GOD, THE HOLY TRINITY
Values and Attitudes – It is intended that the students will be able to:
- develop an awareness and appreciation of the Trinity as the name given to the three persons in one God
- develop an awareness and appreciation of the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit
Knowledge – It is intended that the students will be able to:
- name the persons of the Blessed Trinity and identify other titles by which God is known
- identify and describe the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit
Skills – It is intended that the students will be able to:
- listen and respond to Scripture stories identifying images and titles of the persons of the Trinity
- examine ways in which they can nurture the fruits of the Holy Spirit in their own lives
CREATION
Values and Attitudes – It is intended that the students will be able to:
- develop an awareness and appreciation of the significance of stewardship
- develop an awareness and appreciation of God guiding creation towards perfection
Knowledge – It is intended that the students will be able to:
- identify how human beings have misused/mistreated God’s creation and explain how stewardship can remedy this
- identify that only God can create from nothing
Skills – It is intended that the students will be able to:
- examine practical ways of being stewards of creation so that they may be able to apply these actions to their own lives
- demonstrate through word, symbol or art a personal response to the magnificence and perfection of God’s creation
THE CHURCH
Values and Attitudes – It is intended that the students will be able to:
- develop an awareness and appreciation of the knowledge that Jesus instituted seven sacraments through which we receive grace
- develop an awareness and appreciation of the Catholic Church in Australia having a special story
Knowledge – It is intended that the students will be able to:
- explain how word, symbol and ritual are used in sacramental celebrations
- explore the traditions, beliefs and history which are important to the life of the Catholic Church
Skills – It is intended that the students will be able to:
- group the sacraments appropriately and match them with their rituals and symbols
- research the history of the Catholic Church in Australia, analysing the influence of key people and events
LITURGICAL YEAR
Values and Attitudes – It is intended that the students will be able to:
- develop an awareness and appreciation of some of the major Seasons and celebrations in the Church’s liturgical year
- develop an awareness and appreciation of the beliefs and traditions which are expressed in the story of the Catholic Church
Knowledge – It is intended that the students will be able to:
- identify that Lent is a time of prayer, fasting and almsgiving when we are challenged to live more like Jesus
- identify and summarise the main components of the celebration of the Mass
Skills – It is intended that the students will be able to:
- examine practical ways of being able to live more like Jesus
- reflect on and discuss how we gain strength as a community celebrating the Mass together
THE MORAL LIFE
Values and Attitudes – It is intended that the students will be able to:
- develop an awareness and appreciation of their responsibility to live according to the values of Jesus
- develop an awareness and appreciation of the Beatitudes being central to Jesus’ teachings and that they express his plan for our happiness in this world and the next
Knowledge – It is intended that the students will be able to:
- explain the consequences of living according to the values of Jesus
- describe ways in which the People of God reach out, and fail to reach out to others
Skills – It is intended that the students will be able to:
- analyse their own actions according to the values of Jesus
- examine practical ways of practising and nurturing the actions of the Beatitudes
Year 5
God, The Holy Trinity
- The Trinity is the central mystery of our faith.
- God the Father is our Creator; God the Son is our Redeemer; God the Holy Spirit is our Sanctifier;
- God promised to send us a Saviour
- Jesus the Son of God, is truly God and truly human.
- Jesus Christ is the true God. He is the second person of the Blessed Trinity.
- We call Jesus ‘The Christ’ which means the ‘The Annointed One of God.’
- Jesus Christ rose in the same human body that suffered on the Cross.
- The Holy Spirit led Jesus to begin his mission.
- The Holy Spirit is God active in the world.
- The fruits of the Spirit reveal to us the presence of the Holy Spirit at work in the community.
Creation
- All creation is “very good”(Gen. 1:31) and is in the likeness of God, reflecting his own infinite perfections in a multiplicity of ways.
- God asks us to respect the life he gave us.
- Stewardship calls us to take responsibility for the protection and care of all the earth community by exploring and developing better ways to live in peace with all creation.
- Taking ‘sabbath’ time is an important way of tuning in and responding to the promptings of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
- God has given each person free wil and the power to choose.
- Those who die in God’s grace and fiendship live forever with Christ
The Church
- All creation is “very good”(Gen. 1:31) and is in the likeness of God, reflecting his own infinite perfections in a multiplicity of ways.
- God asks us to respect the life he gave us.
- Stewardship calls us to take responsibility for the protection and care of all the earth community by exploring and developing better ways to live in peace with all creation.
- Taking ‘sabbath’ time is an important way of tuning in and responding to the promptings of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
- God has given each person free wil and the power to choose.
