Compulsory Scripture
Unit Content 1:
Familiar Scripture passages from the Bible
Unit Content 2:
Exodus 3:1-12 Moses and the Burning Bush
Genesis 37:2-36, 39:1-46:34 Joseph the Dreamer
Unit Content 3:
Matthew 13:45-46 The Treasure and the Pearl
Matthew 13:31-32 The Mustard Seed
Matthew 13:33 The Yeast
Storytelling
Unit Content 2
Exodus 3:1-12 Moses and the Burning Bush
Unit Content 3
Matthew 13:45-46 The Precious Pearl
Matthew 13:31-32 The Mustard Seed
Church Documents
Catechism of the Catholic Church
76 – In keeping with the Lord’s command, the Gospel was handed on in two ways: orally “by the apostles who handed on, by the spoken word of their preaching, by the example they gave, by the institutions they established, what they themselves had received – whether from the lips of Christ, from his way of life and his works, or whether they had learned it at the prompting of the Holy Spirit”; in writing “by those apostles and other men associated with the apostles who, under the inspiration of the same Holy Spirit, committed the message of salvation to writing”.
81 – “Sacred Scripture is the speech of God as it is put down in writing under the breath of the Holy Spirit.”
“And [Holy] Tradition transmits in its entirety the Word of God which has been entrusted to the apostles by Christ the Lord and the Holy Spirit. It transmits it to the successors of the apostles so that, enlightened by the Spirit of truth, they may faithfully preserve, expound and spread it abroad by their preaching.”
82 – As a result the Church, to whom the transmission and interpretation of Revelation is entrusted, “does not derive her certainty about all revealed truths from the holy Scriptures alone. Both Scripture and Tradition must be accepted and honoured with equal sentiments of devotion and reverence.”
97 – “Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture make up a single sacred deposit of the Word of God” in which, as in a mirror, the pilgrim Church contemplates God, the source of all her riches.
104 – In Sacred Scripture, the Church constantly finds her nourishment and her strength, for she welcomes it not as a human word, “but as what it really is, the word of God”. “In the sacred books, the Father who is in heaven comes lovingly to meet his children, and talks with them.”
105 – God is the author of Sacred Scripture. “The divinely revealed realities, which are contained and presented in the text of Sacred Scripture, have been written down under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.”
“For Holy Mother Church, relying on the faith of the apostolic age, accepts as sacred and canonical the books of the Old and the New Testaments, whole and entire, with all their parts, on the grounds that, written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, they have God as their author, and have been handed on as such to the Church herself.”
109 – In Sacred Scripture, God speaks to man in a human way. To interpret Scripture correctly, the reader must be attentive to what the human authors truly wanted to affirm, and to what God wanted to reveal to us by their words.
129 – Christians therefore read the Old Testament in the light of Christ crucified and risen. Such typological reading discloses the inexhaustible content of the Old Testament; but it must not make us forget that the Old Testament retains its own intrinsic value as Revelation reaffirmed by our Lord himself. Besides, the New Testament has to be read in the light of the Old. Early Christian catechesis made constant use of the Old Testament. As an old saying put it, the New Testament lies hidden in the Old and the Old Testament is unveiled in the New.
134 – All Sacred Scripture is but one book, and this one book is Christ, “because all divine Scripture speaks of Christ, and all divine Scripture is fulfilled in Christ.” (Hugh of St. Victor, De arca Noe 2,8:PL 176,642: cf. ibid. 2,9 PL 176,642-643).
135 “The Sacred Scriptures contain the Word of God and, because they are inspired, they are truly the Word of God.”
136 – God is the author of Sacred Scripture because he inspired its human authors; he acts in them and by means of them. He thus gives assurance that their writings teach without error his saving truth.
137 – Interpretation of the inspired Scripture must be attentive above all to what God wants to reveal through the sacred authors for our salvation. What comes from the Spirit is not fully “understood except by the Spirit’s action.”
138 – The Church accepts and venerates as inspired the 46 books of the Old Testament and the 27 books of the New.
139 – The four Gospels occupy a central place because Christ Jesus is their centre.
140 – The unity of the two Testaments proceeds from the unity of God’s plan and his Revelation. The Old Testament prepares for the New and the New Testament fulfils the Old; the two shed light on each other; both are true Word of God.
141 – “The Church has always venerated the divine Scriptures as she venerated the Body of the Lord” : both nourish and govern the whole Christian life. “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”
543 – Everyone is called to enter the kingdom. First announced to the children of Israel, this messianic kingdom is intended to accept men of all nations. To enter it, one must first accept Jesus’ word: The word of the Lord is compared to a seed which is sown in a field; those who hear it with faith and are numbered among the little flock of Christ have truly received the kingdom. Then, by its own power, the seed sprouts and grows until the harvest.
544 – The kingdom belongs to the poor and lowly, which means those who have accepted it with humble hearts. Jesus is sent to “preach good news to the poor”; he declares them blessed, for “theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” To them – the “little ones” – the Father is pleased to reveal what remains hidden from the wise and the learned. Jesus shares the life of the poor, from the cradle to the cross; he experiences hunger, thirst and privation. Jesus identifies himself with the poor of every kind and makes active love toward them the condition for entering his kingdom.
546 – Jesus’ invitation to enter his kingdom comes in the form of parables, a characteristic feature of his teaching. Through his parables he invites people to the feast of the kingdom, but he also asks for a radical choice: to gain the kingdom, one must give everything. Words are not enough, deeds are required. The parables are like mirrors for man: will he be hard soil or good earth for the word? What use has he made of the talents he has received? Jesus and the presence of the kingdom in this world are secretly at the heart of the parables. One must enter the kingdom, that is, become a disciple of Christ, in order to “know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven”. For those who stay “outside”, everything remains enigmatic.
2799 – The Lord’s Prayer brings us into communion with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. At the same time it reveals us to ourselves (cf. GS 22 § 1).
2800 – Praying to our Father should develop in us the will to become like him and foster in us a humble and trusting heart.
KWL
Unit Content 1
KWL Book 1 Chapter 1 God’s Book, the Bible p4-13
Unit Content 2
KWL Book 1 Chapter 13 The Kingdom of God p96-101
KWL Big Book Moses, Moses and the Burning Bush p12-19
KWL Big Book Joseph the Dreamer
Unit Content 3
KWL Book 1 Chapter 16 Look Until You Find It p116-119
KWL Big Book, Parables of the Kingdom, The Mustard Seed p4
KWL Big Book Parables of the Kingdom, The Yeast p8
Our Father, KWL Book 1 p103
Prayer
Prayers of Tradition
The Our Father
General Capabilities
Australian Curriculum | |||
Cross Curriculum Priorities | The General Capabilities | ||
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures | Critical and creative thinking | |
Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia | Ethical understanding | ||
Sustainability | Information and communication technology capability | ||
Other important learning identified by the NSW Educational Standards Authority (NESA): | Intercultural understanding | ||
Civics and citizenship | Literacy | ||
Difference and diversity |
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Work and enterprise | Personal and social capability |