- Explain how to show a positive attitude to new beginnings.

-Give examples of how you can help someone make a positive new beginning.

-Explain the ways Religion class is different from other subjects.

-Explain what science can tell us about the origins of the universe

-Recall how the Bible describes the origins of the universe.

- Explain how humans are made in the image and likeness of God.

-List and explain major issues threatening the environment today.

- List the 5 R’s of environmental care.

-Recall key facts about St Francis of Assisi.

-Explain the term Covenant.

-Retell the story of Moses and the Exodus

-List the Ten Commandments.

The word "covenant," infrequently heard in conversation, is quite commonly used in legal, social (marriage), and religious and theological contexts.

The Idea of Covenant. The term "covenant" is of Latin origin (con venire), meaning a coming together. It presupposes two or more parties who come together to make a contract, agreeing on promises, stipulations, privileges, and responsibilities. In religious and theological circles, there has not been agreement on precisely what is to be understood by the biblical term. It is used variously in biblical contexts. In political situations, it can be translated treaty; in a social setting, it means a lifelong friendship agreement; or it can refer to a marriage.

In its biblical meaning, two functions of the word are used:

1. Of a covenant between God and man; e.g., God covenanted with Noah, after the flood, that a like judgment should not be repeated. It is not precisely like a covenant between men but was a promise or agreement by God. The principal covenants are the covenant of works --God promising to save and bless men on condition of perfect obedience --and the covenant of grace, or God's promise to save men on condition of their believing in Christ and receiving him as their Master and Saviour. The first is called the Old Covenant, from which we name the first part of the bible the Old Testament, the Latin rendering of the word covenant. The second is called the New Covenant, or New Testament.

2. Covenant between man and man, i.e., a solemn compact or agreement, either between tribes or nations (Joshua 9:6 Joshua 9:15; 1 Samuel 11:1) or between individuals (Genesis 31:44) by which each party bound himself to fulfill certain conditions and was assured of receiving certain advantages. In making such a covenant, God was solemnly invoked as a witness (Genesis 31:50), and an oath was sworn. (Genesis 21:31) A sign or witness of the covenant was sometimes framed, such as a gift (Genesis 21:30) or a pillar or heap of stones erected. (Genesis 31:52)

How Do Covenants Relate to Interpreting Scripture?

So one of the main features that we see throughout the Bible are covenants. Covenants are not exactly contracts in the way we think of contracts today, though there is some similarity. A covenant is essentially a relationship, but it's a relationship that has been formalized and has been brought under sanctions, as it were. So there are blessings that come if the relationship is kept, and there are penalties that come if the relationship is broken, and a covenant is simply the terms of that relationship.

This was a very common feature of the ancient Near East in the way nations governed their relationships with each other, and God in his kindness and his condescension so that we can understand what He's doing, kind of picked up that form and used it to describe our relationship with Him, since He is the great king, and He has brought us into a relationship with Himself.