Authentic Planning
Authentic Planning
Topic: Advent
Year level: 6
Duration: 4 learning
episodes
Curriculum Links
Church
Liturgy and Sacraments
Religious Knowledge and Deep Understanding
The Churchs liturgical year is told through a framework of different seasons (Advent,
Christmas, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, Ordinary Time), revealing the story of salvation and
drawing inspiration from Jewish tradition.
Skills
Make connections between some key celebrations of the Churchs liturgical year and the
story of salvation.
Year Six Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 6, students analyse information from a variety of texts, including New Testament
texts and the wisdom of Australian Catholic Christians, to explain the action of the Holy Spirit in the
lives of believers. They select and use evidence from Scriptural texts to show how these texts describe
Jesus relationship with God the Father and with humanity, including the proclamation of Jesus as
fulfilling Gods promises in the Old Testament.
Students identify and describe many ways in which faith is lived out in the lives of believers past and
present, including Catholics in a developing Australian nation (c. 1900 CE to present). They analyse the
key messages and contexts of some Old Testament prophets. They explain the significance of Jesus New
Law for the way believers live their faith and examine the spiritual and corporal works of mercy. They
identify and describe many ways in which faith is celebrated in the lives of believers , past and present,
including the commemoration of High Holy Days by Jewish believers; the Churchs liturgical year and
the celebration of Eucharist. They demonstrate an understanding of the term communion of saints.
They explain the significance of personal and communal prayer, including the Our Father and The
Examen, and the use of spiritual exercises, including reflective prayer journaling and praying with the
icons of the saints, for the spiritual life of believers. They participate respectfully in a variety of these
personal and communal prayer experience and spiritual exercises.
Summative Assessment:
Why is Advent an important Liturgical Season In groups of three you are to create a
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Learning Episode 1
Formative Assessment
Asses formatively
Conferencing
Observations and making
annotations
Reflecting upon students
completed work
Using the KWHL chart
Reflect
Assessment as Learning
The teacher may wish to include students selfreflection in their portfolio. The process for
completing this assessment is as follows:
The Sandwich Strategy
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