Year 7 Focus Areas May 2014

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Year 7 focus areas

Focus: How do we belong to community?


What is community. What does being in community look like, sound like, feel like to be in
our school community? What are the key ideas of this school as a Catholic community? How
can the message of Jesus is lived out in the school community.
Exploring Church teaching and basic principles of Christian morality, such as the Creeds
(what we believe as community), Decalogue (how we act within community). Investigating
change and continuity in the church and particular religious communities, and the Catholic
Church in Australia. (8 weeks)
Mandated Scripture: Decalogue in Exodus 20, Apostles and Nicene Creed
Supplementary Scripture: Golden Rule
STCW8, BETR9, BEHE7, CHPG8, CHCH6, CLMF11, CLMJ8

Focus: How do people live their faith in the community?
Exploring some ways people express their faith in different communities, past and present.
The significance of prayer, ritual, and Sacraments for the ways believers live out their faith,
personally and communally. Review the Sacraments of Initiation Baptism, Eucharist and
Confirmation. The use of formal prayers and the use of sacred space for personal and
communal worship, liturgical year. (7 weeks)
CHLS10, CHLS11, CLPS18, CLPS19
Focus: The meaning of sacred text for believers Old Testament
Sacred texts reflect the audience, purpose and context of their human authors. Contextual
information (literary form, historical and cultural context, authors intent) assists the reader
to understand Old Testament texts. The monotheistic religions have common beginnings of
faith seen through the story of Abraham. Sacred texts influence the life of believers and are
important to the way people live their faith day to day. (7 weeks)
Mandated Scripture: Genesis 17 Abraham and Sarah
Supplementary Scripture: Twelve tribes of Israel
STOT12, BEWR8

Focus: The meaning of sacred text for believers New Testament
Sacred texts reflect the audience, purpose and context of their human authors. Contextual
information (literary form, historical and cultural context, authors intent) assists the reader
to understand New Testament texts. New Testament texts reflect the beginnings of
Christian faith that continued through key people and events in the early centuries CE. (7
weeks)
Mandated Scripture: Festivals and customs Passover in Exodus, laws and practices
Sabbath.
Supplementary Scripture: Pesach/Passover in Exodus.
STNT16, STNT17

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