RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Overview and Lesson Plans

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

Year Level: 2 Unit Title: Beautiful world Beautiful me Student Number 32000773

Date of Submission 6 October 2019 Student Name Hannah Wall

 PLANNING OVERVIEW
Year Level: 2 Unit Title Beautiful world Beautiful me
Overview – explanation of the content of the unit, to come from teacher background information, teaching and learning program (Approx half-
full page)
We are able to find joy through the beauty of creation and therefore discover God’s beauty. Jesus has taught his followers how we are to take care of
creation in order to maintain and enhance its beauty.

God becomes present in individuals through the act of Baptism and the pouring of holy water over our heads. Jesus teaches, through water, that God
wants to be part of all of us. This is shown through the Sacrament of Baptism (C1). Jesus taught his followers that in order to be loving they need to love
God with all their hearts, mind, souls and strength. For example, by showing respect for the environment and creation (C3).

Christians continue to learn that God’s beauty is highlighted through creation and therefore they must care for creation as Jesus taught (C4).

Key Understandings and Learning Points

A Human Person B Jesus C Church

Wondering at the creator of beauty The promise of Christian Salvation Christian Response
- Wondering at the beauty in - Jesus helps his followers appreciate beauty in creation - Christians celebrate the special
- Christians share the life of God through Baptism action and words of the Rite of
creation
Baptism
- Wondering at God who creates
- Catholics honour the baptismal font
beauty - Being beautiful means caring for
- Attribute: God is beautiful creation like Jesus
- Continuing to wonder at ways
Christians can discover God is
beautiful through creation and love
God by caring for creation as Jesus
taught
 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 resilient grateful become filled by God like God
• To search beyond • To regret & • To yearn & • To meditate & mystified by God • To repent & become • To act justly & become
& become wise become forgiving become good become peaceful • To serve God & become redeemed by merciful like
• 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

Links to General Capabilities List activities covered in lesson plans

Literacy Numeracy
ICT Critical and Ethical behaviour Personal Intercultural
Competency
Creative Thinking Understanding
Write a prayer thanking God Create iMovie Children learn that it is
Children
for the beauty in creation of beauty important to care for
reflect on
found in creation and plant a
what they
creation seed in the garden of
find
their school
beautiful in
creation

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:

Lesson 1: Other students:
- Godly Play ‘Creation’ box - Children are able to write a thankful prayer to who their own religion’s
- Organise route of nature walk creation deity
- Charge iPads - Have a conversation with these students that because this is a Catholic
- Organise painting easels school we believe that God is responsible however, you are free and open to
- Organise collage station have other beliefs which are welcomed here in our classroom
- Collect ‘Where the forest meets the sea’ by Jeannie Baker book from - Ask them whether they would be interested in sharing their religious beliefs at
library the end of a lesson to teach other students and make them aware of diversity
within their classroom
Lesson 2:
- Godly Play ‘Lilies and the birds’ box
- Old Black Crow song on YouTube
- Prayer page template ESL students:
- Whole class book cover page - Use visual cue cards
- ‘What a Wonderful World’ video - Simple, short stimulating sentences
- Be very gestural
Lesson 3:
 - Card and markers for brainstorms - Seat them close to the front to attain most attention and focus on the mat
- Organise with gardener place to plant seeds
- Have procedure of how to plant a seed
- Materials for planting seeds
- Seeds
- Spades
- Watering cans
- Fertilizer
- Gardening gloves
- Load trees video on YouTube
- Create the class’ version of ‘What a Wonderful World’ video with images
they sent in

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

Catholic Worldview
- Looking after the world and creation is very important for everyone
- Children will be hearing about climate change and sustainability
- Everyone is responsible to care for creation so the next generation and generations to come can experience the beauty of creation
Teacher Witness
- Share with students how I show care for creation
- Shows images of my worm farm at home – and how this is ensuring the sustainability of resources
- Images of art of trees (part of creation) at my house
- Tell story of when I was younger and took a shell from the beach and my mum saw and told me why it is important to leave to where I found it and we took it back
to the beach together
LESSON PLAN ONE A - Wondering at the Creator
Teaching Focus for the Lesson
(Objectives)
Children experiences wonder and awe moments in creation
while going on a nature walk around the school grounds. Key Understanding/Learning Point
A1 Wondering at the beauty in creation
Children choose one activity to express the beauty they saw in A1.1 Describes and expresses wonder at the beauty and variety in creation
creation by making either:
- video
- painting
- collage

