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Columba's
CIRCLE OF LIFE
Level 3
Unit Focus:
In this unit students will be given the opportunity to reflect on how Jesus is with them in times of sadness, loss and trouble. This is part of
our lives Students will explore experiences of death and new life in their lives. God is with us always and sends people to help us in times
of sadness, loss, and trouble. We also need to be there for others in their times of need.
Resources:
Parish Priest
Fox, M. (1984). Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge. Malvern, SA: Omnibus.
Weigelt, U. (2003). Bears last journey. New York: North South Books.
Allers, R. & Minkoff, R. (Producers). (2003).The lion king. [DVD]. USA: Walt Disney
Video.
Buscaglia, L. (1982). The fall of freddie the leaf: a story of life for all ages. Thorofare,
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for us.
4. When we use our gifts we are
serving the community and helping
to spread the Reign of God.
Prayer Liturgy:
VELS
Science: Life Cycles
Literacy: Reading, Viewing, Writing, Speaking and Listening.
Art: Creating and Making.
Personal Learning.
Thinking Processes.
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Focusing Activity:
Read the story Wilfred Gordon MacDonald Partridge and create a memory box of the story and discuss the significance of each of the
items mentioned in the story.
SHARED CHRISTIAN PRAXIS - Teaching and Learning Experiences.
Naming
Children use the Think,
Pair, Share strategy to list
different kinds of loss
families may experience
eg. separation of parents,
someone dying, someone
losing their memory,
someone going away for
a long time or leaving
home.
Investigate the life cycle
of an insect e.g. Butterfly.
Complete a compare and
contrast activity related to
the life-cycle of a human.
Reflecting Critically
In regular classroom
prayer time remember
those who have died
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RESPOND to the Word
Individually students write
words or sentences to
Explore ways in which
describe how Jesus might
people might cope or
have been feeling.
recover from loss. Draw
Combine students work to
on the characters in the
make a whole class word
book 'Bear's Last Journey' wall and discuss.
Children identify items
Lk 22:39 - 47 To
that they would put into
ENCOUNTER the Word their own memory boxes - After reading the text from
items that help them to
the Bible, students work
remember significant
in groups to create a
points during their lives.
comic strip of the
Watch the video 'The Fall
Of Freddy The Leaf: a
story of life for all ages".
Discuss.
Teacher create a memory
box to share with the
children and talk about
each item as they are
taken from the box. e.g. a
photo, a scarf, a letter, a
piece of jewellery.
Integrating
Responding
Lk 22:39 - 47 To
PREPARE TO HEAR
THE WORD
Students identify
language in the passage
that they do not
understand. Class
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