SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

RE LESSON PLAN
Pre-Primary/ Primary

LESSON ORGANISATION

Unit of work: Gift of Life Salvation topic: Baptism Human person Topic: Human Life

Year Level: Pre-Primary Students’ Prior Knowledge: (include faith

Key Understanding: situations/previous lessons/Units)
- C2 Jesus wants his followers to care for the gift of - Students have touched on the concept of
human life baptism in previous lessons.
- They have learnt about the understanding of the
Learning Point(s): religious meaning of significant experiences.
- C2.1 Names ways Christians can care for themselves - Children have also learnt about the differences
and others. and meaning of being alive.
- How to enjoy life and the way Jesus enjoyed life

Spiritual and Religious Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Prudence Justice Fortitude Temperance Faith Hope Charity
eg Right eg Right eg Inner eg Moderation eg Prayer eg eg Service
choices relationships strength Reconciliation
General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Ethical Personal and Intercultural
competence creative behaviour Social understanding
thinking competence

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:
• Name ways Christians can care for themselves and others.
• Express one thing that happens at a Baptism.

Teacher’s Prior Preparation/Organisation: Provision for students at educational risk:

(include Teacher Witness) - As an extension activity for children who
- Paper and coloured pens finish early they could draw, paint or
- Story Rose Meets Mr Wintergarten, Winnie the Pooh: demonstrate (photograph) their responses.
Learning Volume A class book or posters for different areas
- Assessment notes could be made.
- Puppet show materials ‘Sammy Learns to Care
LESSON DELIVERY attach worksheets, examples, marking keys, etc. as relevant
Resources/References
Time Motivation and Introduction:
Align these with the segment
- Students will make their way to the front of the class to sit on the
where they will be introduced.
mat in order to start the lesson.
- The teacher will call the students onto the mat depending on the
groups they are sitting in. One group at a time.
- Review the previous lesson (student’s prior knowledge of what
baptism is and what it means to them) by giving an example to the
class of the activity and showing students work.
- The children watch the puppet show ‘Sammy Learns to Care’, puppet show materials ‘Sammy
performed by the teacher and/or helpers or watch a video about Learns to Care
caring for others, such as Sharing and Kindness.
- Focus questions:
• What were some things Sammy (or the main character)
did, which did not care for his life?
• What were some things Sammy (or the main character)
did, which did not care for Jenny (or others)?
• Did Jenny use her gift of life to care?
• How did Jenny use her gift of life to care?
• How did Jenny help Sammy?
• How did Sammy feel when he started to care for his life
properly?
- Display the puppets in a prominent place and allow the children to
15mins use them throughout the day.

Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key Questions):

- The children share ideas about ways we can care for ourselves:
• keeping our hair, nails and bodies clean
• eating healthy food
• doing exercise
• keeping the class, school and other safety rules, etc.
- The children could choose and illustrate one of these ways. A
caption is written on each illustration, for example: ‘I try to wash Paper and coloured pens
my hands after playing.’
- Compile the illustrations into a class book. A suggested title could
be: ‘We Can Care for Ourselves’.
- This book could be added to throughout the day as the children
discover the many ways they can care for themselves and others
10Mins at school.

Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)

- Share the story Rose Meets Mr Wintergarten, Winnie the Pooh:
Story Rose Meets Mr
Learning Volume 2 Sharing and Caring or another suitable story
Wintergarten, Winnie the Pooh:
about caring for others.
- Talk about how Rose (or the main character) cared for others. Learning Volume
Brainstorm the ways we can care for others.
- The children choose one way they could care for someone. Invite
them to paint or collage a picture.
- Label each picture, for example: ‘I clean up my toys from around
the house.’ Display the pictures with a suitable title.

10mins Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)

- Once the teacher is happy and all the students have shown they
have achieved the objectives they can transition to the next
lesson.
 “I hope everyone enjoyed our religion lesson today learning about the
gift of life. We are going to all go back to our desks now for the next
activity. When I call your group would you please return to your
desk…(Call groups one by one)”

“How can we follow what Jesus did in the way we wait and move back
to our desks?”

- When all children are ready, praise them for their actions and
move onto the next lesson.

Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will they be assessed?)
- Anecdotal notes and observations will be used to assess the
Assessment notes
participation in the activity.
- Relating it to the Sacrament of Baptism.
- Also the children’s work sample/ their finished drawing