RELIGIOUS EDUCATION UNIT OVERVIEW This overview is offered for support and reference only. It is presented with recognition that all teachers apply professional skills and and judgement in response to differing levels of student knowledge and need. Teacher’s Name Years 3 and 4 (Thread A of A,B cycle) Time GNfL Element: Christian Prayer: Relationship with God, personal and communal; Listening, responding to God’s Spirit Year Level Focus: The Liturgy of the Church expresses our loving relationship with God and helps people live like Jesus Unit Content Statement: Students will be invited to deepen their relationship with God and with others through prayer, both personal and communal. As individuals and in community they will have opportunities to explore different kinds of prayer and to be involved in different prayer experiences. They will investigate the Liturgical Cycle of the Seasons of the Church Year, a pattern linked to the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. Students will explore the basic elements of Liturgy and be introduced to the Eucharist as the celebration at the heart of Christian prayer and life. T hey will explore how we honour Mary through prayers, the Hail Mary, Angelus and Rosary in particular, and through the celebration of feasts days within the liturgical calendar. Element Core Doctrinal Concepts Catechism Reference Suggested Related Scripture References Christian Prayer 1. People celebrate and pray together at different times and in different ways 2660, 2691 Extracts from chosen psalms, e.g. Ps 61: 4-5 Prayer for loving care Ps 147:1-5- Sing and Praise the Lord Ps 105:1-3 – The Lord Can be Trusted 2. The celebration of Eucharist is the heart of our community prayer 2720 Mk. 14: 22-24 Last Supper Acts 2: 42 They gathered for the breaking of bread 3. When we pray together we celebrate God’s presence 2558, 2565 Matt 18:20 Where two or three are gathered…. 4. We grow in relationship with God and others through prayer 2565 Mk 1: 35-39 Jesus Prays 5. God’s faithfulness and goodness are recalled and celebrated in many ways throughout the liturgical seasons 1150, 1151 Ps. 121: 7-8 God is with us through all the seasons of life 6. We honour Mary through prayers and the feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical year 1172, 971 Lk 1: 48 All generations will call me blessed. Other Related Doctrinal Concepts Scripture 1. The Scriptures are intended to make us think and reflect about our lives. 141 4. In our prayer and worship we listen to the Scriptures. 2653, 2654 God 4. God calls us to reach out in love to each other. 1706, 1822 Unit Content Statements across Levels Years 1 and 2 Years 3 and 4 Years 5 and 6 Students will have the opportunity to explore their relationship with God, gain knowledge of how to develop Students will be invited to deepen their relationship with God and with others through prayer, both personal Students will build on their understanding of personal and communal prayer as a relationship with God. their personal form of relationship with God and investigate ways in which they can creatively express this and communal. As individuals and in community they will have opportunities to explore different kinds of relationship. They will examine the nature of prayer, looking to Jesus and Mary as models of praying people. prayer and to be involved in different prayer experiences Through exploring different kinds of prayer (thanks, praise, petition, intercession, sorrow, adoration), engaging in a range of prayer experiences and considering some of the key Liturgical Feasts, they will have the opportunity to They will be introduced to simple practices and supports that help us enter into prayer, e.g silence, breathing They will investigate the Liturgical Cycle of the Seasons of the Church Year, a pattern linked to the life, death deepen their understandings about the place of prayer in their Christian lives. focus, posture, music, movement, actions/gestures. nature. and resurrection of Jesus. Students will investigate the Scriptures as sources of and prompts for both personal and communal prayer. They will As well as experiencing that we can pray in any place, they will identify spaces specially set aside for prayer. They will explore the basic elements of Liturgy and be introduced to the Eucharist as the celebration at the consider as prayerful celebration in the life of the Christian community some key Liturgical Feasts, including a the heart of Christian prayer and life. Feast of Mary under one of her titles. They will consider and compose some basic forms of informal prayer, e.g thanks, praise, petition, and engage with the formal prayers of t he Sign of the Cross, the Our Father and the Hail Mary. They will explore how we honour Mary through prayers, the Hail Mary, the Angelus and the Rosary in They will engage with Jesus as a model of prayer, as expressed within His prayer the Our Father. particular, and through