- Those who die in God’s grace and fiendship live forever with Christ
Liturgical Year
- During Lent we are called to reach out to others as Jesus did.
- Lent is the season of forty days when we prepare to celebrate the death and Resurrection of the Lord Jesus during Holy Week and Easter.
- In Holy Week we remember the rejection, suffering, death and Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
- The Easter Vigil is the most important liturgy of the Church calendar. In the liturgy, the Holy Spirit enables the assembly to encounter Christ.
- Jesus is with us in our Sunday Liturgy – The Eucharist.
- Mary has been greatly blessed by God and she is honoured by all generations. Mary was assumed body and soul into Heaven. Mary continues to be honoured through her fesat days.
- In Advent we prepare for the coming of Jesus at Christmas.
- In Advent we are given time to reflect upon, and live out, the hope and expectation of Chirst’s coming.
- At Christmas we celebrate the birth of Jesus, when God came to earth and became one of us. Christmas is the great feast of the Incarnation, one of the key mysteries of our faith
The Moral Life
- My Conscience guides me to right and good choices.
- God has given us a conscience to form our judgements.
- When properly formed, conscience guides our actions in freedom towards him. God asks us to be responsible for the life he has given us.
- Jesus shows us by his life what justice means: we are called to live and act justly. The corporal works of mercy
- The world will know us as follwers of Jesus by the fruits of the Holy Spirit which are visible in our actions.
- Modern day prophets work towards a fairer distribution of resources to create a more just world.
- The Catholic Church in Australia reaches out to people who struggle to live with dignity. Lent is a time of growth and conversion.
- Jesus’ teachings reveal to us God’s immense love and joy at our turning away from sin.
- The Ten Commandments teach us to live as God intended.
- God’s mercy is shown to those who repent, usually in the sacrament of Penance. The sacrament of Penance gives us the grace to overcome sins.
Year 6
God, The Holy Trinity
- God speaks to us in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition in Jesus Christ, God became man.
- Through our celebration of the birth of Jesus we remember and reflect on the presence of God in the world today.
- By his sacrifice on the Cross, Jesus overcame sin and death. We celebrate his sacrifice in the Eucharist.
- After his resurrection, Jesus ascended into heaven to prepare a place for us.
- The Ascension of Jesus marks the end of the Resurrection appearances of Jesus, as Jesus now enters into a new kind of existence.
- Jesus asked God his Father to send the Holy Spirit to be with us always.
- The Holy Spirit strengthens us in the sacrament of Confirmation
Creation
- I only die once because in the world, I only have one life.
- At death, my soul is separated from my body. Jesus will com again at the end of time to judge the living and the dead.
- We believe in the Resurrection of the body at the end of time.
- At the end of life we will be judged on our love. The work of angels is to give glory to God and participate in the Trinity’s saving mission.
The Church
- We believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
- Other Christians share in one baptism and one faith in Jesus. We pray and work for unity with them.
- Through Baptism we share in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.
- In Confirmation the seal of the Spirit perfects the grace of Baptism.
- The Gifts of the Holy Spirit: wisdom, understanding, right judgement, courage, knowledge, reverence, wonder and awe in God’s presence.
- In the Eucharist the sacrifice of Christ becomes also the sacrifice of the members of his Body.
- We are nourished by the presence of Jesus in the Eucharistic celebration.
- All members of the Church (lay and ordained) are called to use their own gifts and talents in building up the Church.
- The sacrament of Marriage is the union in love of a man and a woman.
- Marriage between a man and a woman is called a covenant. It is based on Gods love, help and forgiveness.
- Bishop, priests and deacons serve us in the name and person of Christ. Only baptised men can be ordained.
- The Sacred Scriptures contain the Word of God and, because they are insprired they are truly the Word of God.
- In the Old Testament, we encounter the story of God, God’s chosen people and of their relationship with God.
- In the New Testament we learn of Jesus Christ and the early Christian community as well as angels who help her on her earthly pilgrimage and protect every human being
Liturgical Year
- In Lent, the Church calls us to pray more, to make sacrifices and to give to the poor.
- On Holy Thursday we remember the Last Supper.
- In Holy Week the Church remembers that Jesus, in being faithful to his mission suffered and was crucified.
- We call the celebration of the Eucharist the Mass. It is the thanksgiving sacrifice of Jesus, offered for the living and the dead.
- The Holy Spirit came on Pentecost Day and entirely transformed disciples into apostles who not only lived for Jesus but also died as his witnesses.
- Mary is the mother of God because Jesus is God.
