YEAR 4 - SCOPE AND SEQUENCE – YEARLY OVERVIEW RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Year Level Description Achievement Standard

In Year 4, students develop their understanding of God’s Word in Scripture as they use the Bible’s referencing system to locate books,
people, places and things in the Bible and engage with a variety of books and text types in the Old Testament and New Testament. They
listen to, read, view and interpret Scriptural passages that express God as Father, as Son and as Holy Spirit, to learn about the Christian
belief that God, as Trinity, is relational in nature.
Students begin to appreciate the significance of community for Christians: of living in loving relationship with God, others and all of
creation. They develop their understanding of community through an exploration of different texts, including the Decalogue and the
writings of St Paul, and the experiences of different communities, including Jewish communities in first century Palestine, early Church
communities in Australia (c.1788 CE - c.1850 CE) and contemporary parishes and dioceses. They examine how free choices result in
actions that affect the individual and their community. They broaden their understanding of the significance of the Sacraments for
Church communities through an exploration of the Sacraments of Healing, including Anointing of the Sick and Penance. They examine
prayers of blessing, petition and intercession to facilitate an appreciation of the significance of these forms of prayer for Christian
communities.
TERM/UNIT 1 TERM/UNIT 2
Explain what it means to be part of a Connect ideas about living in community from
TOPIC/FOCUS/INQUIRY
community. the experiences of different communities.
How does our school community celebrate the
Easter story?
By the end of Year 4, students use the Bible’s referencing system to locate books, people, places and things in the Bible. They identify a
variety of books and text types in the Old Testament and New Testament and explain how a reader uses this knowledge to better
understand God’s Word. They recognise the Christian belief that God, as Trinity, is relational in nature by identifying and explaining
some Scriptural passages that express God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Students explain the significance of community for Christians. They connect ideas about living in community from different texts
(including the Decalogue and the wisdom of St Paul) and from the experiences of different communities (including Jewish communities
in first century Palestine, early Church communities in Australia (c.1788 CE - c.1850 CE) and contemporary Church communities). They
explain how free choices result in actions that affect the individual and their community. They describe practices and characteristics of
contemporary parishes and dioceses (including celebration of the Sacraments of Anointing of the Sick and Penance) and explain how
these are modelled on the mission and ministry of Jesus. They use an appropriate structure to create prayers of blessing, petition and
intercession, and demonstrate understanding of the significance of these forms of prayer for Christian communities. They participate
respectfully in a variety of prayer experiences, including meditative prayer and prayers of blessing, petition and intercession.
TERM/UNIT 3 TERM/UNIT 4
Practices and characteristics of contemporary How a believing reader uses knowledge of the
parishes and dioceses are modelled on the Bible to better understand God’s word.
mission and ministry of Jesus. The Christian belief that God, as Trinity, is
relational in nature.
How does our school community celebrate
Advent?

KEY LEARNING INTENTIONS

Students explain the significance
(Achievement Standard) of community for Christians.
Students connect ideas about
living in community from different
texts (including the Decalogue and
the wisdom of St Paul).
Students connect ideas about living in
community from experiences of different
communities (including Jewish
communities in first century Palestine,
early Church communities in Australia
(c.1788 CE - c.1850 CE) .
Students explain how free choices result Students use the Bible’s
in actions that affect the individual and referencing system to locate
their community. They describe practices books, people, places and things in
and characteristics of contemporary the Bible. They identify a variety of
parishes and dioceses (including books and text types in the Old
celebration of the Sacraments of Testament and New Testament
Anointing of the Sick and Penance) and and explain how a reader uses this
explain how these are modelled on the knowledge to better understand
mission and ministry of Jesus. God’s Word. They recognise the
They use an appropriate structure to Christian belief that God, as Trinity,
create prayers of blessing, petition and is relational in nature by identifying
intercession, and demonstrate and explaining some Scriptural
understanding of the significance of these passages that express God as
forms of prayer for Christian communities. Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

CORE CONTENT (Content

 BEHE4 – living in community  BEWR5 – First century Jewish  CLMJ5 – Stewardship of creation  STNT9 – textual features
Descriptors)  STCW5 – Paul’s advice on living in a worship  STNT11 – New Testament
community  CHCH3 – Early church in Australia  CLPS11 – prayers of petition and referencing
 CLMF8 – Decalogue  STNT10 – making meaning of the intercession  STOT7 – Books of the Old
 CLPS12 – Prayers of blessing and Parables  CLPS10 – Nurturing the spiritual Testament
adoration lives of believers  STOT08 – Bible referencing system
 CHLS5 – Sacraments of healing in the Old Testament
 CHLS6 – Penance  BETR6 – Trinity
 CLMF7 – understanding right and
wrong
 CHPG5 – Characteristics of Church
communities
YEAR 4 - SCOPE AND SEQUENCE – YEARLY OVERVIEW RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
MANDATED SCRIPTURE
 Lives among the believers – (Acts 2:
42-47; Acts 4: 32-37)
 Living in loving relationship with God,
others and all creation (Ten
Commandments – Exodus 20: 1-17;
Deuteronomy 5: 1-21)
EXPLICIT PRAYER
Meditative Prayer including praying with
Mandalas and praying with colour.
(Optional) Supplementary Scripture
St Paul's ideas about living in
community
Philippians 2:2-5, 14 Galatians 5:25-26,
6:9-10
Colossians 3:12-17, 20
RLOS  ICC – Covenant Unit
 ICE – Covenant Unit
 EFG – Holy Week/Covenant
 PWL – School Liturgy
 PWR – Daily Prayer
 SJS – Covenant/Mission Day
 SJA – Mission Day
 SJR – School Rules/Covenant
REFLECTIONS – EVALUATION - RECOMMENDATIONS for Adjustments
 Jesus’ healing ministry – Giving sight  Trinity – Jesus is baptized by John the
 Jewish community in the time of Jesus to a blind man in Jericho (Mark 10: 46- Baptist (Matthew 3: 13-17; Mark 9-11;
– The Good Samaritan (Luke 18: 25-37) 52; Luke 18: 35-43) Luke 3: 21-23)
 Prayers of blessing, petition and  Old Testament – Sacred myths (First
intercession – Psalm of praise (Psalm Creation Story Genesis 1: 1 – 2)
148)
Prayers of Blessing and Petition Prayers of Intercession. Litanies
Cleansing a Leper Father, Son and Holy Spirit
The Forgiving Father (Two Sons) Mark 1:40-45 2 Corinthians: 13:13
Luke 15:11-32 Luke 5:12-16 Acts 7:54-56
Luke 1:35
Man by pool of Bethesda John 14:26-28; 15:26
John 5:1-9 Matthew 28:18-19
Ten Lepers
Luke 17:11-18
Two blind men at Jericho
Matthew 20:29-34
 EFF – Prayer Experiences  PWL – School Liturgy  EFG – Class Mass
 PWL – School Liturgy  PWR – Daily Prayer  PWL – Class Mass
 PWR – Daily Prayer  SJR – School Rules/Covenant  PWR – Daily Prayer
 SJA – Student Protection Week  Fathers Day  SJA – Vinnie’s Appeal
 SJA – Vinnie’s Winter Appeal  Grandparents Day  SJR – School Rules/Covenant
 SJR – School Rules/Covenant
 Mothers Day