Timing Steps of the Lesson Resources

Introduction
9.00 Godly play box ‘Creation’
- Begin the lesson by gathering the students on the mat Children’s Hats
- Introduce the topic of appreciating beauty in creation
- Tell the students the story of Creation by using the God Play box
- Ask students the wonder questions attached to the Godly Play to spark
discussions regarding creation
- Explain to children that everyone experiences and sees beauty in different
parts of creation – the next activity must be done individually as it is very
personal
- Ask students to get their hat and line up outside
- Take children on a nature walk around the school grounds
While walking around outside take children to an open area (such as the oval) so you
can maintain supervisor over everyone. Don’t rush this process, allow students to
have moments of wonder and awe regrading creation. Encourage students to lie
down on the grass or sit against a tree.
- Gather students back and take them back inside the classroom on the mat
 Strategies for Learning and Teaching
9.20
The activities are free choice. Children have agency to choose how they want express
the beauty they saw in creation
Activities:

1. Children take photos with an iPad of the things they find beauty in creation. - iPad
They are to join these images and make an iMovie. They need to add - A3 card (variety of colours)
reflective music and use voice overs to explain what they have chosen to take - Sticky tape
pictures of and why they find it beautiful. This video needs to be exported and - PVA glue
saved on the iPads. - Paint brushes
2. Children are to collect natural materials off the ground that they find outside on - Sponges
the nature walk such as leaves, grass, sticks, rocks, flowers and create a - Easels
collage of these natural materials. Children choose from coloured A3 card and - Paper
have options of sticking materials of PVA glue, glue stick or sticky tape - Paint (variety of colours)
3. Children come inside and create a painting of the beauty they saw on the - Reflective music
nature walk. They can choose one setting to paint or many natural aspects of
creation. Children are provided with a variety of colours of paint, different sizes
of paint brushes, sponges, rollers and A3 paper on easels. It is then the
children’s responsibility to clean the easels with the buckets and soapy water
provided

Play reflective music in the classroom to help students reflect on the beauty they
experienced in creation

If children find it difficult to complete activities use wonder questions to prompt them.
Such as:

• Which plants and creatures did you find the most beautiful?
• How many different colours, patterns and varieties did you see?
• What do you find beautiful about certain aspects of creation?
• What was your favourite part of the nature walk?

9.40 Conclusion ‘Where the forest meets the sea’ by Jeannie Baker
Gather the students on the mat
Remind them that today we focussed on the beauty we see in creation
 Read the book ‘Where the forest meets the sea’ by Jeannie Baker

Old Black Crow by Colin Bunchanana

Catering for Learner Diversity Evidence of Learning for Assessment and Reporting

Enabling prompt: Use wonder questions to support children - Use observations and write in anecdotal notes to write one part of creation the child
who struggle to find beauty finds beautiful in creation
Ie: What is your favourite thing that you can see outside? - Use a checklist to record if a child is able to articulate, paint or collage beauty in
creation
Extending prompt: Once you have completed your activity I
want you to write a blurb to attach to your work explaining why
you find those items most beautiful in creation

LESSON PLAN TWO B - The Promise of Christian Salvation

Teaching Focus for the Lesson
Key Understanding/Learning Point
Children are able to understand that Jesus appreciated the
beauty in creation B1 Jesus helps his followers appreciate beauty in creation

Children write and draw a prayer addressed to God thanking B1.1 Identifies examples of Jesus teaching his followers to appreciate beauty in creation
Him for the beauty in creation that He has given us

Timing Steps of the Lesson Resources

 Introduction Godly play box titled ‘Lilies in the field’
9.00am
Appendix 2
Godly Play:
YouTube video Old Black Crow by Colin Bunchanana
- Gather children in a circle on the mat
- Go and collect the basket of godly play titled ‘Lilies in the field’
- Use the script and actions to tell the scripture story of the Lilies in the field
- Talk to the students about how Jesus said God looks after the lilies in the field
and the birds in the sky. They have everything they need. Consider how much
more God loves you than the birds and the flowers. If they have everything
they need, of course He will provide you with everything you need in life.
- Ask the wonder question on the bottom of the godly play script
- Discuss these questions with the class
- Play YouTube video and sing song together Old Black Crow by Colin
Bunchanana
- Ask the students what is that hymn reminding us of?