- Mary was created free from sin. This means she was ‘full of grace’ from the first instant she existed.
- We call this her ‘Immaculate Conception’.
- During Advent we are reminded of the people who are part of Jesus’ family story.
- Their patience and hope are part of God’s message.
- At Christmas we celebrate our belief that the Son of God was born of the Virgin Mary, became human and lived among us.
The Moral Life
- The Catholic Church acknowledges that human beings are imperfect. We are not evil, but everyone has certain weaknesses.
- The effects of original sin draw us away from God.
- The Beatitudes express Christ’s plan for our happiness in his world and the next.
- Christ emphasised the following virtues as blessed and deserving of reward: humility, patience, meekness, purity, and the capacity to make peace.
- Through Jesus’ actions and teachings we learn about understanding and accepting others and looking beyond externals to the true worth of the person.
- All Christians are called to celebrate and live a new and faithful life in the Spirit and to proclaim Jesus courageously in word and deed to all those around them.
- The Lord’s Prayer shows us how to pray to the Father.
- There are various kinds of prayer: blessing, petition, intercession, thanksgiving and praise.
- Self-denial is an important part of Christian prayer.
Year 5
- A Good Life
- Our Responsibility
- Lent – A Time for Change
- Lent – A Time to Reach Out to Others
- We Can Make a Difference
- Speaking Out for Justice
- Living Like Jesus
- Journey Through Holy Week
- The Easter Vigil
- The Upper Room
- We Believe Jesus is With Us
- Come Holy Spirit
- Alive with the Spirit
- The Fruits of the Spirit
- The Holy Trinity: One God
- Jesus Begins His Ministry
- Feed My Lambs
- The First Christians
- Even to the Ends of the Earth
- Celebrating Our Journey
- Creation, a Gift of God’s Love
- Renewing the Earth
- Sabbath Time
- The Seven Sacraments
- A Change of Heart
- Anointing of the Sick
- All are Invited
- All Generations Shall Call You Blessed
- Advent Begins the Liturgical Year
- Prepre the Way for Jesus
- Joy to the World a Saviour is Born
- Jesus is the Son of God
Year Five Home Activities
- A Good Life
- Holy Week
- Come Holy Spirit
- Alive with the Spirit
- Celebrating our Journey
- God is ever Present
- All are Invited
- Advent and Christmas
Year 6
- Original Sin
- Lent – A Time for Sacrifice
- Lent – Choices of the Heart
- Act Like Jesus
- Sermon on the Mount
- Blessed are You
- The Last Supper
- Take up Your Cross
- Hope in the Risen Lord
- Life Everlasting
- The Ascension
- People of Pentecost
- Gifts of the Holy Spirit
- The Story of St Paul
- One – Holy – Catholic – Apostolic
- We Belong
- The Catholic Church – East and West
- We Gather to Worship
- Sent Forth Nourished
- Living Our Christian Vocation
- Holy Orders
- Marriage – A Covenant of Love
- Teach us to Pray
- The Word of God
- Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
- Faithful to God
- Angels of the Lord
- Mary – Model Disciple
- Mary – A Women for All Time
- Advent – A Time of Longing
- Christ’s Mass
- Christmas – A Time to Remember
Year Six Home Activities
- Lent
- Holy Week
- New Life
- The Holy Spirit
- We are Called to Serve
- Sacraments of Service
- Sacred Scripture – the Bible
- Advent and Christmas
Year 5
- Our Responsibility
God asks us to show respect for the life he has given us. - Our Christian Mission
Our Christian Mission is to practice works of mercy. - The Fruits of the Spirit
We can bear the Fruits of the Holy Spirit. - Creator, Redeemer and Sanctifier
God is three and God is one. - St Mary MacKillop
Never see a need without trying to do something about it. - A Change of Heart
I can always return to God for mercy and forgiveness. - All Generations Shall Call You Blessed
Mary has been greatly blessed by God and is honoured by all generations.. - Christmas
At Christmas we rejoice that our Saviour has been born.
Year 6
- Act Justly
We are called to act justly, love tenderly and walk humbly with God.. - Lent – Choices of the Heart
Lent is time of personal renewal. - Why do You Weep?
There is no need to weep, for Jesus has risen from the dead. - People of Pentecost
Like the Apostles, we should be a people of Pentecost. - Sermon on the Mount
The Sermon on the Mount revealed the greatness of Jesus as a teacher. - Our Church Community
As Christians we are part of the Body of Christ. - God is Present in Our World
We see God in all of creation.. - Advent – the Things We Do
During Advent we prepare to receive God’s greatest gift, his Son Jesus.