RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Overview and Lesson Plans

PRIMARY
PRE-PRIMARY-YEAR 6
Principles of Primary Religious Education 1

Year Level: 2 Unit Title: Eucharist Student Number: 20161796

Date of Submission: Week 10 Student Name: Phoebe Cumper

 PLANNING OVERVIEW
Year Level: Two Unit Title: Eucharist
Overview – explanation of the content of the unit, to come from teacher background information, teaching and learning program (Approx half-
full page)
This year two’s unit, Eucharist, is organised into six content descriptors:
• People show love for one another;

• Jesus showed love for all;

• Jesus is always present with his followers;

• The priest has a special role in the celebration of the Eucharist;

• Through the Eucharist people carry Jesus in their hearts to show love for others;
The aim of the unit is to promote the students’ full, conscious and prepare students for the active participation in celebration of the Eucharist. Students will examine the celebration of
the Eucharist as a memorial sacrifice in the name of love. Their studies will focus on love, and look into the feeding of 5000 and The Last Supper.
The sacrament of Eucharist enables Christians to remember what Jesus did for them, in his life, death and resurrection. The Eucharist is a central part of the Christian community -
therefore, it is imperative that children participate in Religious Education, so that they are prepared to have Jesus in their lives (Coster & Vickery, 2011).
For this unit of work, it is important for students to understand how the actions of Jesus feeding 5000 symbolises a gift given to us. The unit will provide lessons that teach children the
knowledge of love, how to give and experience love as well as Jesus’ love for us and the involvement of Priest’ in Eucharist. Through this unit of work students will begin to gain skills to
receive the grace of the Holy Spirit, emphasising the impact Jesus has on our lives as Catholics.
Jesus showed love and care for everyone throughout the Bible. The story of the Last Supper and the Feeding of the 5000 are exceptional examples of Jesus’ love for others, Jesus puts
other before himself - this show he cares. Jesus gave the Eucharist to his followers to celebrate his life and thank God for sending Jesus into our world - without this we would not have
the same love and compassion for people.
With Priest’ we are able to experience the love and teachings of Jesus, the Priest enables Jesus to be present in our lives and the love of Jesus to be alive in present day, fortunately for
Priest’ we are able to experience the Eucharist in a special way.
Through Jesus we able to learn to love ourselves, others and the world. We can therefore learn our place in the world, who we are and all about ourselves. Through this we can learn how
to love others and the various kinds of love; between mother and father, children, siblings, friends and other family members. Each one of these relationships has a different kind of
specialness, we care for these people in different ways and can learn how to behave around them and others.
“In the ecclesial service of the ordained minister, it is Christ himself who is present to his Church ... the priest, by virtue of the sacrament of Holy Orders, acts “in persona Christi Capitis”
[in the person of Christ the Head]. (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1548)”.
Key Understandings and Learning Points

A Human Person B Jesus C Church

 “People show love for others”  “Jesus showed love to all”  “Through the Eucharist people
carry Jesus in their hearts to
show love for others”
.

Links to Spiritual Capabilities Highlight 1 here and in the lesson/s Links to Religious Capabilities Highlight 1 here and in the lesson/s
Prudence Justice Fortitude Temperance Faith Hope Charity
• To wonder & • To relate & • To dare & become • To fast & become To search for God & To trust & become hope- To give & become charitable
become awe-filled become loving (x) resilient grateful become filled by God like God (x)
(x) • To regret & • To yearn & • To meditate & mystified by God To repent & become To act justly & become
• To search beyond become forgiving become good become peaceful (x) To serve God & become redeemed by merciful like
& become wise To enjoy life & God’s God God
become happy witness To follow & become a To respect all people &
To worship God & missionary become tolerant of others’
become reverent disciple of Jesus beliefs (x)

