Religious Education Newsletter August
Upcoming Feast Days and Important dates to remember:
St. Mary of the Cross 8th August (Prayer Cloth –White)
Assumption of Mary 15th August (Prayer Cloth – White)
Grade 1/2 Parish Mass 19th August
Confirmation 31st August
Prayer Cloth: Green
Friday Masses:
3rd Aug All 1/2s
10th Aug All 3/4s
17th Aug All 5/6s
24th Aug PM and 3/4 R
31st Aug Grade 3 children - Confirmation
Resources: I have moved the majority of Religious posters from the library into the REC office. There are lots of posters relating to bible stories - Old and New Testament and Easter and Christmas.
Mary MacKillop: I have put our Mary MacKillop resource box into the staffroom. Please use these resources. There are teacher resource books, story books and dvds. Please return these resources to the box when you are finished with them. Don’t forget there is also a folder in resources about Mary MacKillop with information and activities. There is also a list of websites below.
The Assumption: The feast of the Assumption is when Mary was taken up to Heaven. It is celebrated on the 15th of August.
The feast of the Assumption is a celebration of God’s gracious love. In raising Mary into heaven, God affirms
and honours Mary’s faithfulness to Him and is now blessed abundantly for that faithfulness; for her belief that God would do all that He had promised. This is the greatness of our God; lifting up the lowly simply out of love. In celebrating this mystery of Mary’s Assumption, we celebrate the greatness of God’s faithful love for God’s own people.
I will put a box of resources about Mary in the staffroom. There is also a list of websites below.
Grade 1/2 Mass: The Grade 1/2s will be celebrating their Parish Mass on the 19th of August. It would be great to see as many families there as possible.
Confirmation: Please remember our Confirmation children who are preparing to make their Confirmation on the 31st August. The children are: Dominic Absalom, Grace Angus, Jehrin Bateman, Matilda Cain, Maggie
Conheady, Louis Darcy, Jordan Grey, Lily Kerr, Rachel Kerr, Daniel Lenehan, Elizabeth Martin, Matthew Mayers, Charlotte Meade, Ava Nolan, Hamish Sinnott, Joshua Sinnott, Jordyn Steele, Emily Wallace, Sam Whytcross, Guy Faber and Hannah Faber. Please keep them in your prayers.
Music: I have uploaded all of our cds by Andrew Chinn, Michael Mangan and John Burland. These will be found on your ipads once the ipads have been synced. I am in the process of putting the words into resources. They will be found in a folder called Religious Education songs. Each cd will have a pdf file with all
of the words for the songs in that book.
Mary MacKillop websites:
http://resource.fraynework.com.au/object.cfm?o=202
http://www.togetheratonealtar.catholic.edu.au/live/dsp-content.cfm?loadref=86
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s2646754.htm
Behind the News episode
http://www.abc.net.au/schoolstv/australians/mackillo.htm
http://www.marymackillop.org.au/
http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/mackillop.htm
http://www.sosj.org.au/who-we-are/index.cfm?loadref=105
http://www.catholicaustralia.com.au/page.php?pg=prayer-marymckillop
http://www.marymackillopplace.org.au/museum/education_resources_jp.asp
http://www.echoingtheword.com/sampleissue/index.shtml articles and resources about Mary MacKillop
The Assumption of Mary websites:
http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/kids/saints/0815_assumption.asp
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02006b.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/beliefs/assumption.shtml
http://www.ewtn.com/saintsholy/saints/A/assumptionoftheblessedvirginmary.asp
http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/activities/view.cfm?id=503
Hope this is helpful. Let me know if there is anything I can help you with in regards to your Religion Lessons.
Kellie
Upcoming Feast Days and Important dates to remember:
St. Mary of the Cross 8th August (Prayer Cloth –White)
Assumption of Mary 15th August (Prayer Cloth – White)
Grade 1/2 Parish Mass 19th August
Confirmation 31st August
Prayer Cloth: Green
Friday Masses:
3rd Aug All 1/2s
10th Aug All 3/4s
17th Aug All 5/6s
24th Aug PM and 3/4 R
31st Aug Grade 3 children - Confirmation
Resources: I have moved the majority of Religious posters from the library into the REC office. There are lots of posters relating to bible stories - Old and New Testament and Easter and Christmas.
Mary MacKillop: I have put our Mary MacKillop resource box into the staffroom. Please use these resources. There are teacher resource books, story books and dvds. Please return these resources to the box when you are finished with them. Don’t forget there is also a folder in resources about Mary MacKillop with information and activities. There is also a list of websites below.
The Assumption: The feast of the Assumption is when Mary was taken up to Heaven. It is celebrated on the 15th of August.
The feast of the Assumption is a celebration of God’s gracious love. In raising Mary into heaven, God affirms
and honours Mary’s faithfulness to Him and is now blessed abundantly for that faithfulness; for her belief that God would do all that He had promised. This is the greatness of our God; lifting up the lowly simply out of love. In celebrating this mystery of Mary’s Assumption, we celebrate the greatness of God’s faithful love for God’s own people.
I will put a box of resources about Mary in the staffroom. There is also a list of websites below.
Grade 1/2 Mass: The Grade 1/2s will be celebrating their Parish Mass on the 19th of August. It would be great to see as many families there as possible.
Confirmation: Please remember our Confirmation children who are preparing to make their Confirmation on the 31st August. The children are: Dominic Absalom, Grace Angus, Jehrin Bateman, Matilda Cain, Maggie
Conheady, Louis Darcy, Jordan Grey, Lily Kerr, Rachel Kerr, Daniel Lenehan, Elizabeth Martin, Matthew Mayers, Charlotte Meade, Ava Nolan, Hamish Sinnott, Joshua Sinnott, Jordyn Steele, Emily Wallace, Sam Whytcross, Guy Faber and Hannah Faber. Please keep them in your prayers.
Music: I have uploaded all of our cds by Andrew Chinn, Michael Mangan and John Burland. These will be found on your ipads once the ipads have been synced. I am in the process of putting the words into resources. They will be found in a folder called Religious Education songs. Each cd will have a pdf file with all
of the words for the songs in that book.
Mary MacKillop websites:
http://resource.fraynework.com.au/object.cfm?o=202
http://www.togetheratonealtar.catholic.edu.au/live/dsp-content.cfm?loadref=86
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s2646754.htm
Behind the News episode
http://www.abc.net.au/schoolstv/australians/mackillo.htm
http://www.marymackillop.org.au/
http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/mackillop.htm
http://www.sosj.org.au/who-we-are/index.cfm?loadref=105
http://www.catholicaustralia.com.au/page.php?pg=prayer-marymckillop
http://www.marymackillopplace.org.au/museum/education_resources_jp.asp
http://www.echoingtheword.com/sampleissue/index.shtml articles and resources about Mary MacKillop
The Assumption of Mary websites:
http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/kids/saints/0815_assumption.asp
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02006b.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/beliefs/assumption.shtml
http://www.ewtn.com/saintsholy/saints/A/assumptionoftheblessedvirginmary.asp
http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/activities/view.cfm?id=503
Hope this is helpful. Let me know if there is anything I can help you with in regards to your Religion Lessons.
Kellie