St Mary MacKillop Catholic Primary School, Birkdale

Year 6 Religion Scope and Sequence – 2017

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 God’s 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 Church’s 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.

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

What is leadership?
How is faith lived out in the lives of
believers?
Learning Byte – Just Leadership
How can we explain the actions of
the Holy Spirit in the lives of
believers?
Learning Byte – The Catholic Church
in the Land Down Under.
How is faith celebrated in the lives What evidence shows that Jesus
of believers? fulfils promises from the Old
Testament?
What evidence portrays Jesus’
relationship with God the Father?

Holy Week Advent

Key Learning Intentions: Key Learning Intentions: Key Learning Intentions: Key Learning Intentions:

Students identify and describe many
ways in which faith is lived out in the
lives of believers past and present,
including the wisdom of Australian
Catholic Christians. They explain the
significance of Jesus’ New Law for the
way believers live their faith and
examine the spiritual and corporal
works of mercy.
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. 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 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 Church’s
liturgical year and the celebration of
Eucharist. 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
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 God’s promises in the Old
Testament. They analyse the key
messages and contexts of some Old
Testament prophets. They demonstrate
an understanding of the term
‘communion of saints’.

Content Descriptors
 CLMF10
 CLMJ7
 STCW7
 BEHE6
RLOTS
 ICC – Covenant Unit
 ICE – Covenant Unit
 EFG – Holy Week/Covenant
 PWL – School Liturgy
 PWR – Daily Prayer
 SJS – Covenant/Mission Day
 SJA – Mission Day
 SJR – School Rules/Covenant
Prayer and Worship:
 Daily Prayer
 School Prayer Gatherings
 The Examen
Core Texts:
Matthew 5:17
Matthew 25: 31-46
Matthew 9: 18-26
Mark 5: 21-43
Luke 8: 40-49
Content Descriptors
 STNT 14
 CHCH5
RLOTS
 ICS – Prayer Unit
 EFF – Prayer Experiences
 PWP – Prayer Unit
 PWL – School Liturgy
 PWR – Daily Prayer
 SJA – Student Protection
Week
 SJA – Vinnie’s Winter Appeal
 SJR – School Rules/Covenant
Prayer and Worship:
 Daily Prayer
 School Prayer Gatherings
 The Lord’s Prayer
Core Texts:
2 Peter 1: 21
Romans 15: 20
1 John 5: 6-12
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.
Content Descriptors Content Descriptors
 BEWR7  STOT10
 CHLS8  STOT11
 CLPS17  STNT15
 CHLS9  BETR8
 CLPS16
 CHPG7
RLOTS RLOTS
 PWL – School Liturgy  EFG – Class Mass
 PWR – Daily Prayer  EFW – Church Unit
 SJR – School Rules/Covenant  PWL – Church Unit/Class
Mass
 PWR – Daily Prayer
 SJA – Vinnie’s Appeal
 SJR – School Rules/Covenant
Prayer and Worship: Prayer and Worship:
 Daily Prayer  Daily Prayer
 School Prayer Gatherings  School Prayer Gatherings
 Revision of previous prayers  Meditative practices including
journaling
Core Texts: Core Texts:
Leviticus 23: 1-44 1 Samuel 3: 1- 4:1a
1 Corinthians 11 23-26 John 1: 35-51
Ephesians 1:1 Matthew 16: 16-17
Ephesians 2: 19 Acts 17: 2-3
Ephesians 3: 1-21 Acts 1: 29-33, 36
Matthew 6:5-15
Luke 11: 1 -13
Supplementary Texts Supplementary Texts Supplementary Texts Supplementary Texts
Luke 6:20-36 The “I am” Statements in John
Matthew 5:1-12 John 6:35, 48-51
John 8:12
John 10: 1-10
John 10: 11-18