Religious Education

WEEK 9 TERM 4

ADVENT

ADVENT-Y7-L02.pptx

WEEK 5 TERM 4

CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING

Catholic Social Teaching Principles - SJW 2023

WEEK 2 TERM 4

THE FATIMA PRAYER

Miracle of Fatima

Our Lady of Fatima: The Virgin Mary promised three kids a miracle that 70,000 gathered to seeA century ago, on Oct. 13, 1917, the Miracle of the Sun put three children in Fatima, Portugal on the path to sainthood and transformed their village into a place venerated by millions of Catholics

Summarise, retell or illustrate an important part of the reading

WEEK 2 TERM 4

THE ROSARY

94482057.pdf

Mysteries of the Rosary.pptm.pptx

Rosary prayers.doc

WEEK 1 TERM 4

THE ROSARY

Information on the History of the Rosary for Children | Synonym

Click on this web site to find out information about the Rosary.

TASK - Create a Google slide/Poster about the History of the Rosary

THURSDAY WEEK 9 TERM 3

PRAYER

E te Atua, nei ra te mihi mo te taonga…

Querido Dios, estoy agradecido por…

Dear God, thank you for the gift of…

IN YOUR PRAYER BOOK, DRAW THE GIFTS YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN FROM GOD THAT YOU ARE THANKFUL/GRATEFUL FOR.

WEEK 9 TERM 3

SEASONS OF CREATION

“Creator God, You made the world, and it is good. The trees, mountains, rivers and seas. The birds, lions, ants, and bees. Creator God, You made us to care for the world and for all people. Our planet is hurting. Many people are hurting. Help us to do what we can to bring healing to your creation and your people.”

Reflect on what climate justice means to you. How would you define it? Does it impact your life? Do you have a role in bringing forth justice for others?

“Climate justice goes beyond focusing on only the physical, social and cultural impacts of climate change. It recognises that those who have done the least to cause it, suffer the most. Climate justice focuses on working together with those most affected to create a fair future for all people and the planet, and seeking justice for those who do not have it.”

Read Mark 12:28-34

“One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these. Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices”. When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.”

Questions for discussion:

• Is loving your neighbour connected to loving God? Why?

• What does loving your neighbour look like? Who is our neighbour?

Read Micah 6:8 “He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?”

Questions for discussion:

• What do you think it means to ‘act justly, walk humbly and love mercy’?

• How can you use the talents God has given you to live out these three requirements?

• More specifically, how do you think these 3 points relate to climate justice, and how can we apply them in our lives to support those most affected by climate change?

Read Genesis 2:15

“The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it”

Questions for discussion:

• What do you think God meant when He tasked Adam with taking care of the garden of Eden?

• Does that task still apply to our lives today? If so, what does it look like in the society we live in?

• Do you think God would be happy with how we have ‘taken care’ of the world in recent years? If not, what can we do to change that?

• What are 3 things each person is taking away from this session?

• How can you start to apply what you have discussed in this session into your day-to-day life in the next week?

• How can you share what you’ve learnt with those in your life that weren’t present in this session?

God who is unchanging

God who is the creator of innovation

Place our feet on your foundations

Place in us your prophetic imagination

Place in us dissatisfaction at the sight of injustice

Place in us determination to seek change

Place in us your enduring hope

Place in us your unceasing love

Amen

WEEK 9 TERM 3

SEASONS OF CREATION

WEEK 6/7 TERM 3

SAINT STUDY

Chose a saint that is of a biblical, beatified or canonised person, as recognised by the Church. Research saint names and find one that fits your personality or spiritual goals.

For your Saint Study you need to include:

General Information: e.g. Birth date, death date, what they did, their feast day etc.
What can you share about them?
What they did to become a saint?
What made them a great person?
What virtues or qualities does this saint have that you admire?
Any other saints who were devoted to your saint
How can your chosen saint can help you live your life?