9.15 Strategies for Learning and Teaching

- Appendix 3: Prayer page template
- Begin a class discussion - Appendix 4: Prayer book cover page
- “Jesus taught us many lessons, but one lesson which is very important and - Whiteboard markers
our focus for today is to appreciate the beauty of God’s creation - Coloured pencils/crayons
- That means we need to be grateful and respect creation as we are very lucky
that God has gifted it to us
- The story I shared with you explains how creation was made and how God
made it for all of us
- Let’s brainstorm which parts of creation was mentioned in the story
- What are some other parts of creation that we are grateful for”
- On the whiteboard write Creation in the centre and get children to put their
hands up and tell you things in God’s creation that they find beautiful
- After you have collected a number of ideas gather children’s attention
- Explain the next task:
- “We are going to each write a short prayer of thanks to God praising the
beauty in creation.
- This prayer is a thank you prayer, and I want you to thank God for creation
and tell Him what you find beautiful in creation
 - Remember if you need help starting we have our prayer starter poster on the
wall to help you
- After we have written our prayers there is space at the bottom for you to draw
the part of creation you have written about in your prayer
- We are then going to compile these prayer into a class book for our book
corner titled ‘Thank you God for your beautiful Creation’
- Each child is given a prayer template page and are to complete their prayer

9.35 Conclusion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRONFXoXsJ0

- Gather children on the mat

- Play the song and YouTube video ‘What a Wonderful World’
- This is a time for reflection and thanks for the beautiful world God has given us
Catering for Learner Diversity Evidence of Learning for Assessment and Reporting

Scaffold children who struggle with writing a prayer with Use a checklist and tick off elements children have included in their prayer
starting cards, sight word posters and one to one sounding out - Who it addresses
with an EA - Correct terminology ie Thank you God for
- Grammar (sentence structure, punctuation, capital letters, spelling)
Advanced students are expected to write 4-5 sentences and if - Finished prayer correctly ie Amen
need more room can use extra lined paper for their prayer - Drawn a picture related to prayer

LESSON PLAN THREE C - Christian Response

Key Understanding/Learning Point
Teaching Focus for the Lesson
C3 Being beautiful means caring for creation like Jesus
Children brainstorm in group of 4 ways to take care of creation
to ensure sustainability C3.1 Identifies ways people can show the beauty God created in them by caring for creation
as Jesus taught
Children must follow a procedure to successfully plant a seed
to grow a flower in the school grounds
Timing Steps of the Lesson Resources
 Introduction
11.00
- Introduce topic that we must care for creation
- Ask students wonder questions:
- Why is it important to care for creation?
- How can we take care of creation?
- Break into groups of 4 - Four large pieces of paper
- Brainstorm ways we can care for creation within the school setting and create - Markers
posters
- Come back together as a whole class and bring ideas together
- Children may come up with the idea themselves of planting seeds to grow
flowers or plants
- If not, introduce to them that this is an easy way to care for creation
- Explain that today they are each going to plant a seed in the school to grow a
flower

Strategies for Learning and Teaching

11.15 - Seeds
- Watch video of how to plant a seed - Spades
- Question students on what materials they need to plant a seed - Watering cans
- Go through procedure of planting a seed - Fertilizer
- Write this procedure on the whiteboard, and question students on it to test if - Gardening gloves
they were listening and understand the procedure
- Take students outside to a garden bed
- Model how to plant a seed
- Each students will then need to follow the procedure to plant a seed of their
own
- After complete they will need to take all the equipment, wash it and put it away
to develop sense of agency
- The students will go on in the next few weeks watering their seed and
watching it grow
- Using the photos taken while children are planting the seeds to create a book
and together as a class write what they have completed in the lesson
 11.45 Conclusion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1jtd3MrFQM
- Video of images children sent in to ‘what a
- Gather students on mat and watch trailer for Voice of Trees wonderful world’
- The teacher may need to read the subtitles for students to understand
- Explain that just like this man, planting a seed in the school is helping to care
for creation and make it more sustainable
- Previously to lesson 2 they have been asked to email an image from google or
a picture they have taken
- These images have been put together to the song what a wonderful world
- As a class watch the video and listen to the words, seeing all the things our
class find beautiful in creation
This is a time for reflection and thanks for our beautiful world God has given us