Links to General Capabilities List activities covered in lesson plans

Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical Ethical behaviour Personal Intercultural Understanding
and In the context of Competency
Students will be reminded of Students are Creative religious education, For students of a diverse
their English goal – to use creating a students are identifying Students will background (ethnic, religious or
Thinking ways of showing love
capital letters and commas puppet show Students are be working cultural), efforts can be made to
appropriately throughout using iPad for another person and both connect ideas from Catholic
prompted to the various kinds of
areas of this task. app’. engage in independently tradition to their faith. The
love (families, friends and understanding of God’s
open ended and so on). Students
questions. collaboratively relationship with humanity as
will be learning how to in this task, unconditional provides a
treat one another and requiring universal application of
what is appropriate cooperation inclusion.
forms of ‘love’. During and individual
a lesson student are accountability.
required to write
positive characteristics
of another student and
themselves, ethical
behaviour is imperative
for this.

Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson) List activities covered in lesson plans
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Asia and Australia’s engagement with Sustainability
histories and cultures Asia
Teacher’s Prior Preparation/Organisation: Provision for student diversity:
Choose One from:
- Socks will be donated by stakeholders of the school. • Gifted
- Arts resources will be provided by the school. • Other Religion
- iPads will be borrowed for the duration of the lesson.
- Whiteboards markers Choose One from:
- Early finishers colouring in will be printed and ready. • ADHD
- Godly play kit – The Last Supper. • Intellectual disability
• Physical disability
• Behavioural

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Catholic Worldview and Teacher Witness: (Can be addressed in other Learning Areas, please state)

Teacher witness;
- Identify various dynamics of love (family, friends, school) within students and teachers lives. Identify positive relationships with your students and family for an
example.
- participate in a classroom goal ‘secret mission’ to spread love and compassion around the school. Teaching students’ appropriate ways of showing love for one
another.
- Explain how I show I care for my mother and brother; I go for walks with my brother and I help my mum with chores around the house.
- Tell how when I go to church I feel more present with the Lord and the Eucharist makes me feel uplifted and full of love, my parish Priest enables Jesus to live
inside me and help me to be a better person, this is because I am reminded of him and his love for me.
- Share examples and pictures of how I felt during my First Holy Communion.

Catholic Worldview: (Religious Education, ICT and Drama/The Arts.

- People show love for others, how can we perform a skit for students to contextually understand the ways of interacting with ones we love or how Jesus loved us.
- Jesus showed love for all and the Priest has a special role to play in Eucharist; How can students create a fun, interactive way of performing a story from the
Bible?
- How can we remember the love Jesus has for all? By being involved in the Eucharist and treated everyone with love.
LESSON PLAN ONE A - Wondering at the Creator
Key Understanding/Learning Point/Objective
Teaching Focus for the Lesson
- Verbally identify three ways of showing love for another person.
People show love for others
- Write on a ‘chain’ two forms of positive reinforcement for another individual.
- Engage and participate in discussion respectfully with the class.

Timing Steps of the Lesson Resources

 ‘The friendly whale’ children’s mediation.
Introduction
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Gain attention of the students- advise students to sit with their bottoms on the mat, their legs crossed V2mnl6dM
5 minutes. and their arms in their lap. Advice students to move into their own spot – where they are not too
close to another student and lay down.
1. The teacher will put on a guided mediation for the students to start the lesson. The teacher
will play ‘the friendly way’ guided meditation for children. It is important the teacher role
models joining in on the meditation for students, the students will be instructed that ‘I will not
be walking around monitoring you. This is for you and no one else, you are not to talk or
touch another student, they deserve to enjoy the experience’. (Links: Temperance &
Personal and social capability)
2. Students will be brought back to the present classroom moment; the teacher will guide a few
5 minutes quick 30 second stretches.
3. The teacher will instruct students to sit in a circle. Praise will be given to students sitting
quietly.
4. The teacher will instruct that each week for this term, there will be a ‘secret mission’. This
week’s mission will be showing people around at school they love and care for them. (Please
refer to resource to the left and attached in appendix for further details). (Links: Ethical
understanding and Charity)

Strategies for Learning and Teaching

1. Introduce students to the learning topic: People show love for others by reading the Godly Godly play: Last Supper
Play; Feeding of 5000. Engage students in wondering. Some suggested wondering
5 minutes. statements are: (Further learning on the topic will be provided during another lesson with the
use of the Last Supper). Whiteboard markers (WALT + WILF sign if
- I wonder what it would have been like to share this meal with Jesus. applicable).
- I wonder what Jesus meant by the words “This is my body which will be given for you”
- I wonder how Jesus felt as he shared this last meal with his disciples. Pens/Pencils/Texters.
- I wonder if the disciples understood what Jesus was doing.

