Church is the community of Jesus’ disciples, united in and through the Word of God as expressed in Scripture and the living Tradition (link to Scripture and Jesus). The Word of God continues to be encountered, celebrated and lived out in the Church. The mission of the Church is to build up the common life of believers and to reach out in dialogue and shared action for the common good (link to God, Religion and Life). Each generation of the Church discerns the message of the Word of God for the contemporary context (link to Morality and Justice). This content area grapples with the questions, ‘Where do I belong? How can I make a difference?’
" We, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another.."
Romans 12:5
STRAND B UNITS
B3 - Pentecost
Outcomes
Value: appreciates how Christian communities are strengthened by the Holy Spirit to continue the mission of Jesus.
Knowledge: describes how the Ascension and Pentecost fulfil Jesus’ promise of the coming of the Holy Spirit.
Skills: names and describes the mystery of the Trinity.
Value: appreciates how Christian communities are strengthened by the Holy Spirit to continue the mission of Jesus.
Knowledge: describes how the Ascension and Pentecost fulfil Jesus’ promise of the coming of the Holy Spirit.
Skills: names and describes the mystery of the Trinity.
B3 - Pentecost
View UnitB4 - Mary, Mother of God
Outcomes
Value: appreciates how they can listen and respond to God in their lives.
Knowledge: identifies how Mary, the Mother of God, listened and responded to God in her life.
Skills: describes how the Church honours Mary, the Mother of God.
Value: appreciates how they can listen and respond to God in their lives.
Knowledge: identifies how Mary, the Mother of God, listened and responded to God in her life.
Skills: describes how the Church honours Mary, the Mother of God.
B4 - Mary, Mother of God
View UnitB5 - The Story of The Catholic Church in Australia
Outcomes
Value: appreciates that Catholics faced many challenges in establishing the Catholic Church in Australia.
Knowledge: recounts and describes the story of the Catholic Church in Australia.
Skills: uses a range of sources to investigate and communicate the contribution of key people and significant events that shaped the Catholic Church in Australia.
Value: appreciates that Catholics faced many challenges in establishing the Catholic Church in Australia.
Knowledge: recounts and describes the story of the Catholic Church in Australia.
Skills: uses a range of sources to investigate and communicate the contribution of key people and significant events that shaped the Catholic Church in Australia.
B5 - The Story of The Catholic Church in Australia
View UnitB6 - Mary, Woman of Faith
Outcomes
Value: appreciates the qualities of Mary that make her a faithful disciple.
Knowledge: describes some of the key Church teachings and beliefs about Mary.
Skills: demonstrates an understanding of how the Church honours Mary
Value: appreciates the qualities of Mary that make her a faithful disciple.
Knowledge: describes some of the key Church teachings and beliefs about Mary.
Skills: demonstrates an understanding of how the Church honours Mary
B6 - Mary, Woman of Faith
View UnitB7 - What it means to be Catholic
Outcomes
Value: appreciates the place of the Catholic school community in the wider Church.
Knowledge: articulates an understanding of the core beliefs of the Catholic Tradition.
Skills: investigates and identifies the key characteristics of Catholic communities.
Value: appreciates the place of the Catholic school community in the wider Church.
Knowledge: articulates an understanding of the core beliefs of the Catholic Tradition.
Skills: investigates and identifies the key characteristics of Catholic communities.
B7 - What it means to be Catholic
View UnitB8 - Disciples, Martyrs and Witnesses to the Faith
Outcomes
Value:appreciates the ‘timeless’ nature of the Church and some of the enduring challenges which face Christians.
Knowledge: describes the key characteristics of life in the early Christian communities.
Skills: uses a range of sources to investigate the significance of key people and events in the early Church.
Value:appreciates the ‘timeless’ nature of the Church and some of the enduring challenges which face Christians.
Knowledge: describes the key characteristics of life in the early Christian communities.
Skills: uses a range of sources to investigate the significance of key people and events in the early Church.
B8 - Disciples, Martyrs and Witnesses to the Faith
View UnitB9 - The Church in Australia
Outcomes
Value: values the heritage, contemporary experience and cultural diversity of Australian Catholics.
Knowledge: details the history of the Catholic Church in Australia and explains the changing patterns of religious beliefs within the society.
Skills: investigates and evaluates the contributions that individuals and organisations have made to the Catholic Church in Australia.
Value: values the heritage, contemporary experience and cultural diversity of Australian Catholics.
Knowledge: details the history of the Catholic Church in Australia and explains the changing patterns of religious beliefs within the society.
Skills: investigates and evaluates the contributions that individuals and organisations have made to the Catholic Church in Australia.
B9 - The Church in Australia
View UnitB10 - The Church: Tradition, Challenge and Change
Outcomes
Value: appreciates the enduring but ever changing nature of the Church.
Knowledge: articulates an understanding of how the Church’s mission and development has always been influenced by a range of social, cultural political and religious factors.
Skills: investigates and evaluates the impact of significant people, movements and events on Church teachings and practices.
Value: appreciates the enduring but ever changing nature of the Church.
Knowledge: articulates an understanding of how the Church’s mission and development has always been influenced by a range of social, cultural political and religious factors.
Skills: investigates and evaluates the impact of significant people, movements and events on Church teachings and practices.
