PLAN

Authentic Planning & Assessment Format

Topic: Christmas

Year
level: 6

Duration:

Curriculum Links

By the end of Year 6, students analyse information from a variety of texts,

including New Testament texts and the wisdom of Australian Catholic
Christians, to explain the action of the Holy Spirit in the lives of believers.
They select and use evidence from Scriptural texts to show how these texts
describe Jesus relationship with God the Father and with humanity,
including the proclamation of Jesus as fulfilling Gods promises in the Old
Testament.
Students identify and describe many ways in which faith is lived out in the
lives of believers past and present, including Catholics in a developing
Australian nation (c. 1900 CE to present). They analyse the key messages
and contexts of some Old Testament prophets. They explain the significance
of Jesus New Law for the way believers live their faith and examine the
spiritual and corporal works of mercy. They identify and describe many
ways in which faith is celebrated in the lives of believers, past and
present, including the commemoration of High Holy Days by Jewish
believers; the Churchs liturgical year and the celebration of
Eucharist. They demonstrate an understanding of the term communion of
saints. They explain the significance of personal and communal prayer,
including the Our Father and The Examen, and the use of spiritual exercises,
including reflective prayer journaling and praying with the icons of the
saints, for the spiritual life of believers. They participate respectfully in a
variety of these personal and communal prayer experience and spiritual
exercises. (Year 6 Achievement Standard).
Year 6 Content Description
Church
Liturgy and Sacraments
Religious Knowledge and Deep Understanding

The Churchs liturgical year is told through a framework of different seasons

(Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, Ordinary Time), revealing the
story of salvation and drawing inspiration from Jewish tradition. (CHLS9).

In liturgical celebrations, forms of sacred art (including music, visual

arts, drama, dance, media) are used to inspire believers to prayer and
a deeper understanding of the mystery of God. In liturgical
celebrations, believers are encouraged to actively participate through
action (e.g. sign of peace, Genuflecting, sign of the cross), word (e.g.
acclamations, responses, singing), posture (e.g. kneeling, bowing) and
observing a reverent silence at appropriate times. (CHLS9).

Students will be assisted to:

Investigate the background of Christmas
Identify and describe ways in which faith is celebrated in the lives of
believers (past and present).
Identify ways in which believers actively participate in liturgical celebrations
(Christmas) and interpret the meaning of these for believers. Students
interview a member in the community and find out how they celebrate
Christmas.

Fertile Question:

SCAFFOLDSUPPORT
SCAFFOLD
&
SUPPORT &

DECLARE

Students in groups need to form and

prepare the following argument and
present to peers/teacher.
The Holy Family Jesus, Mary and
Joseph are a model of family life for all
Christians.

Learning Episode 1
Introduce topic/unit and outline
Rich/Authentic Task;
Liturgical season: Christmas
Students prepare for research task find
someone in the local community to
interview on how they celebrate
Christmas
Guide their decision-making and provide
alternative suggestions

Summative Assessment
Students present a summary slide
to the class describing and
identifying how Christmas is
celebrated (past and present).

Formative Assessment
Students choose someone from the
local community to interview and
find out how they celebrate
Christmas and how they participate
in the liturgical season. They record
their information and fill out a:
Student Reflection Interview Sheet

Learning Episode 2
Formative Assessment
(i) Investigate specific details of Christmas In Assessment for
pairs students are to pose their own
Peer Assessment verifying and
inquiry-based questions. Including:
checking details
Who
Students pair up with another pair
What
to edit and check their work.
Where
When
Why
How
Learning Episode
Formative Assessment
Quiz
Direct-explicit teaching styles
Teacher will seek and interpret
Model and scaffold learning in
evidence for use by learners to help
conference with students
decide where the learners are in
Observational techniques during
their learning in relation to the
lessons
liturgical season, Christmas.
Monitoring students as the complete
tasks

REFLECT

Guide students to use metacognitive

reflection:
Show me your work what did you
think you worked well in?
What could I improve on?
Was I always engaged?
Did I contribute fairly to group tasks?