Galilee Newsletter

Education in Faith

First Eucharist 

Many of our Year Four students have started their preparation to receive the Sacrament of Eucharist for the first time later this term. Students are learning about the Eucharist in their classrooms and at preparation classes at their local parish. Students are engaged in the Scripture stories: The Last Supper, Feeding of the Five Thousand  and The Road to Emmaus. Students are making links between Scripture and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Our next major event in preparing the students for First Eucharist at school will be our First Eucharist Reflection Day on Monday 29th May. More information about the Reflection Day will be sent out to all Year 4 students soon. We wish them every blessing as they prepare for this special occasion.

 

First Eucharist Dates to Remember: 

 

First Eucharist - Ss. Peter and Paul, South Melbourne

  • Preparation Class 2 - Saturday 13th May
  • Preparation Class 3 - Saturday 20th May
  • Preparation Class 4 - Saturday 27th May
  • Reflection Day – Monday 29th May at Galilee - 8:50am - 3:25pm
  • Sacrament of First Eucharist – Sunday 4th June at 10.00am - at Ss. Peter and Paul

First Eucharist Dates - Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle Park and St. Joseph's, Port Melbourne

  • Parent Information Evening - Thursday 11th May – 7.30pm in O’Connor-Pilkington Room, Richardson St. Middle Park
  • Preparation Class 1 - Saturday 13th May
  • Preparation Class 2 - Saturday 20th May
  • Preparation Class 3 - Saturday 27th May
  • Preparation Class 4 - Saturday 3rd June
  • Reflection Day – Monday 29th May at Galilee - 8:50am - 3:25pm
  • Sacrament of First Eucharist - Saturday 17th June at 6pm - at Our Lady of Mount Carmel 

Mother's Day Mass

We invite everyone in our community to join us for our Mother's Day Mass at Ss. Peter and Paul tomorrow morning, starting at 9.30am. The Year One students and teachers have worked with Mrs. Brittany Ford to create a beautiful liturgical celebration.  The music will be led by Anita and our newly formed Galilee School Choir. We look forward to seeing many of you there to mark this special event.

Renewed Religious Education Curriculum

This year the Religious Education Curriculum has changed for all Catholic schools in Melbourne.

 

The Renewed Religious Education Framework has been developed in consultation and collaboration with schools and Catholic Education Melbourne. The new Religious Education Framework gives teachers more opportunities to design learning that brings the richness of Catholic tradition into dialogue with the world of the students and contemporary culture. The new framework is designed to be interactive and practical and to promote ongoing learning and faith formation. Students are challenged with making links between their life, the lives of others and the Catholic Tradition.  Teachers pose discussion questions that invite dialogue and offer opportunities for discernment, prayer and further learning about the nature and challenges of faith in today's world. 

 

The framework supports the full flourishing of all learners as spiritual and religious, physical and cognitive, social and emotional beings through Religious Education. It proposes a learning structure comprised of: three strands of learning; five content areas; and the learning progression including achievement standards. The three strands are:

 

  • Knowledge and Understanding, i.e. seeking truth
  • Reasoning and Responding, i.e. making meaning
  • Personal and Communal Engagement, i.e. living story.

 

These three strands offer lenses through which the learning descriptors and achievement standards are presented.

 

The five content areas work together to build a network of understanding of the Catholic Church and its traditions and have their origins in the To Know, Worship and Love student texts:

  • Scripture and Jesus
  • Church and Community
  • God, Religion and Life
  • Sacrament, Prayer and Liturgy
  • Morality and Justice

 

The achievement standards in the new framework describe the quality of learning in the three strands through the elements of dialogue: the nuance of explanation, the openness of interpretation and the depth of self-reflection leading to transformation. 

 

Teachers are accessing students based on the Renewed Religious Education Curriculum Framework for the first time this year. The new framework has enhanced the rigor and has set higher standards for our students to work towards. This change in curriculum and assessment will be reflected in the Student Reports that are going home to families later this term. Student's will be assessed against the new Achievement Standards and their results will reflect their ability to independently achieve the the standards. You may notice a change in your child's achievement in Religious Education. Please speak to the classroom teacher if you have any concerns about their achievement in Religious Education.

 

If you would like to view the new Religious Education Curriculum Framework, please use the link below. 

 

 

I wish you every blessing for the coming week

 

Amy Burns

Religious Education Leader