RE Term 4
Prayer
Communion of Saints
Advent / Christmas
Week 7
1) Recognise that the feast of Christmas celebrates the mystery of God becoming human.
2) Recognise how the feast of the Holy Innocents remembers how even at his birth Jesus was not accepted by everyone.
Week 6 continued...
L6: The students will complete:
1 explain why life is sacred - tapu
2 recognise the Church teaches that murder, abortion, suicide and euthanasia are contrary to having respect for life
3 identify ways people can protect life by giving others manaakitanga -care and support
L7: The students will then:
1 identify ways to respect the dignity of people
2 recognise that respect for life includes taking care of one’s health and the health of others
3 recognise that working for peace and justice protects life
4 explain how showing respect for the dead is a way of showing respect for life
Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 3:16
God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them. Genesis 1:27
Week 5
L6: The students will complete:
1 explain why life is sacred - tapu
2 recognise the Church teaches that murder, abortion, suicide and euthanasia are contrary to having respect for life
3 identify ways people can protect life by giving others manaakitanga -care and support
L7: The students will then:
1 identify ways to respect the dignity of people
2 recognise that respect for life includes taking care of one’s health and the health of others
3 recognise that working for peace and justice protects life
4 explain how showing respect for the dead is a way of showing respect for life
Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 3:16
God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them. Genesis 1:27
Week 4
The students will:
1 explain why life is sacred - tapu
2 recognise the Church teaches that murder, abortion, suicide and euthanasia are contrary to having respect for life
3 identify ways people can protect life by giving others manaakitanga -care and support
Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 3:16
Week 3
The students will:
1 identify what enables people to follow an informed conscience
2 identify hindrances to following one’s conscience
3 recognise one must not act against one’s conscience or be forced to do so
Kia pono ki te mea tika Persevere in what you know is right Maori Proverb
Week 2
The students will:
1 define the meaning of conscience
2 recognise how conscience is formed
3 recall the Golden Rule and apply it to a life situation
A person without a conscience is like a person without a rudder, that is without guidance, lacking knowledge of the real values of life and knowledge of the purpose of life. Pope Paul VI
Week 1
The students will:
1 explain what it means to have the gift - taonga of free will
2 recognise why God gives people the gift of free will
3 recognise how free will brings responsibility for actions
If you choose, you can keep the commandments, and to act faithfully is a matter of your own choice. Sirach 15:15
