SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

RE LESSON PLAN
Year Five

LESSON ORGANISATION
Unit of work: Salvation topic: Human person Topic:
Choosing to do good Jesus/Lent/Easter The ability to choose what is right
Year Level: 5 Students’ Prior Knowledge: (include faith situations/previous
lessons/Units)
Key Understanding:
C2 Christians celebrate Jesus Christ as This is the final lesson about the Stations of the Cross.
Saviour during Lent and Easter.
Students have previously completed 2 lessons about the
Stations of the Cross. They have a good understanding
Learning Point(s): about the events leading up to, during and after the
C2.2 Describes and represents the Traditional of crucifixion of Jesus.
Scriptural Stations of the Cross. This lesson is a consolidating lesson and students will be
able to recall knowledge about Jesus choosing to die for us
and our sins.
Students can use their Stations of the Cross window activity
that was completed in the previous lesson to assist with
each station when re-enacting.
Spiritual and Religious Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Prudence Justice Fortitude Temperance Faith Hope Charity
eg Right choices eg Right eg Inner strength eg Moderation eg Prayer eg Reconciliation eg Service
relationships
General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Personal and
Critical and Intercultural
ICT Ethical Social
Literacy Numeracy creative
competence
understanding
competence thinking behaviour

Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Asia and Australia’s engagement with Sustainability
histories and cultures Asia
Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action verb)
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
 Re-enact and film the Stations of the Cross using the iPads in small groups.
 Work collaboratively and communicate effectively in a small group.
 Write a thank you letter to Jesus for what he did for us during the Stations of the Cross.
Teacher’s Prior Preparation/Organisation: Provision for student diversity:
(include Teacher Witness) • Learning difficulty: All students with a learning
iPads difficulty are in appropriate PLC groups with
highly capable students. These students can
Candle and matches have a sentence starter for the thank you letter.

“Walking with Jesus to Calvary: Stations of the cross for • Physical disability: teacher can assist students in
children” by Angela M Burrin PLC groups to cater for student with physical
disability and offer suggestions for maximum
participation of all students.
A3 paper

Daily reflection journals

“Every move I make” song

LESSON DELIVERY attach worksheets, examples, marking keys, etc. as relevant
Resources/References
Time Motivation and Introduction:
10:50
Teacher asks all students to find somewhere sensible to sit on the mat
near the prayer table. Candle on prayer table

Teacher lights candle on prayer table and explains to students that

today’s lesson we will be looking at the stations of the cross and what
Jesus did for us.
Teacher asks key questions about the previous lesson on the stations of
the cross:
1. Can anybody remember what Jesus did for us and our sins?
- Jesus died on the cross for us and our sins.
2. Who ordered Jesus to be crucified and why?
- Pontius Pilate ordered Jesus to be crucified for blasphemy.
3. What special event happens around the time that Jesus died and rose
again?
- Easter/Lent

Teacher explains to students that we light the candle today to think about
Jesus and how he died on the cross for us and our sins as we read a “Walking with Jesus to
special book about the lead up to what we know as Easter. Calvary: Stations of the cross
for children” by Angela M
Burrin
Teacher reads “Walking with Jesus to Calvary: Stations of the cross for
children” by Angela M Burrin.

Teacher leads discussion about the Stations of the Cross and poses
wonder questions for students to consider:
I wonder how Jesus felt when he was condemned
I wonder what Pontius Pilate was thinking when he condemned Jesus
I wonder if Jesus was scared
I wonder if you would be scared
I wonder what Mary was thinking
I wonder what might life be like if Jesus did not die on the cross for us

Lesson Steps:
Teacher asks students to sit at a desk in their PLC groups and get 1 iPad
11:00
for the group.
iPads

In their PLC groups, students are to plan how they will re-enact and
present the stations of the cross. (They might take still images and put it
into a movie with words, they might act out each scene with a script etc..)
 Teacher explains that students need to re-enact the Stations of the Cross
and present it somehow using the iPads.
Teacher asks students how they think they should work as groups
(Effective communication, collaborative ideas).

Teacher asks 1 person from each group to get an A3 piece of paper and
A3 paper
put everyone’s names on it.

Students have 5-10 minutes to plan and open the appropriate

applications on their iPads.

Students can go outside, as long as they are within supervision area.

At 11:25, teacher gives all students a 5 minute warning to make sure they
have finished and they need to save their work and start packing away. 1
person from each group needs to bring iPad to teacher and Airdrop their
file.

Teacher gains all students attention and tells students we will be having a
viewing session in the next RE lesson.

Lesson Closure:

11:30 Teacher asks all students on the blue table to get their daily reflection
journals out, followed by the red/yellow/green tables.
Daily reflection journals
Teacher displays and explains the daily reflection:
Students are to write a thank you prayer/letter to Jesus for what he did
for us during the Stations of the Cross. “Every move I make”

https://www.youtube.com/watc
Teacher plays “Every move I make” in background for the daily reflection.
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Transition:
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Teacher asks students to leave their journals open to today’s work and
put their books in a neat pile on teacher desk when asked to.
11:35 Teacher calls out each faction for students to out books away and sit at
desks ready for the next lesson.

Assessment:
Teacher uses anecdotal notes to record if students can work
collaboratively and communicate effectively in their groups.
Teacher uses a checklist to assess students re-enactment and video of
the Stations of the Cross. Anecdotal notes
Teacher uses a checklist to assess students in their daily reflection
journals. Checklist