Outcomes of the Communion of Saints Taonga

The Communion of Saints

From: Catholicworldofart.com

In our recent staff meeting (taonga) to prepare for teaching the Communion of Saints strand we looked at church theology and the requirements of the curriculum and agreed on three key concepts of church teaching we want children to develop as they move through the school:
1. Mary is our first and most important saint because of her special relationship with Jesus.
2. The Communion of Saints means all the members of the Church - living now, in purgatory and in heaven.
3. The choices we make on earth affect what happens when we die, we will be judged on our choices.

SOLO rubric for Communion of Saints

https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/file/d/0B5kVPCsXjRbYd0JfUk9XYWZzNWM/edit

Test - Teacher's Marking Guide - https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/document/d/1nWg7MGzmgV3z2SgiWaB97AVetx9IjuR2sL1L55eex2Y/edit

Communion of Saints Test

https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/document/d/1IdperFaIvFaxcOEpL33D7VUhQFBAzH_rm9wlzbXxH7Q/edit

Data entry for Communion of Saints

https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApkVPCsXjRbYdFItS2VUYV9sQUFjV1N4dVY1T3VYalE#gid=2

Preparation for Communion of Saints Strand Taonga

Preparation for our "flipped" Communion of Saints Strand Taonga

From: Catholicworldofart.com

Assessment information for the Sacrament strand is available at:
https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/spreadsheets/d/1Bvvd8tiOr9feP6oxufM_frs96VYf4pxiK8lZg1tp0zU/edit#gid=2020703384
An overview of the assessment for 2014 is at:
https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/spreadsheets/d/1Bvvd8tiOr9feP6oxufM_frs96VYf4pxiK8lZg1tp0zU/edit#gid=0
Your own class data is at:
https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApkVPCsXjRbYdFItS2VUYV9sQUFjV1N4dVY1T3VYalE&usp=drive_web#gid=6

Please have a look at these links in order to make comments at our meeting.

Read the theology for the Communion of Saints at the beginning of your strand book.  Be prepared to discuss this at the meeting.

Be prepared to give a quick overview of the Communion of Saints strand at your level.  Also be prepared to share something you have done or could do as a learning activity at this level or another level you have taught at - something which will also enliven the spirituality of your students.

Read through the key concepts at each level
https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/document/d/1khj2m6f4PWV-jzmv5yQ8itSjvIovMHEHC1nt2ZQspr4/edit

If you have any resources or links that you use for the Communion of Saints please share them in the resources folder drop us all an email link when you do please.
https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/document/d/1rGNQLfYsg8x_cLsojgSvpBY057z5Yp9fxYWoitl7ewI/edit

At the meeting we will make a "graduate profile" for the Communion of Saints strand and write an assessment.
https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/document/d/1Jpx3RVwaUTfWyTlSgwcnGZrvOF9s4QY91mOAl6Q54Ec/edit

Sacrament Assessment

From blessedmotherchurch.com

The test for year 4+ is here:

https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/document/d/17gMt0_VjM_dpwohZzlEecnW61-3L2-mmQ4bhwB4yvp8/edit

The spreadsheet to enter assessment results is here:

https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApkVPCsXjRbYdFItS2VUYV9sQUFjV1N4dVY1T3VYalE#gid=0

For years 1-3 use please use your own questions based on what you've done and enter on the spreadsheet.

We agreed we would test on the last Friday of term after our whanau groups.  Please enter assessment information before the Friday of the first week of the holidays.

Sacrament Strand Taonga

Preparation for our "flipped" Sacrament Strand Taonga

From blessedmotherchurch.com

Assessment information for the God strand is available at:
https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/spreadsheets/d/1Bvvd8tiOr9feP6oxufM_frs96VYf4pxiK8lZg1tp0zU/edit#gid=101092596
Assessment information for the Church strand is available at:
https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/spreadsheets/d/1Bvvd8tiOr9feP6oxufM_frs96VYf4pxiK8lZg1tp0zU/edit#gid=1442147374
An overview of the assessment for 2014 is at:
https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/spreadsheets/d/1Bvvd8tiOr9feP6oxufM_frs96VYf4pxiK8lZg1tp0zU/edit#gid=0
Please have a look at these links in order to make comments at our meeting.

Be prepared to explain something about Sacrament at your level - if you have a specific sacrament be prepared to share its signs and symbols.  Also be prepared to share something you have done or could do as a learning activity at this level - something which will also enliven the spirituality of your students.
Mrs Brookes & Miss Jackson - holy things
Mrs Burke - Baptism
Miss Huls - Reconciliation
Mrs Dooley - Eucharist
Mr Cartlidge - Sacrament of Anointing
Miss Tangney - Confirmation
Mrs Frances-Rees - Holy Orders
Mr Moore - Marriage

Read the theology for Sacrament at the beginning of your strand book.  Be prepared to discuss this at the meeting.

