“Love righteousness, you who judge the earth; think of the Lord in goodness, and seek him in integrity of the heart.” Wisdom 1:1
Rationale: aims and purpose of the unit
This unit introduces Lent as a time when we get ready for Easter and introduces, through the example and teaching of Jesus, different ways of getting ready. Children should be enabled to explore and visualise the stories.
In the multi-faith element the Jewish religion is introduced.
Prior Learning in RE
- Know that there are special times in the life of the Church.
Other Skills and Knowledge Required
- Thinking skills, including similar/different diagrams, fortune lines.
- Role-play.
- Looking at and discussing pictures.
Vocabulary
- Lent – prepare
- Easter
- Jewish people
Explanation of the Theology
In the liturgical year the Church celebrates the whole mystery of Christ from his Incarnation to his return in glory.
Cf Paragraph 242 Compendium: Catechism of the Catholic Church.
We can share in the joy of Easter if we live like Jesus.
Rationale: aims and purpose of the unit
This unit starts to explore the basic meaning of Lent and links it to the life and teachings of Jesus. Opportunities are provided to help pupils understand how they can get ready for Easter by changing.
The Sabbath day is explored in the multi-faith element.
Prior Learning in RE
- Know that Lent is a time when we get ready for Easter by following Jesus more closely.
Other Skills and Knowledge Required
- Hot-seating
- Thinking skills, including priorities grids.
- Role-play
Vocabulary
- Zacchaeus
- Lent
- Ash Wednesday – Ashes
- Forgiveness
- Sabbath
Explanation of the Theology
Forgiveness and penance can be expressed in many and various ways, but above all in fasting, prayer and almsgiving. These and other forms of penance can be practiced in the daily life of the Christian, particularly during the time of Lent.
Cf Paragraph 301 Compendium: Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Lent is preparation for Easter and a time when we grow to be like Jesus.
Rationale: aims and purpose of the unit
This unit reinforces the understanding of Lent as being preparation for Easter, commencing with Ash Wednesday and being a time of seeking forgiveness and doing penance. The parables of the lost sheep and the unforgiving servant reinforce this teaching. The words of the Our Father help us to consider both the importance of prayer and the relationship between Jesus and the Father.
The multi-faith element looks at the importance of the Torah to the Jewish faith.
Prior Learning in RE
- Know that Lent is preparation for Easter.
Other Skills and Knowledge Required
- Thinking skills, including affinity diagrams, similar/different diagrams, timelines, mind-maps.
- Adverts, posters.
- Using a dictionary.
- Drawing.
Vocabulary
- Lent – 40 days
- Liturgical colours
- Forgiveness
- Trespassers
- Our Father
- Parable
- Palms
- Ashes – Ash Wednesday
- Sacrament of Penance
- Torah – Jewish
Explanation of the Theology
Forgiveness and penance can be expressed in many and various ways, but above all in fasting, prayer and almsgiving. These and other forms of penance can be practiced in the daily life of the Christian, particularly during the time of Lent.
Lent is preparation for Easter and a time when we grow to be like Jesus.
Rationale: aims and purpose of the unit
This unit further explores Lent as a time when we prepare for Easter. It enables pupils to explore how this preparation involves change.
The multi-faith element explores the importance of prayer in the Jewish faith.
Prior Learning in RE
- Knowledge of Lent as preparation for Easter.
Other Skills and Knowledge Required
- Thinking skills, including fishbone diagrams.
- Writing acrostic poems.
- Making collages and stained glass windows.
- Knowledge of CAFOD.
- Hot-seating and freeze-frame.
- Diary writing.
- Letter writing.
Vocabulary
- Forgiveness
- Miracle
- Healing
- Jewish
- CAFOD
- Contrition
- Ashes
- Symbols
- Lent
- Repentance
- Canticle
- Sacrament of Reconciliation
- Rite of Baptism
- Saints
- Penitential Rite
- Values of truth and justice etc
- St Francis of Assisi
- Prophet
- Muhammed
Explanation of the Theology
Forgiveness and penance can be expressed in many and various ways, but above all in fasting, prayer and almsgiving. These and other forms of penance can be practiced in the daily life of the Christian, particularly during the time of Lent.
