P6 - Beginning of the School Year
These exemplar narratives follow the core learning chosen by the Holy Cross cluster group/working group and contained in the diocesan planning exemplars:
P6 Beginning of Year short version (click to open)
P6 Beginning of Year long version (click to open)
Click to see a powerpoint about the making and spirituality of icons, in this case an icon of St Ninian, written as part of a Farmington fellowship
Exemplar narrative 1:
Cardinal Newman Cluster meeting P6 group
2.14a
Personal Prayer:
- Prayers can be inspired by Gospel of Matthew and various Icons or art stimulus.
-Write own personal Prayer
-Class prayer /establish class altar with liturgical colours
- time to pray together
- writting themes e.g. recounts from Gospel of St. Matthew
-Analyse traditional prayers and annotate
-First Friday Mass /class Mass
2.11a
- Parts of the Bible
-How to reference - book, chapter, verse
2.12a
- Area set aside within the class - prominence of the Bible (altar)
-Model holding/reading/listening to the Word of God
2.05a
- Bible stories to show human and divine side of Jesus
Write - Produce own prayer including ambitions for their year
- Write recount on Gospel of St Matthew
- Write bidding prayers for Mass
- Recounting stories and themes from the Gospel
- Poems; write own poems to go qith Bible stories.
Say - Say prayer
- Recount orally in own words
- Read bible passages
- Recounting stories and themes from the Gospel
- Partner discussions about prayer within life.
Make - Make icon to pray to
- Make class altar
- Make prayer book - personal/class/traditional
- Make front covers for Bible stories
- Junk modelling from scene from Bible
- Make up a song or a rap.
Do - Group presentation
- Solo talk
- Role play
- Participate in class mass
- Locating Bible references
- Demonstrate an understanding that the Bible is a sacred book
- Use drama to convey Bible story
- Meditation.
Exemplar narrative 2:
St. Mary's, Caldercruix
Prayers to be revised:
-Morning/Night Prayers
-Our Father/Hail Mary
-Grace before and after meals
Prayers to be taught:
-Act of sorrow
-Use the Icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help as focus for communal prayer.
-Set up Bible stand in classroom and introduce the children to the liturgical colours.
-Locate Baptism of Jesus, Peter's confession and the Transfiguration using chapter and verse scriptural reference in Matthew's Gospel.
-First Friday Mass
-Mass 8/9 September - Our Lady's Birthday.
Assesssment Ideas:
Write: Writing personal prayers.
Write a list for the other names given to Jesus.
Say: Being able to say daily prayers and some important prayers that
they say in Mass.
Make: A guide to meditation.
Make a fact list/poster about the Bible.
Make a collection of favourite Bible stories.
Illuminated Bible pages.
Do: Cooperative task using A1 paper split down the middle - show that Jesus
is Divine and Human. Repeat at end of block to show what has been learned.
Daily meditation.
(Seperate note stating - Literacy - "Can locate scriptural references) .