Read through the key concepts at each level
https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/file/d/0B5kVPCsXjRbYMkRLNThIUmRSQUE/edit

If you have any resources or links that you use for Sacrament please share them in the resources folder.
https://drive.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/?tab=mo#folders/0B5kVPCsXjRbYdmpMcnM4aFJTRGc

At the meeting we will make a "graduate profile" for the Sacrament strand and write an assessment.

https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/document/d/1uAZc_K_yjskgX8N3qb0MGUx3Chi2e_lcxdE0E1wZj4Y/edit

Outcomes of Church Strand Taonga

Outcomes of Church Strand Taonga

We decided on four key concepts we would like our children to develop and deepen as they move

From: Newportchristian.wordpress.com

through our school:

1. The Church is the people united with God

We want the children to know they ARE the church.  

Becoming part of the church - ceremonies, initiations, Baptism.

That we are Disciples- following the way of Jesus

Belonging and participating

The Church shows us how we need to act in our lives - we are the Church

Church as the bride of Christ

We are a community of disciples , our parish is a sign of God in the world - Jesus founded the Church and it is a sign which brings about God’s presence and love in the world.

2. We all have a role in the Church

To take some responsibility like presenting the gospel or saying prayers or reading or children’s ministries such as altar serving etc...

What are we called to do because we are part of the church (vocations)

Roles in the church

3. Formal roles within the Church

The work of the priest in the church.

Teaching role of bishops

The role of the pope

4. The Mission of the Church

To understand that the church is the continuation of Jesus' mission to live God's Kingdom on Earth.

These four concepts will be the context of the Church strand teaching throughout the school.  We continue to teach the learning outcomes for the Religious Education curriculum at each year level in the context of these four concepts.

We agreed:

For year 1-3 the class teacher will decide the content of the assessment.  This will be entered on the assessment gathering file and the children will be marked 1= exposed, 2=achieving, 3=mastered.

For years 4-8 we will take the same test but leave it open for the children's answers.  We would expect achievement to be shown mainly in the context of their year strand.  For children to show mastery it should be clear that their understanding of their year level work is linked to some of the main concepts we want them to understand (above).

The test for the strand can be seen at this link (public): https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/document/d/1Dtt_5NyYDMOwBnw6m3J6ThuvlLTR56PV9d6oGyA_ykA/edit

Staff: Please enter assessment information at (private): https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApkVPCsXjRbYdE9nSkVaLVhOcDVhQ1hjbDVlQW5tS2c#gid=0
by Thursday 21 August.

Have a go at using something like the analysis SOLO map we shared at our taonga.

Church Strand Staff meeting

Church Staff Meeting - Term 3, 2014

Meeting date: Tuesday 22 July, 3.15.
Purpose: 
1. To reconnect with the theology and curriculum progression behind the Church strand, 
2. To review some relational thinking possibilities, and
3. To agree on some key ideas we want children to understand and deepen as they move through the school.
(We don't have the God strand assessment information yet.  We will share this at the next meeting.)

The highlighted parts are the parts we will put our time into at the meeting.  Everything else should be read and digested beforehand. There will not be time for this in the meeting.  At the meeting there will be time for questions and clarifications of any of the reading or data.  Then we will move on to construct our next step.

Any files containing student information are private to us.  Everything else is public.

1. Create an "end point" for our school leaver of what we would like them to know about the Church
Step 1: read the theology about Church at the beginning of your strand book.
Come to the meeting prepared to discuss any tricky or challenging parts, or share anything you just love about it.

Step 2: At the meeting we will have a look at a Prezi to help us think more about the theology  

Step 3: Have a look at the key learning objectives for each year level: https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/file/d/0B5kVPCsXjRbYSTM4NTVvN0xYSUE/edit

Step 4: Have a look at an example SOLO relational thinking analysis map for the Church strand: https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/file/d/0B5kVPCsXjRbYVklmZlVSODA0a00/edit

Step 5: Bring a succinct example to the meeting of something you have done previously with the Church strand that has helped children's learning.

Step 5:  At the meeting we will use all this information to come to agreements on some basic understandings about Church, which can grow with the children.  Even though the basic understandings underpin the teaching and learning, we will still teach the content at our level and use that to access the basic understandings.

Step 6: We will have some discussion about the type of things we could use to assess this understanding.  

Step 7: I will make a test for us based on what we agree and share it in the Google RE folder under Church.

Step 8:  We will agree a date to enter data so that we can come prepared to the next meeting.

FINALLY: Reflect on this process - what do we keep, what do we change?

Outcomes of God Strand Meeting

Outcomes of God Strand Staff Meeting

We decided on four key concepts we would like our children to develop and deepen as they move

From: Mojano.com

through our school:

1. God loves us.
2. We know about God through the Bible, through His Creation and through our personal relationship through prayer.
3. What God is like - Father, Creator, everywhere, all powerful etc.
4. God is the Creator

These four concepts will be the context of the God strand teaching throughout the school.  We continue to teach the learning outcomes for the Religious Education curriculum at each year level in the context of these four concepts.

The test for the strand with teacher's notes can be seen at this link (public):  https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/file/d/0B5kVPCsXjRbYR3BNaExud1FzdEU/edit and the test is at:  https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/file/d/0B5kVPCsXjRbYYXBnQmxSTWhiRnc/edit

Staff: Please enter assessment information at (private): https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApkVPCsXjRbYdGxhY2xhZHRIRXFxSEJWb1E2LTlTeGc#gid=0
by Thursday 27 July.