Education in Faith

Zooper Dooper Donations & Fundraiser - St Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal

For the rest of the year the RE/Social Justice Team will be selling Zooper Dooper icy poles for 50c after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:15 - 3:30pm at the tuckshop window. If anybody would like to donate a pack (or more) of Zooper Doopers please bring them to the office. We can look after the freezing for you‼

This year the RE/Social Justice Team have decided to donate the money raised to the St Vincent de Paul Society’s Christmas Appeal. The first day of selling Zooper Dooper's will be Tuesday 15th November.

A snapshot of Religious Education Learning in 5/6MB

This term, the rich concept the school is exploring in RE/Integrated is Diversity with the key understanding that exploring and embracing diversity in the world enriches our lives.

The Learning Intentions for Year 5/6 are as follows:

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

WALA the Catholic Tradition and its elements in relation to other faith traditions.

WALT explain an understanding of God from a personal perspective and that of other faith traditions.

REASONING AND RESPONDING

WALT interprets what it means to belong to the Catholic Church or other faith communities.

WALT interprets the significance of God for believers.

PERSONAL AND COMMUNAL ENGAGEMENT

WALT reflect on the roles and responsibilities in building a just community.

WALT reflect on how an understanding of God impacts on self and others.

WALT reflect on ways religion contributes to the identity of believers.

As part of their learning students explored what a religion is. After an intial brainstorm, a jigsaw activity and some research, they came up with an agreed upon a class definition:

'A religion is a set of beliefs and traditions that are often based upon written or oral text. They are practised by different communities and faiths. They often follow one or more superhuman-like figures.'

The next learning task the students will complete is writing and recording a podcast style interview with a pair of experts on a world religion. The twist being that they had to undertake the research in order to become these experts. The six religions that will be researched are:

Islam
Buddhism
Hinduism
Judaism
Taoism
Sikkhism

As a class they also decided on what information to include in the podcast. This includes:

Origins/History
Teachings/Beliefs
Branches/Denominations
Rules/Laws
Symbols
Festivals/Celebrations
Places of Worship
Leaders
Book/s
What does worship look like

Sunday Gospel

The liturgy of the Catholic Church provides a framework for reflection which is used by Catholics throughout the world. Each week in the Newsletter, you will find the Sunday Gospel as well as some discussion questions to have with your child/ren.

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke

The people stayed there before the cross watching Jesus. As for the leaders, they jeered at him. ‘He saved others,’ they said, ‘let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.’ The soldiers mocked him too, and when they approached to offer him vinegar they said, ‘If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.’ Above him there was an inscription: ‘This is the King of the Jews.’

One of the criminals hanging there abused him. ‘Are you not the Christ?’ he said. ‘Save yourself and us as well.’ But the other spoke up and rebuked him. ‘Have you no fear of God at all?’ he said. ‘You got the same sentence as he did, but in our case we deserved it: we are paying for what we did. But this man has done nothing wrong. Jesus,’ he said, ‘remember me when you come into your kingdom.’ ‘Indeed, I promise you,’ he replied, ‘today you will be with me in paradise.’

The Gospel of the Lord

Discussion Questions

1. Can you name any kings or queens you have heard about or seen on TV?

2. What do they do?

3. Today we celebrate the feast of Christ the King. What sort of king is Jesus?

4. What is the kingdom of God like?

Let us pray that we can be part of God’s kingdom on earth.