PLANNING OVERVIEW – TERM 1

Year Level Unit Title Salvation Topic Aspect of Human Development

3 Loving Like Jesus Jesus Using our bodies to communicate

with others

Overview – explanation of the content of the unit and how it explores the Salvation Topic and development of the Human Person

RE: NEXT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION UNIT TO BE STUDIED IN YEAR THREE

The human body was created so that human beings can express the goodness created in them
by God.
The unit begins with wondering at how we experience our life as bodily beings (somebodies).
This leads people to wonder at God who created our bodies for a purpose. As people discover
more about their bodies they discover that God wants to relate with them.
The unit then explores ways in which Jesus, in coming to help people, showed them how to
relate with God. The unit then introduces to the children how friends of Jesus celebrate who
he is, especially during the time of Lent/Easter.
Finally, the unit explores ways in which members of God’s family are called to show love
through their bodies.

Key Understandings and Learning Points

A Wondering at the Creator who created our
bodies
A1 Wondering at our bodies that enable us to
relate
A1.1 Names ways people use their bodies to
communicate with others.
A1.2 Identifies ways people with disabilities
communicate with others.
A2 Wondering at God who created our bodies
for a purpose
A2.1 Expresses wonder at God who created bodies
for a purpose.
B The Promise of Christian Salvation
B1 Jesus showed how to relate with God
B1.1 States ways in which Jesus used his body to
communicate with God.
B1.2 Demonstrates ways in which Jesus used his
body to communicate with others.
B2 Jesus came to help people to relate
B2.1 Records ways in which people would act if
they used their bodies to
communicate as Jesus did.
C Christian Response
C1 Friends of Jesus celebrate who he is
C1.1 Retells learned stories about people
discovering that Jesus is someone special.
C1.2 States ways in which Jesus is human like us.
C1.3 States ways in which Jesus showed himself to
be divine.
C1.4 Illustrates and explains why friends of Jesus
celebrate the Holy Thursday ritual,
‘Washing of Feet’.
C1.5 Describes ways friends of Jesus can carry out
actions of prayer, self-denial and
helping others during Lent.
A3 Attribute: God wants to relate with us C2 Jesus came to help people change
A3.1 Composes an artwork celebrating God who C2.1 States ways in which Jesus helped people to
wants to communicate with them. change.
C3 Jesus calls people to show love through their
bodies
C3.1 States ways in which Jesus calls people to use
their bodies to show love for
others.
C3.2 Describes how people use their bodies to
show love for God.
C3.3 Develops an awareness that people do wrong
when they use their bodies to
harm or hurt others.
C4 Continuing to wonder at our bodies and
relating with God and others as
Jesus taught
C4.1 Reviews and expresses the main ideas of the
unit.

Links to General Capabilities

Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Ethical behaviour Personal Intercultural
Creative Thinking Competency Understanding
Create a post card Linking scripture Using the iPad
Creative writing: stories to maths Smart board Godly play Working in groups Working In this unit we are
change a scripture problems. (cross PowerPoint Emotions Role play Collaborative work individually learning how we
story curricular links) Popplet Collage Learning to help Working in groups show love and
Word wall YouTube T-chart others when in Working in Pairs communicate with
Create a letter KAHOOT quiz Create a song- need- Gifted Classroom others. We can learn
Brainstorm About how students students will help participation in how people from
Create a pamphlet communicate with students who discussions. different cultures
Children’s others. Students can usually struggle and backgrounds
Literature: perform this song. when working in communicate. What
Wilfred Gordon Creative Writing: pairs, and when EA is similar? What is
McDonald Partridge Changing a is not available different?
Stella Luna scripture story. We can them relate
Writing from this to how Jesus
different points of shows us how to
Link- how do the view- e.g. post card communicate with
characters in these activity. others using our
books show love? bodies.
Character profile on
Jesus

Links to Spiritual Capabilities Links to Religious Capabilities

Prudence Justice Fortitude Temperance Faith Hope Charity

In this unit of work, This unit explores In this unit we This unit explores By exploring Jesus Learning about In this unit the
we will use both How Jesus shows explore how we can how we use our and how he showed Jesus and his love students learn how
wonder questions us love. use our bodies for bodies to us love. We delve for us gives us hope Jesus used his body
and wonder songs. We can explore the good. This unit communicate with into the Religious and teaches us to be to love and heal
This will be done capability of Justice explores how we others. We can capability of Faith, more like him. This others. They learn
after Godly Play by asking these use our bodies for learn different As Jesus shows us unit of work teaches how to use their
and scripture stories questions: good. It also points prayers and how to show love students to realise bodies to do the
These enable How does Jesus out how we can use mediate with for God. ad acknowledge same.
students to be show us how to our bodies for bad. students to teach how they can be Learning to help
interested and love? This is related to the them the capability For example: more like Jesus by others and be more
wonder about Jesus. What does he do to spiritual capability of temperance. learning about how charitable.
show us love? of fortitude which C.3.2: Describes he showed us love.
For example: How can we be teaches us to yearn For example: how people use their For example:
more like Jesus? and become good. Prayer for a friend bodies to show love For example:
A.2.1: Expresses This can be for God. Read and explore
wonder at God who explored by For example: Create Pamphlets C.3.1: States ways scriptures:
created bodies for a reviewing scripture that have different in which Jesus calls
purpose. stories that describe C.3.3: Develops parts of the body people to use their 1. Luke
Students create how Jesus shows an awareness that and describe how bodies to show love 22:41
WONDER songs love. people do wrong they can be used to for 2. John
(in groups) about when they use their show love for God. others. 7:1-14
how people use For example: bodies to Brainstorm ways 3. Mark
their bodies to harm or hurt others. Jesus calls people to 14:12-16
communicate with C.2.1: States ways Scenario Response: use their bodies to 4. Luke
others. (e.g.: I use in which Jesus Reflect on how show love for 22:19-20
my hands to hug, I people use their others.
wonder why God helped people to bodies to hurt Cinquain Poem:
gave me arms? So, I change. others and do Students will
can hug and hold?) Read Mark 2:1-11 wrong. choose one part of
and Mark 2:15-17. Give each student a their body and write
Write Post Card scenario where a poem about how
from point of view someone is using people use this part
of character their body to do of their body to
explaining how wrong and get them express love. (e.g.
Jesus helped them to write about how hand: gentle,
change. they could respond supportive, blessing
differently.
Also shown in
scriptures:

1. Luke 22:41
2. John 7:1-14
3. Mark 14:12-
16
4. Luke 22:19-
20