Saints & Angels - Catholic OnlineSearch over 7,000 Catholic saint bios. Including easy to search alphabetical (A-Z) list of saints, Female/Women saints, Patron saints, Popular saints, Feast Days by month, Saint of the Day, Angels and other heroes of the Catholic Church.

WEEK 5 TERM 3

ASSUMPTION OF MARY

Mary’s Magnificat – Luke 1:46-55

And Mary said,
“My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for God has looked with favor on the lowliness of the Almighty’s servant.
Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed;
for the Mighty One has done great things for me,
and holy is God’s name.
God’s mercy is for those who fear God
from generation to generation.
God has shown strength with God’s arm;
God has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
God has brought down the powerful from their thrones,
and lifted up the lowly;
God has filled the hungry with good things,
and sent the rich away empty.
God has helped servant Israel,
in remembrance of God’s mercy,
according to the promise God made to our ancestors,
to Abraham and to his descendants forever.

WEEK 3 TERM 3

FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT

THE PARABLE OF THE LOST SHEEP LESSON OBJECTIVES

Students will be able to summarize the Parable of the Lost Sheep.
Students will be able to explain the symbolism in the Parable of the Lost Sheep.
Students will feel grateful for God’s mercy.

THE PARABLE OF THE LOST SHEEP

Luke 15:1–7

The lessons in Jesus’s parables were always unexpected. Jesus told these stories to show people how much God loves even those who are struggling in life. In this parable, Jesus explains how God is like a shepherd who searches for even one lost sheep.

As you read this story, pay attention to the lesson Jesus gives to explain this parable.

Many of the people listening to Jesus preach were tax collectors and others who were known to be sinful people. The scribes and Pharisees, who were supposed to be holy men, grumbled about Jesus spending his time with sinners. So Jesus told them a parable about a shepherd and a lost sheep.

He said that a shepherd cared for a flock of one hundred sheep in the fields. Then one day the shepherd noticed that one of his sheep was missing. It was lost!

So the shepherd left the ninety-nine sheep all alone to go searching for the one that was lost. He searched for a long time, until he finally found it.

The shepherd shouted with joy, and then he lifted up the lost sheep and placed it on his shoulders. He carried the lost sheep on his back until he returned to his home. He went out and found his friends. Then he knocked on his neighbors’ doors to wake them up. He proclaimed to them, “Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!”

When Jesus finished his story, he said to the tax collectors, sinners, scribes, and Pharisees: “In the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who turns back to God than over the ninety-nine good people who are already with God.”

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:

Shepherd = __________

Lost Sheep = __________

99 Other Sheep = __________

Reflection Questions

Why would the shepherd leave the ninety-nine remaining sheep to go searching for the one that was lost?
What would it feel like to be the lost sheep that the shepherd came to find?
When we are one of the ninety-nine good people who are with God, how can we prayerfully support the ones that are lost?

Lost Sheep Worksheets.pdf

TUESDAY WEEK 1 TERM 3

THE PRODIGAL SON

PRODIGAL SON LESSON OBJECTIVES

Students will be able to summarize the Parable of the Prodigal Son.
Students will be able to express contrition for a sin they have committed.
Students will feel the mercy of God

Make predications about what is going on in the story. Who do they think the people are and what are they doing in the painting?

Luke 15:11-32

The Prodigal Son Worksheet.pdf

Jesus challenges us to reflect on whether we have been like the older son in the story:

Who do you need to forgive?

MONDAY WEEK 1 TERM 3

ZONES OF REGULATION

The Zones of Regulation® copy.pdf

WEEK 8

SACRAMENTS

Sacraments-CIS3.1 (1).pptx

WEEK 7

CORPUS CHRISTIE - JESUS IS THE BREAD OF LIFE

BREAD OF LIFE LESSON OBJECTIVES

Students will be able to make connections between the bread from heaven in the Old Testament and the bread from heaven in the New Testament.
Students will be able to explain what we experience by receiving the Eucharist as the bread of life.
Students will feel grateful for Christ’s presence in the Eucharist.

HOOK: WHAT DID YOU EAT TODAY AND WHY?

