter

St Mary MacKillop
Feast Day
How do you
strengthen a
community of
believers?
Students identify ways in
which faith communities
are strengthened through
the shaping of Gospels and
the significance of personal
and communal worship.

St Mary MacKillop
Feast Day

Advent

Who was Mary the

mother?
Students
will
examine
Marys role as mother of
Jesus and mother of the
church. Students analyse
features of Marian prayers
and
participate
in
communal
prayer
experiences.

What is the context

of Jesus in the
bible?
(Infancy narratives)
Students will compare and
contrast infancy narratives
from Matthew and Luke.

Advent

If I could change
the world, what
would I do?

Who is God the

Son?

How is the
Eucharist based on
Jewish Holy Days?

If I were a saint,
what would I look
like?

Students
examine
Old
Testament prophets and
how they were called to live
out their faith and how this
calling is also shown by 20th
Century Catholics and how
they
shaped
the
new
Australian nation. Students
will also be able explain the
significance of Jesus New
Law and the way believers
live their faith. Students will
be able to understand the
significance of the Examen
and understand the use of
meditative
prayer

Students will be able to

describe Jesus relationship
with God and humanity by
examining scriptural texts.
Students also explain the
significance of the Our
Father in the lives of
believers.

Students
identify
and
describe many ways in
which faith is celebrated in
the lives of believers, past
and present, including the
commemoration of High
Holy
Days
by
Jewish
believers;
the
Churchs
liturgical year and the
celebration of Eucharist.

Students will demonstrate

an understanding of the
term communion of saints
and how believers they live
out their faith through
spiritual and corporal works
of mercy.

St Mary MacKillop
Feast Day

Advent

St Mary MacKillop Catholic Primary School,

Birkdale
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practices.

Lent and Easter