PLAN

Authentic Planning & Assessment Format

Topic: Liturgical Season of Lent

Year level:
Year 6

Duration: 2
Weeks

Curriculum Links (New RE Curriculum)

Year 6 Level Description

The Religion Curriculum P-12 involves four strands: Sacred Texts, Beliefs, Church and Christian Life.
These strands are interrelated and are taught in an integrated way, and in ways that are appropriate
to specific local contexts.
In Year 6, students are introduced to the Christian understanding of faith and the term communion of
saints. They develop their understanding of the many ways in which faith is lived out and celebrated
in the lives of believers past and present. They learn about the contexts and key messages of
some Old Testament prophets and the contribution of some key people (laity, religious and clergy) to
the shaping of the Church in Australia (c. 1900 CE to present). They understand the significance of
Jesus New Law for the way believers live their faith, including an exploration of the spiritual
and corporal works of mercy. They develop their understanding of the role of celebrations in the faith
life of believers, including the commemoration of High Holy Days by Jewish believers and the Churchs
liturgical celebrations (including the Eucharist). They develop their understanding of prayer in the
Christian tradition through an exploration of the Our Father, The Examen, and meditative prayer
practices including prayer journaling.
They are introduced to the Church teaching that the Holy Spirit guided the formation of the New
Testament. Using a range of Biblical tools, they engage with a variety of Scriptural texts that describe
Jesus relationship with God the Father and with humanity and proclaim Jesus as fulfilling all of Gods
promises in the Old Testament.

Year 6 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.

Students will be assisted to:

Explore the liturgical season of Lent, its background, and the three
traditional Catholic practices (prayer, fasting and almsgiving)
Examine the objects, actions and particular events during the time of Lent
and their significance to the three traditional practices

Fertile Question:
What is the relationship between the objects,
actions and events of Lent and the three
tradition practices (prayer, fasting and
almsgiving)?

Summative Assessment:
In small groups (2-3 people),
create a short (3-4 minute)
creative piece to present to the
class on your selected

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traditional practice. This could

be in the form of a song, dance,
art piece, drama skit, etc.
Learning Episode 1
Formative Assessment
Discuss with students their understanding Observe how students participate
of the different liturgy seasons throughout
in class discussion (Are they
the Catholic year
actively engaged?) and their
answers to introductory
Highlight Lent and discuss what we already
questions
know about Lent (How long is Lent? What
Learning Episode 2
Class discussion on findings from research
(Is there any common themes that kept
coming up in our research of Lent? Did we
find any three traditional practice?)
Based on how well students worked
together in groups, place students in
groups either chosen by themselves or
based around which traditional practice
they would like to research further
Once students are in groups, discuss the

Formative Assessment (Assessment as LearningStudents make decisions for

their own learning)
Observe how students participate
in class discussion (Are they
actively engaged?) and their
answers to introductory
questions
Observe how students place

Learning Episode 3
Students use this lesson to research their
traditional Lent practices and the objects,
actions and events associated with it.
Encourage the use of both books and
webpages (from a pre-selected and
approved list of websites by the teacher
this ensures sources are relevant, easy for
students to understand, and ageappropriate) (*This may be stretched to 2
lessons depending on time*)
At the end of the lesson/s, students must
give teacher a brief plan for their creative
piece and what materials they need for it

Formative Assessment (Assessment for Learning

Teacher observes childrens
collaborative working in
groups and provides
assistance and feedback when
necessary)
Examine students ability to
work in groups to research
collaboratively
Examine students ability to
plan for a creative piece

Learning Episode 4
Students use this lesson to create their
short creative piece

Formative Assessment
Examine students ability to
work in groups to research
collaboratively
Examine students ability to
plan for a creative piece

Learning Episode 5
Students use this lesson to present to the
class their creative piece on their selected
traditional practice

Summative Assessment
(Assessment of Learning)
Teacher follows rubric to assess;
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students learning and

understanding on the
overall task
students understanding of
the selected traditional
practice of Lent and the
associated objects, actions

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Learning Episode 5 (continued)/6

Formative Assessment
This reflective activity may be done at the
This will shown if the students
end of the creative presentations or as a
were paying attention in the
short follow up activity
other groups presentations
Students will participate in a rotation
Give an overall understanding
activity with each group having their own
of each topic
colour pen
Allow students to reflect on
There will be three stations and each
learning
station will be one of the different
traditional practices of Lent (prayer, fasting
and almsgiving). Each presentation group
will go to the other two traditional practices
(so group that did fasting will go only to
prayer and almsgiving). The groups must
respond to questions What are symbols
associated with prayer in Lent? and write
key words/idea they learnt from the other
presentations (This will also show how well