JOHN 6:22–68

After the miraculous feeding of more than five thousand people, the crowds came in search of Jesus to learn more from him. When they found him, they had a lot of questions for him.

As you read this story, pay attention to the words that turn so many people away from Jesus.

It took the crowd of people some time before they could find Jesus after he miraculously fed the five thousand people. They had heard of his many other miracles, too, and went to follow him. When they finally found him, they asked, “Rabbi, when did you come here?”

Jesus replied, “Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me because you ate your fill of the bread. Do not work for the food of this world, but for the food that endures for eternal life. The Son of Man will give this to you.”

“What sign are you going to give us, so that we may see it and believe you?” they asked him. “Our ancestors ate manna in the wilderness. God gave them bread to eat.”

Jesus replied, “It is my Father who gives you true bread from heaven. The bread of God that comes down from heaven gives life to the world.”

“Sir, give us this bread always,” they shouted.

“I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty,” Jesus said.

The Jews among the crowd began to complain. “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he say he has come down from heaven?”

Jesus heard this and answered them, “Do not complain among yourselves. No one can come to me unless the Father wills it, and I will raise that person on the last day.”

Jesus repeated again, “I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, but they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven. If you eat of it, you will not die. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

The Jews argued among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

Jesus said to them, “Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life within you. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.”

His disciples heard this and said, “This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?”

“Does this offend you?” Jesus asked them. “The words that I have spoken to you are spiritual but true. They will give you life. But among you there are some who do not believe.”

When his disciples heard this, many of them turned back home. They no longer wanted to follow Jesus.

“Do you also wish to go away?” Jesus asked his twelve apostles.

“Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life,” the apostle Peter replied.

BREAD OF LIFE REFLECTION QUESTIONS

What did Jesus say that led some of the crowd and even his disciples to turn away and leave him?
Based on these teachings, why should you eat the bread of life and drink Jesus’s blood?
When you are unsure of the teachings of Jesus or the Church, who do you go to for help with understanding?

ACTIVITY

MANNA DIFFERENCES JESUS DIFFERENCES

VENN DIAGRAM

Based on the videos and reading of John 6, list the similarities in the middle of the Venn diagram and the differences on the two sides.

ACTIVITY

Imagine you are sitting down at a restaurant and you ask the waitress about the special of the day. What would she say in response for each of the breads in today’s lesson?

Manna
The Bread of Life

ACTIVITY

Bread from Heaven Worksheet.pdf

WEEK 6

R.E. INQUIRY

WEEK 5

PENTECOST

Objectives: The students will be able to:

- retell the story Pentecost/Wind and Fire

- define ascension

- explain why Jesus sent the Holy Spirit and who the Holy Spirit is

VOCABULARY:

Ascension- Jesus’ return to heaven

Holy Spirit- the third person of the Blessed Trinity who Jesus sent to help his Church

Pentecost Sunday- the day the Holy Spirit came.

Blessed Trinity- the three divine persons in one God.

Mount of Olives- outside Jerusalem, which is the capital of Israel and holy city of the Jews (show students this on a map or have one of the students find it on a map).

Holy Spirit- third person of the Blessed Trinity, understood as the spiritual force of God

Heaven- where good people are believed to go after death, where God and the angels live

Pentecost- a Christian festival celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter to remember and honor the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles.

Jewish festival of Pentecost (Shavuoth)- a Jewish festival held on the 6th day of Sivan, in May or June, and to remember and honor the Law being given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai.

Pentecost.pdf

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT PENTECOST?

WEEK 4

THE ACSENSION

Objectives:

- retell the story of The Ascension of the Lord

- identify how many days Jesus stayed after the Resurrection

- explain what Jesus wanted the disciples to do after He was gone

- identify where Jesus went and where He is seated

Mark 16:15-20

15 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”

19 After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God. 20 Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.

Ascension-worksheets-trt.pdf

WEEK 3

R.E. INQUIRY

WEEK 2

THE ANGELUS

Research the Angelus:

What is the Angelus?
Why do we ring the bell?
How did the devotion begin?
When is the Angelus prayed and why?