Catering for Learner Diversity Evidence of Learning for Assessment and Reporting

Assistance from teachers and EA with fine motor aspects of Take photos of the children planting their seeds
planting the seed
FORMAL ASSESSMENT STRATEGY AND EXAMPLE:

Checklist assessment of ‘appreciating creation prayer’:

- Complete checklist to see if student could successfully write a prayer
- Attach this to their copy of the child’s prayer as an assessment piece to be put in their file

Key:
✓ could complete independently and correctly
~ needed some assistance to complete correctly
X needed lots of support to complete correctly

Students Who it Correct Grammar Finish Drawn a Comment

addresses terminology prayer picture
correctly related to
prayer
Ben
Stacey
Emma
APPENDIX – copies of resources used in lesson plans: Bible passages, worksheets, resource sheets, learning activities.

Appendix 1:

IN THE BEGINNING
KWL Book 1 Chapter 17
(based on Genesis 1:1-31)
YOU WILL NEED:
§ Posters: 1. Day and Night
2. Water in sky and on earth; Earth with plants
3.Sun, moon, stars
4.Sea creatures, birds
5. Living creatures; human beings
6. The whole of creation
7. Rest
§ Class Bible

Children are seated in a semi-circle ready to listen to the story. When the children are settled, go to the shelf and carry the materials as you
would the Bible. Place these beside you.
Place class Bible in front of you with your hand on it.
This story comes from our special book, the Bible.

Place Bible beside you.

Move your hand over the space in front of you as you say:
In the beginning there was darkness

Hold Poster 1 in front of you.

and God said, “Let there be light.” God made the day and the night.
God saw that it was good.
Place Poster 1 on the floor to your far right facing the children.
Hold Poster 2 in front of you.
Then God made the waters. There was water in the sky and water on the earth.
Next God made the earth and plants of every kind.
Place Poster 2 on the left of Poster 1.

Hold Poster 3 in front of you.

In the sky God placed the sun to give us day and the moon to give us night. God also made the stars of the night sky.
God saw that it was good.
Place Poster 3 on the left of Poster 2.
Hold Poster 4 in front of you.
In the waters God made sea creatures of every kind. In the sky he made birds to fly. God saw that it was good.
Place Poster 4 on the left of Poster 3.
Hold Poster 5 in front of you.
On the land God also made living creatures – animals that would walk and run and hop and crawl and creep. Then God made human beings like
you and me.
Place Poster 5 on the left of Poster 4.
Hold Poster 6 in front of you.
God looked at the whole of creation and saw that it was very good.
Place Poster 6 on the left of Poster 5.

Hold Poster 7 in front of you.

After all this work God rested. God gave us the gift of rest which we call the Sabbath.
Place Poster 7 on the left of Poster 6.

Point to and name each poster, or ask the children to tell you about the posters beginning with the first

Pause quietly for a moment, and then begin to wonder together.

Engage with ‘I wonder’, KWL p130.

I wonder ….why God made all these things…what here was before God made the world…which one of these gifts you like the best…why God
made us…how we can look after the world…if God would be happy with the way we look after the world today…how we can use our day of
rest

Carefully pack story materials into storage box and put on shelf. Ensure that children are watching so they know how to pack the materials away and where to find them.
Appendix 2:

Matthew 6:26 Consider the lilies in the field

This story is from a very special book called the bible and it reminds us of how We should just like Jesus show appreciation for the creation
God has given us

Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them.

Are not ye of much more value than they? 27

And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto [a]the measure of his life? 28

And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

While reading the scripture have the following out

- Class bible
- Green felt as grass
- Jesus figure
- Flowers
- Birds

Carefully pack story materials into storage box and put on shelf. Ensure that children are watching so they know how to pack the materials away and where to find them.
Appendix 3:

Dear _________________________________,

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Amen
Appendix 4:

Thank you God for your beautiful Creation

Written and illustrated by

Year 2 White
References

Baker, J. (1987). Where the Forest Meets the Sea, MacRae, Sydney.

Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Perth (W.A.).Director of Religious Education. (2004). Beautiful world, beautiful me (Draft ed.). Perth, W.A: The
Archdiocese.

Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia. (2009). Mandate of the Catholic Education Commission of
Western Australia 2009-2015. Retrieved from https://www.cewa.edu.au/publication/bishops-mandate-2009-2015/