the celebration of feasts days within the liturgical calendar. Through being exposed to a range of reflective pract ices, they will be supported to recognise the action of the Holy Spirit in prayer. Teacher’s current insights from reflection on Theological Conversations/other references: Stage 1: Identifying Desired Results Liturgy expresses our loving relationship with God and helps people live like Jesus The celebration of Eucharist is the heart of our community prayer Established Goals: T ransfer/ GLOBAL LEARNING INTENTION/ Year long What components of Year Level Descriptions, Achievement Standard and/ or Content direct the planning of the Global and Specific Intentions? LEARNING INTENTION: What kind of long term/year long independent accomplishments are desired? (from Aims, Year Level Descriptors, Year Level Achievement Standards) GNfL Aims for Religious Education Students begin to commit to celebrating and living out the Eucharist as the great prayer at the heart of all Christian prayer and Christian life. Grow to Growing as Biblical and Making B eing a person of SUCCESS CRITERIA: What will it look like when students have achieved this? How will you know the Learning Intention has been achieved? fullness of life a creative religious connections Mission and inquiry and P ersonal prayer is embedded in the students’ pattern of life, celebration of the Eucharist is a part of their regular experience and spiritual literacy their daily living reflects a connection between their personal prayer, liturgical prayer and how they live. person they are reflecting the connection between personal prayer, Eucharist and the way they live their daily lives. Being a Being a Being a Acting with social Participating in the person of person of person of responsibility,witne Liturgical & integrity and justice and hope and ssing to the Reign Sacramental SPECIFIC UNIT LEARNING INTENTION responsibility peace resilience of God life of the faith community LEARNING INTENTION: In what ways do the learning intentions of this unit support the development of the Global Learning Intention identified as important for these learners? Knowledge and Understanding Students will be able to use their learning independently to better understand and enter into personal prayer and Liturgical celebrations, especially celebration of the Eucharist. We are created in God’s image and called to belong to a loving community as They will be able to identify and enact ways in which they can live out Jesus’ Eucharistic message of self-giving. modelled in the Trinity. (TCREK017) Jesus is God-with-us, (Emmanuel). He shares his Spirit with us. (TCREK018) Success Criteria: How will you know the learners have achieved the learning intention. What will success in this learning intention look and sound like for all learners? The church is a community that celebrates & makes present Jesus and his S tudents are developing the practice of daily personal prayer and are seeking to live in loving relationship with God and others. work. (TCREK019) With reverence and growing understanding, they are participating in Eucharistic celebrations and are taking into their lives its message of love and service. Scripture is proclaimed in prayer and worship as the Word of God. Scripture teaches Christians how to live as followers of Jesus. (TCREK020) MEANING , The Sacraments are celebrations of the presence of God in the lives of Christians. Through the Sacraments, Christians are born into and nourished in UNDERSTANDING KEY QUESTIONS the life of Christ. ( TCREK021) As a result of engaging with this unit, what understandings will learners have gained? What thought -provoking questions will foster inquiry, discovery of meaning and transfer throughout this unit? The Liturgy of the Church expresses celebrates in ritual our loving Students will understand that relationship with God and helps Christians to live like Jesus. (TCREK022) + we pray in personal prayer and we gather for liturgical prayer. + When, why and how do we pray alone? When, why and how do we pray together? Christians make choices that are informed by the loving example of Jesus. + when we pray together we celebrate God’s presence. (TCREK023) + in celebrating the Liturgy we use words, actions and signs to express our loving relationship with God. + How do we celebrate God’s loving presence in the Liturgy? Christianity is essentially linked to Judaism through history and Tradition + the Eucharist (Mass), is at the centre of Liturgy. (TCREK024) + there are two great parts of the Mass: the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. + How does the Liturgy help us to live like Jesus? + the Church’s liturgical calendar helps us throughout the year to focus on the person of Jesus and on Inquiry and Communications the Paschal Mystery (His life, death and resurrection). Questioning & theorising + Mary is honoured through prayers and through feasts within the cycle of the liturgical year.