Angelus prayer - SJS version updated 2021

WEEK 9

HOLY THURSDAY

The Washing of the Disciples Feet (Holy Thursday)
Read John 13:1-15

What would it feel like for Jesus to wash your feet?
How would you respond? Would you say something similar to Peter?
How has Jesus shown his love for you?
How can you show your love to others?

WASHING OF THE FEET.pdf

WEEK 8

PALM SUNDAY

PALM SUNDAY LESSON OBJECTIVES

Students will be able to explain the meaning of Hosanna.
Students will be able to explain why we hold palm branches on Palm Sunday.
Students will be able to summarise the story of Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem and the story’s connection to the Old Testament.
Students will feel grateful for Jesus’s gift of salvation.

If the Prime Minister was coming to visit our school, how would the teachers and students welcome his arrival?

THE STORY OF JESUS’S ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM

PALM SUNDAY REFLECTION QUESTIONS

Even though Jesus wasn’t a king with an earthly kingdom, how did the people in Jerusalem show that they saw him as a king?
What are some of the things you do “in the name of the Lord”? In other words, what do you do for others on behalf of God?
If someone asked you who Jesus is, how would you respond?

Exult greatly, O daughter Zion!

Shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem!

Behold: your king is coming to you,

a just savior is he,

Humble, and riding on a donkey,

on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Zechariah 9:9

Hosanna Worksheet.pdf

WEEK 7

ST JOSEPH'S DAY

Create a presentation on St Joseph

WHO WAS ST JOSEPH?

WHAT MADE HIM A GREAT MAN?

WHAT CAN YOU SHARE ABOUT HIM?

WHY DO WE CELEBRATE HIS FEAST DAY?

HOW CAN WE SHOW ST JOSEPH'S VALUES AND HOW CAN WE S.E.R.V.E.?

St. Joseph certainly does not need to be introduced! He is etched in our minds as the silent character in the Nativity narrative, perhaps even tending to be similar to a fictional character in children’s stories.

With the celebration of the feast of St. Joseph, let us take the opportunity to give reality of the personality of this Saint and his pivotal role in the Plan of Salvation.

What they might already know about St. Joseph?

Throughout the four gospels we do not find any words uttered by Joseph. He is referred to as a “righteous man,” known as a man who obeyed God’s Law.

He is often represented as a carpenter. In fact, probably he was more than that. He is described as a ‘tekton,’ a craftsman who could work in stone as well as wood and any other material.

He was chosen to be the foster father of Jesus. An angel spoke to him in a dream, telling him that the Baby that Mary was having was coming from the Holy Spirit and that He was to be the One “to save his people from their sins.”

He was with Mary, Our Lady, when they travelled to Bethlehem. When Jesus was born, when the shepherds and later the Three Wise Men came to adore the Infant Jesus.

As head of the family, he named Our Lord, Jesus, at his circumcision according to Jewish Law. And together with Our Lady, he went to the Temple to present Baby Jesus after forty days of His birth.

He was the one who protected Our Lady and Baby Jesus from Herod, when they fled to Egypt after being given a message by an angel in a dream. He brought back his family to Nazareth when the angel told him that Herod was dead and he could return home safely.

Together with Mary, he was concerned when Jesus, at twelve years old, went missing during their pilgrimage to Jerusalem and then found in the Temple.

(The Gospels of Matthew Chapter 1 and of Luke Chapters 1 and 2 give us an account of these events)

Meet St. Joseph • Saints for kids.pdf

holy family.pdf

Make a St Joseph Shrine

WEEK 6

THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS

How long did Jesus fast or go without food?
How many times did Satan tempt Jesus?
Jesus answered the devil the same way all three times. What did Jesus say to the devil?
Can you think of a time when you were tempted?
Who can help you when you are tempted?

Report back

Discuss - What are some ways we might be tempted in class/at school?

What options are available to us here at school or at home when we are tempted?