2. The teacher will write the WALT on the board: We are learning how we can show one
another that we care, we are learning what we appreciate that people do for us. The teacher
will write the WILF on the board: I am looking for students to be respectful of everyone, act
kindly, keep an open mind and be able to verbally identify four various kinds of love.
Students have been learning in English, that capital letters signal proper nouns and commas
are used to separate lists – the teacher will remind students that they will be keeping an eye
out for this (Links: Literacy and Justice).
15 3. The teacher will inform students, they will be making a love chain. ‘Love connects us all
minutes. together, we need to be kind to ourselves and others – then our kindness can fill the Kindness chain.
classroom, our school, our homes and more’. An example of two links will be shown to the
class – the teacher will have done this for themselves and the teacher aid or another staff
member.
 4. Each student will be given different coloured strips.
5. The students will write all be given 3 pieces of paper, the teacher will allocate each student
two random students to write about. The last piece of paper will be for the student to write
about themselves. On the piece of paper about themselves, they are to write; what they like
about themselves and one goal they would like to implement on treating others.
6. On the piece of paper, the students will write only nice things about each other, a fond
memory and two positive characteristics. (Links: Justice) Colouring in.
Emphasise to students that “Dojo points or the chosen reward system for the classroom” will
be awarded to students who are on task and working quietly.
Request for one student to raise their hand and reiterate the task requirements, if it appears
the class is not confident on task.
Set students to task if they stray.
7. Any early finishers will have a colouring in contextual to the topic. (Please find attached in
the appendix).
Repeatedly provide positive affirmations to students for their efforts.
8. Once all students are finished, the teacher will connect the chain together and tell them that
their classroom is connected by kindness.

5 Conclusion
minutes 1. The teacher will instruct students to calmly, table by table, pack away their equipment.
2. Once the class has successfully packed away, the teacher will ask students to raise their
hands and answer the following questions: Anecdotal notes
3. What did they enjoy about the activity? How did it make them feel and how can they show
people outside of the classroom, for example, at home that they love them? (Links:
Prudence)
4. The teacher will compare the answers of each student and prompt the discussion; each
person has many different ways but very similar ways of showing they love someone – we
need to be respectful of each person.
5. Once the discussion is finished, the teacher will remind the students of their ‘secret mission’,
to follow in God’s footsteps and dismiss them.
Catering for Learner Diversity Evidence of Learning for Assessment and Reporting

- WALT and WILF will be placed on the board, so students are • Review of student’s capital latter and comma use.
aware of the learning intentions. • The teacher will also keep an observational checklist that will be used while the
- Mindfulness will be implemented during discussions as to carefully students are working and at the end of the lesson. This will be indicating whether the
touch on what could be sensitive topics. The teacher will apply students are understanding the content, showing difficulty and other observations
appropriate mediation when necessary.
 - Those who experience difficulty with literacy had previously
completed a modified research task (text difficulty and writing
expectations reduced).

LESSON PLAN TWO B - The Promise of Christian Salvation

Key Understanding/Learning Point
Teaching Focus for the Lesson
- Create a sock puppet using the details of The Last Supper for character
‘Jesus showed love for all’ reference.
- Verbally explain how Jesus showed love during the Last Supper.
- Work effectively in a pair to create a story line for a puppet show.