Cf Paragraph 301 Compendium: Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Lent is preparation for Easter and a time when we grow to be like Jesus.
Rationale: aims and purpose of the unit
In this unit the previous understanding of forgiveness and penance is built upon, with a focus on the Temptation of Jesus. Pupils are invited to express what they learn from his example. Pupils should be enabled to develop and explore how prayer, fasting, almsgiving and living out the Beatitudes help us prepare for Easter.
In the multi-faith element, pupils examine Yom Kippur.
Prior Learning in RE
- To prepare for Easter we need to change and be like Jesus, through prayer and saying sorry.
Other Skills and Knowledge Required
- Fishbone diagram.
- Guided meditation.
- Drawing diagrams.
- Character portraits.
- Newspaper reports.
- ICT skills.
Vocabulary
Pharisee Almsgiving
Publican Prayer
Beatitudes Yom Kippur
Temptation Atonement
Fasting Tax collector
Desert / wilderness Self-denial
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Explanation of the Theology
The Temptations of Jesus in the desert recapitulate the temptation of Adam in Paradise and the temptations of Israel in the desert . . . Christ, the new Adam, resists temptation and his victory proclaims that of his passion, which is the supreme obedience of his love for his Father. The Church unites herself to this mystery in a special way in the liturgical season of Lent.
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The Beatitudes are at the heart of Jesus’ preaching and they take up and fulfil the promises that God made, starting with Abraham. They depict the very countenance of Jesus and they characterise authentic Christian life.
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The best preparation for Easter is obedience to God the Father and living an authentic Christian life.
Rationale: aims and purpose of the unit
This unit revises and builds on the work done in year 4 on Lent. Understanding of the Temptation of Jesus and the symbolism of Lent is revised. Ways in which we prepare for Easter in Lent are explored at a deeper level. Preparation for Easter involves becoming more like Jesus. St Paul provides a quick guide for how this can be achieved.
The multi-faith element explores Jewish understanding of repentance.
Prior Learning in RE
- Knowledge of the story of the Temptation of Jesus.
- Exploration of the meaning of the Temptation of Jesus.
Other Skills and Knowledge Required
- Thinking skills, including continuum lines, Gantt diagrams.
- Creating job descriptions.
- Writing a diary.
- Making models.
Vocabulary
- Repent
- Man does not live on bread alone
- Symbolism of Lent
- St Paul
- Colossians
- Ephesians
- Corinthians
Explanation of the Theology
St Paul details for us what it takes to be like Jesus and so prepare for Easter. ‘The faith one is asked to put in Jesus Christ is not a mere intellectual assent to the proposition that “Jesus is Lord”. It is a vital personal commitment, engaging the whole person to Christ in all his or her relations with God, other human beings and the world.’
Cf New Jerome Biblical Commentary (p.1407)
The teachings of the apostles help us to understand how to become like Jesus and so prepare for Easter.
Rationale: aims and purpose of the unit
The means by which we prepare for Easter are explored in depth through the teachings of Jesus in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus and the account of the Samaritan woman at the well. It allows for understanding of who Jesus is and whom he calls us to be. The Beatitudes are revised as fulfilment of God’s promise.
Moses’ importance to the Jewish faith is expressed in the multi-faith element.
Prior Learning in RE
- Lent as preparation for Easter.
- Knowledge of the Beatitudes.
- Knowledge of Samaritans.
Other Skills and Knowledge Required
- Thinking skills, including priorities grid, force field analysis, similar/different diagrams, affinity diagrams, concept maps, SWOT analysis.
- Knowledge of CAFOD.
- Parables and their meaning.
Vocabulary
- Revelation
- Assumption
- Annunciation
- Immaculate Conception
- Holy Souls
- Eternal life
- Heaven
Explanation of the Theology
The Beatitudes are at the very heart of Jesus’ preaching and they take up and fulfil the promises that God made, starting with Abraham.
Cf Paragraph 360 Compendium: Catechism of the Catholic Church.
The importance of the Sacrament of Baptism is highlighted during Lent as ‘Baptism is necessary for salvation for all those to whom the Gospel has been proclaimed’. Lent is preparation for Easter.
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