Gathered As One Year 3

LESSON PLAN

STEP C CHRISTIAN RESPONSE

Key Understanding Learning Point

C1: The Church (Gods family) includes people of C1.2 Identifies the wide range of people who belong
different ages, needs and countries. to Gods family.

Salvation Topic Aspect of the Human Person

The aspect of the human person developed and
explored through the salvation topic and key
understanding refers to the general idea of individual
growth through belonging. Belonging, in this sense,
refers to being part of the various communities
Church
including the family, school and parish. Through these
communities, people are able to draw closer to God
and work towards following the example established
by Jesus, particularly showing love to others through
their actions and words.
General Capabilities

Critical and Personal and

ICT Ethical Intercultural
Literacy Numeracy Creative Social
Competence Behaviour Understanding
Thinking Competence

Spiritual Capabilities Religious Capabilities

Prudence Justice Fortitude Temperance Faith Hope Charity

Catholic Teaching Focus for this lesson

Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely, I
am with you always, to the very end of the age. (Matt 28:19-20)
Members of Gods family are to be found in every nation of the world.
(CEOWA, n.d.a)
Prior Knowledge Catering for Learner Diversity
Students have an understanding of what it
means to belong to a community. Extension:
- Students who excel with this task may be
Students can recall the definition of the word
extended by creating an iMovie using their
community.
completed paper people chain.
Students have an understanding of four
Engagement:
examples of human communities.
- To ensure that all students can engage with
Students have an understanding of the this activity, students will be provided with a
communities which Jesus belonged to. paper chain template to use.
Students have an understanding of Jesus Special Considerations:
message about belonging to his Church.
 Students understand that God helps members - During the time on the mat, students
of his Church. requiring the use of a hockey stool may sit at
Students have attended mass in preparation their desks.
for the content to be covered in this lesson. - Students with learning challenges, including
(CEOWA, n.d.a) ADD, may be provided with a fidget toy in
order to assist with keeping them focused on
the task and whilst listening on the mat.
Integration with other Learning Areas Classroom Management Practices
English At the commencement of the lesson students
- ACELY1792 will be reminded of the teachers expectation
The Arts: Visual Arts of them during the lesson. This will involve
- ACAVAR113 asking students to Give me 5!.
- ACAVAM111 A bell will be used to gathered students
attention during the lesson.
(SCSA, 2014)
The teacher will offer praise for student
achievements and effort during the lesson.
The teacher will ensure that he/she is
prepared, with any links to websites or
references to the bible ready.

Lesson Objectives

As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:

1. Name a minimum of three different types of people present in the Church/ Gods family.
2. Design a minimum of three distinguishably different characters with a paper people chain.

Resources/
Timing Lesson Steps
References
Introduction:

1. The lesson will begin with students being seated on the mat.
2. The teacher will make a statement articulating that Jesus has called
8 minutes many different people into his Church.
3. The teacher will ask students to close their eyes and visualise their/ a
Church or parish congregation and the many different people that are
present.
4. The teacher will then split students into groups of four or five, with each
group being given a piece of A3 paper and a range of coloured A3 paper
markers. Students will then brainstorm examples of the different Coloured markers
people that they may have seen. Examples from students may include:
- Families
- Children
- Adults
- Babies
- Teenagers
- The elderly
- People of different weights and heights
- People of different nationalities
 - People of different skin colours
- People with disabilities
- Those who are sick
5. The teacher will then direct students attention back to the board and Whiteboard/
compile students findings on the whiteboard. whiteboard markers
Body:

6. The teacher will then read aloud the following scripture quote from the
classroom Bible:
Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and Classroom Bible
teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And
17 surely, I am with you always, to the very end of the age.
minutes (Matt 28:19-20)
7. The teacher will then reiterate that people of Gods family are found all
around the world and include many different people.
8. The teacher will then explain the activity to be completed by students Paper chain
which will involve decorating a paper people chain with each person template
reflecting an individual mentioned during the class and small group Pencil cases
brainstorms. Students will be provided with a template which they will Scissors
decorate and then cut around.
9. The completed paper people chains will later be displayed in the Heading (printed)
classroom under the heading We All Belong to Gods Family.
Conclusion:

10. Once students have completed their paper chains, they will bring them Music - Instrumental
down to the mat with them and sit in a circle. Background Music
5 minutes 11. Students will then engage in a reflection as some music plays for the Classroom
(Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkWC1ShvKck) (The ONeill
12. Whilst the song plays, students are to reflect upon the many people, Brothers Group,
including themselves, who belong to Gods family and the many 2014) loaded onto
things God does for each of them. Whilst reflecting, students will be the computer
encouraged to stand up and place their people in the centre of the
mat, forming a circle by connecting the hands of their paper people
chain. Once all paper chains have placed in the circle, the teacher will
conclude the lesson by saying the following prayer:

Dear Lord,

We thank you for the gift of belonging and calling us all to be part of
your family.
Today we have learnt that a wide range of people belong to this family,
and so we ask that you pray and watch over our brothers and sisters
around the world and in our communities.

We thank you for watching over us today and always.

Amen
Evidence of Learning for Assessment and Reporting
To assess whether the objectives of the lesson have been met anecdotal notes will be taken. To determine
whether students have understood the learning point of many different people belonging to Gods family, the
people of the paper chain should be distinguishably different. A checklist will be used to record whether students
have, have not or are working towards achieving the objectives based on the observations made.
References
Catholic Education Office of Western Australia. (n. d.a). Perth Archdiocesan Primary RE Units. Gathered as
one. Perth CEOWA.
School Curriculum and Standards Authority. (2014). Western Australian curriculum. Retrieved from
https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/teaching/curriculum-browser
The ONeill Brothers Group. (2014, August 23). Instrumental background music for the classroom [video file].
Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkWC1ShvKck