Timing Steps of the Lesson Resources

www.arkandluna.com – Yoga cards.
Introduction
Youtube: Relaxing Music For Children - Be Calm and
5 minutes 1. Gather student’s attention by the silent signal, raise arm in the air and wait for response and Focused.
quiet. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HrkXT5Bc9E)
2. Students will then be instructed to find their own spot around the classroom. The teacher will
use child Yoga cards (Links; Temperance). Students will participate in a class Yoga –
meditation music will be playing in the background to help focus their attention.
3. Once students have finished, the teacher will instruct them to make their way to the matt
calmly.
4. The teacher will begin by bringing out a wooden box and asking calmly in a low voice ask,
“Can you all please tell me one thing that makes you feel cared for and loved?” (Links:
Ethical understanding)
5 minutes 5. Students will go around and answer their question. Without responding the teacher will
calmly take resources out of the box as they tell a story – each piece contributing in a timely
manner. (Please find script for the story of the Last Supper in resources to the left and
attached in the appendix at end).
6. The story will be on ‘The Last Supper.’
7. The teacher will revise learning through questioning and whole class discussion. Wonder
questions: (Links: Prudence, Justice and Personal & Social Competency)

- I wonder how Jesus and his friends felt when they sat down to eat the Passover meal? The Last Supper - Godly Play
- I wonder how Jesus was feeling when he knew this was his last meal with his friends?
- I wonder how the disciples felt when they knew this was their last meal with Jesus?
- I wonder what the disciples thought when Jesus said, “Take, this is my body”?
- I wonder what the disciples thought when Jesus said, “Take, this is my blood”?
- I wonder what your favourite part of the story is?
 - I wonder why Jesus wanted his followers to remember him through this special meal?

8. The teacher will then explain, that Jesus did love all of these people. “Jesus loves us,
everyone on of us and every person who has and will be on this earth.”
9. Students will be directed “A song will be played, while this song is playing, I want students to
calmly make their way back their desks. By the time the song is finished – I want students to
be politely waiting for the next instructions.”

Jesus loves me – Anna Barralett Warner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBALcN701NU

Strategies for Learning and Teaching

Puppet material; what resources are available, for
10. The teacher will wait till students are attentive for the task to be explained. example; socks, straws, googly eyes, string, glue,
11. Students will be creating sock puppets today, the purpose of this is to integrate what pom poms
students are learning in drama and religion.
12. The choice of Gospel stories that have been covered over the year; The Last Supper,
feeding of 5000 and Zacchaeus. Example sock puppet.
15 minutes 13. This task will be done in pairs and students will be using their iPads to record and create
their puppet show (Links: Social and personal competence).
14. The teacher will explain that students are able to adapt their puppet show with props, voice
pitches and with prior approval from the teacher, contextual adaptations (For example;
instead of a tax collector, it could be a bully). (Links: Critical and creative thinking)
15. Students will have 15 minutes to make their sock puppets – planning must be easily visible in
each step.
16. The teacher will inform students to not rush as there will be other lessons to continue on with
the task.
17. The instructions will be placed on the board – on PowerPoint or whiteboard marker.
18. The teacher and teacher aid will monitor the noise levels and walk around praising students
as well as aiding when needed.
19. This task will be personalised, and students need to be respectful of each students ideas and
work. (Links: Ethical understanding) & Prudence)
 Conclusion
1. Once students time is up – the teacher will instruct them to pack away all materials
in their correct places. Praise and classroom rewards will be given to students
cleaning up appropriate rewards will be given to students on task.
5 minutes 2. Once packed away, students will sit on the mat with their legs crossed quietly
waiting for instructions.
3. The teacher will link this back to the Last Supper. Jesus wanted each person to be
cared for and loved, we all need love – once we learn to love ourselves and others,
we can develop a sense of belonging in the world, in their friendship groups, the
classroom and families.
4. Through the Last Supper, Jesus made his followers feel loved and cared for, he
made them feel like they belonged where they were and by his side.
5. The teacher will explain that the lesson is over and to keep this lesson present in
their thoughts throughout daily life.