B10 - The Church: Tradition, Challenge and Change
View UnitBK - Our School and Parish Community
Outcomes
Value: appreciates the Bible as the sacred Scriptures of the Catholic community.
Knowledge: communicates knowledge about Jesus as the Good Shepherd.
Skills: demonstrates growing familiarity with key symbols and rituals of the Catholic Tradition.
Value: appreciates the Bible as the sacred Scriptures of the Catholic community.
Knowledge: communicates knowledge about Jesus as the Good Shepherd.
Skills: demonstrates growing familiarity with key symbols and rituals of the Catholic Tradition.
BK - Our School and Parish Community
View UnitB3 - Pentecost
Outcomes
Value: appreciates how Christian communities are strengthened by the Holy Spirit to continue the mission of Jesus.
Knowledge: describes how the Ascension and Pentecost fulfil Jesus’ promise of the coming of the Holy Spirit.
Skills: names and describes the mystery of the Trinity.
Value: appreciates how Christian communities are strengthened by the Holy Spirit to continue the mission of Jesus.
Knowledge: describes how the Ascension and Pentecost fulfil Jesus’ promise of the coming of the Holy Spirit.
Skills: names and describes the mystery of the Trinity.
B3 - Pentecost
View UnitB4 - Mary, Mother of God
Outcomes
Value: appreciates how they can listen and respond to God in their lives.
Knowledge: identifies how Mary, the Mother of God, listened and responded to God in her life.
Skills: describes how the Church honours Mary, the Mother of God.
Value: appreciates how they can listen and respond to God in their lives.
Knowledge: identifies how Mary, the Mother of God, listened and responded to God in her life.
Skills: describes how the Church honours Mary, the Mother of God.
B4 - Mary, Mother of God
View UnitB5 - The Story of The Catholic Church in Australia
Outcomes
Value: appreciates that Catholics faced many challenges in establishing the Catholic Church in Australia.
Knowledge: recounts and describes the story of the Catholic Church in Australia.
Skills: uses a range of sources to investigate and communicate the contribution of key people and significant events that shaped the Catholic Church in Australia.
Value: appreciates that Catholics faced many challenges in establishing the Catholic Church in Australia.
Knowledge: recounts and describes the story of the Catholic Church in Australia.
Skills: uses a range of sources to investigate and communicate the contribution of key people and significant events that shaped the Catholic Church in Australia.
B5 - The Story of The Catholic Church in Australia
View UnitB6 - Mary, Woman of Faith
Outcomes
Value: appreciates the qualities of Mary that make her a faithful disciple.
Knowledge: describes some of the key Church teachings and beliefs about Mary.
Skills: demonstrates an understanding of how the Church honours Mary
Value: appreciates the qualities of Mary that make her a faithful disciple.
Knowledge: describes some of the key Church teachings and beliefs about Mary.
Skills: demonstrates an understanding of how the Church honours Mary
B6 - Mary, Woman of Faith
View UnitB7 - What it means to be Catholic
Outcomes
Value: appreciates the place of the Catholic school community in the wider Church.
Knowledge: articulates an understanding of the core beliefs of the Catholic Tradition.
Skills: investigates and identifies the key characteristics of Catholic communities.
Value: appreciates the place of the Catholic school community in the wider Church.
Knowledge: articulates an understanding of the core beliefs of the Catholic Tradition.
Skills: investigates and identifies the key characteristics of Catholic communities.
B7 - What it means to be Catholic
View UnitB8 - Disciples, Martyrs and Witnesses to the Faith
Outcomes
Value:appreciates the ‘timeless’ nature of the Church and some of the enduring challenges which face Christians.
Knowledge: describes the key characteristics of life in the early Christian communities.
Skills: uses a range of sources to investigate the significance of key people and events in the early Church.
Value:appreciates the ‘timeless’ nature of the Church and some of the enduring challenges which face Christians.
Knowledge: describes the key characteristics of life in the early Christian communities.
Skills: uses a range of sources to investigate the significance of key people and events in the early Church.
B8 - Disciples, Martyrs and Witnesses to the Faith
View UnitB9 - The Church in Australia
Outcomes
Value: values the heritage, contemporary experience and cultural diversity of Australian Catholics.
Knowledge: details the history of the Catholic Church in Australia and explains the changing patterns of religious beliefs within the society.
Skills: investigates and evaluates the contributions that individuals and organisations have made to the Catholic Church in Australia.
Value: values the heritage, contemporary experience and cultural diversity of Australian Catholics.
Knowledge: details the history of the Catholic Church in Australia and explains the changing patterns of religious beliefs within the society.
Skills: investigates and evaluates the contributions that individuals and organisations have made to the Catholic Church in Australia.
B9 - The Church in Australia
View UnitB10 - The Church: Tradition, Challenge and Change
Outcomes
Value: appreciates the enduring but ever changing nature of the Church.
Knowledge: articulates an understanding of how the Church’s mission and development has always been influenced by a range of social, cultural political and religious factors.
Skills: investigates and evaluates the impact of significant people, movements and events on Church teachings and practices.
Value: appreciates the enduring but ever changing nature of the Church.
Knowledge: articulates an understanding of how the Church’s mission and development has always been influenced by a range of social, cultural political and religious factors.
Skills: investigates and evaluates the impact of significant people, movements and events on Church teachings and practices.
