RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REPORT with Mrs Deanna  David  

Greetings and many blessings to you all. Here are some updates and resources that I feel will be of benefit to you.

St Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal

It is not too late to donate an item to the St Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal. Thank you for being so kind and generous with your donations. If you would like to donate an item, please do so by Friday 4th of December. 

Religious Education knowledge: (RE SENSE)

I have been visiting every class in the school as part of our focus on building knowledge in Religious Education.  I wonder if you and your children are able to answer these questions?

• What is the start of the Church year (I’ll give you a clue - it's coming soon!)
• What do the symbols mean on this CANDLE LABEL?

Sunday’s Gospel Reading

Mrs Rolfe has been discussing the Sunday Gospel readings, so I thought I would focus on the child’s response activity to the Gospel reading. This Sunday at Mass we will hear about John the Baptist who prepared the way for Jesus by telling people to turn back to God and baptising them.

Perhaps you might discuss some of the questions with your child/dren (taken from LiturgyHelp):

John the Baptist told people they must be sorry for the things they had done wrong so they could be ready to meet Jesus.

What things do we need to be sorry for?

How can we change our ways so that we can be ready to meet Jesus?

Have you listened to one of the CEO Ripples Podcasts? 

Podcast: Ripples Ripples is a PODCAST developed for staff and parents on-going spiritual formation. It seeks to offer a space where people can draw on the wisdom of a series of guest speakers and can experience some treasured stillness through meditation. See the link - you can either download the files as podcasts or listen to them directly from the website (https://ripples.dow.catholic.edu.au/) 

Scan the QR code to access the podcasts and download onto your phone. 

Activate Day Recounts

Eva: Games

On Wednesday the 4th of November we had an Activate day, with the whole of year 6 and both the teachers. We played a few games which were so much fun. Some games we played were scissors paper rock and when you win that person follows behind you, and the aim of the game is to make your line of kids longer until the whole grade is following behind you. I loved this game in particular because I won and it was really cool how the whole grade was following behind me. Another game we played was charades, we had to get a partner, one person would face the screen and the other would face their back to the screen. A sign will appear in the screen and you had to act out. It was really fun and pretty confusing. We also had a chance to get up and dance. At the end of the day I felt spiritually closer to God and I felt like I have achieved something so big.

A.J.: Ownership

Ownership is a little like driving a car. You can be in the passenger seat or in the driver's seat. When you are in the passenger seat someone is guiding you through your faith. But after confirmation, you are in the driver's seat and you are in control of your faith, you don’t need someone to tell you when to pray or when to go to church. If you don’t keep your faith it dwindles away, so if you keep praying you will be strengthened in faith.

Stephen: Feelings

We had lots of fun and we also came really close to God and after that day I felt spiritually closer to God. I also feel like I can talk to him whenever I need to because of Activate fire day and from Confirmation.