(Please note students will be allocated two more 30x minute lessons to create and one 50-minute
drama lesson to present the ‘puppet show’)

Catering for Learner Diversity Evidence of Learning for Assessment and Reporting

- Students will be allocated partners by the teacher. - An assessment rubric will be created and used to assess the
- Instructions as well as WALT and WILF will be placed on the understanding of the content, the end product and the engagement
board, so students are aware of success criteria. throughout the process – recall main events in chosen parable. (please find
- Students will any form of disability will have the activity adapted attached in appendix)
appropriately – teacher assistance will be available throughout
the lesson.
- Students with vision impairment will be placed in a position to
aid their vision.
- Example puppet’ will be left at the front of classroom for
reference.

LESSON PLAN THREE C - Christian Response

Key Understanding/Learning Point
Teaching Focus for the Lesson
- Create a puppet show in pairs, on an iPad using a chosen app (iMovie for
example).
“Through the Eucharist people carry Jesus in their hearts to
show love for others” - Describe ways Catholics demonstrate their belief in the presence of Jesus Christ in
the celebration of the Eucharist
 - demonstrate an understanding of the importance of Eucharist

Timing Steps of the Lesson Resources

Introduction
5 minutes
1. Students will be seated on the mat awaiting instructions from the teacher. Planning sheet.
2. The teacher will have a reflecting discussion with students on the previous lessons: Prompting cards if necessary.
(Links: Prudence) Pictures to support concepts of the Priest &
- What story did we listen to about Jesus? Can you explain it to me please? Eucharist (Please find attached in appendix).
- What did we learn from this story? Engage with students by responding to
answers and praising when necessary.
- I wonder how we can show others we love them just like Jesus.
3. The teacher will facilitate the discussion until they finally ask; (Links: Prudence)
- I wonder what role a Priest has in all of this. The teacher will allow students to
think of this quietly on their own.
4. The teacher will explain to students that, like Jesus in the Last supper, we have a
mass to celebrate Jesus’ life and love. Our mass and Eucharist is like the story of
the Last Supper.
5. With the Priest we are able to experience the Eucharist and have Jesus’ love in our
lives.
6. Through Mass and Eucharist, we are strengthened to love and care for all, just like
Jesus.
7. The teacher will explain to students that if one is not catholic or has not had their first
holy communion they are still welcomed to come forward and receive a blessing
from the Priest. (Links: Ethical understanding and Charity)
 Strategies for Learning and Teaching
1. The teacher will instruct students calmly in their pairs to collect their puppets and The puppet show films will be uploaded to a
20 minutes needed resources for the project. OneDrive or sent to the teacher for assessing.
2. The students will have 20 minutes to continue on with the previous lesson on
making the puppet show. The teacher will remind students that each pair is doing
their own work, it is not a race and to take their time in making and filming.
3. The teacher will have the steps on the board; 1. Choose story 2. Plan 3. Create 4.
Rehears 5. Film.
4. The teacher will roam the room, engaging in each pair by asking questions such as:
What part are you two up to? Has that been hard or why do you think that character
did or said that?
5. The teacher will monitor the progress of each group.
Please note: Students will have a 50-minute lesson in drama to present these
puppet shows to the class.

Conclusion
5 minutes 1. The teacher will conclude the lesson with a prayer. Prayer (Attached in appendix)
2. Students will be asked to close their eyes and lower their heads – silence is
required in this moment.
3. Students will be dismissed and reminded of their ‘secret mission’.

Catering for Learner Diversity Evidence of Learning for Assessment and Reporting

- Those who have difficulty with dexterity will be allowed - The puppet show films will be uploaded to a OneDrive or sent to the
different resources or added assistance. teacher for assessing. These will be marked against a rubric (please find
- Students choice of presentation and puppets & art attached in rubric)
utensils.
FORMAL ASSESSMENT STRATEGY AND EXAMPLE:

Marking Key; Puppet show

Anecdotal notes

Were students; engaged and did they grasp the role Priest’ have in Eucharist? Record below
APPENDIX – copies of resources used in lesson plans: Bible passages, worksheets, resource sheets, learning activities.
Retrieved: http://www.housemixblog.com/ Retrieved from Pinterest; search; kindness activities.
Kindness chain (created using word/images retrieved from google images; love hearts)
Reflection tool: Two stars and a wish.