RE: People in Christianity - St Patrick & St Brendan - Ireland in Schools

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Key Questions Learning Objectives Activities LearningOutcome/Assessment• Link to the children’s experience by askingthem to bring in photographs of themselves.Combine these with photographs of a varietyof famous people and people in school etc.Do the photographs reveal anything aboutthe person? Do the clothes matter? Etc. Canwe really tell what the person is like?• Read St Patrick’s blessing. Discuss what itmeans. Who is he concerned about?Children compose their own‘blessings’/thoughts about what they hopefor their friends/family. Children share theirthoughts if they wish to.• Explain how the church recognises Saints’Days and how to many countries these daysare very important. People are often namedafter Saints and, in Italy for example, villageshave grand celebrations when the Saint towhom their village/church is dedicated hastheir day. Look at some of thecustoms/celebrations associated withcelebrating St Patrick’s Day particularly inIreland e.g. The Parade in Dublin.• Prepare the class/school for a celebration ofSt Patrick’s Day. Invite parents and otherguests. Invite Irish Dancers to work with thechildren to devise simple dances to perform.Have Irish cookery lessons with food toshare, prepare a puppet play ordramatisation of St Patrick’s life and haveIrish songs and blessings. Involve guests inmaking cards to send greetings on StPatrick’s Day and generally celebrateIreland! Link, via e-mail, with schools inIreland to see how they are celebrating theday.• Following the event, reflect on how it felt toparticipate in the celebrations and evaluatethe experience.Pupils• Know that thechurchcelebratesSaints’ Days.• Experienceparticipation infestivities.• Become awareof a broaderpicture ofIreland.• Evaluate theirfeelings/experiences.NCC Education, RE (KS1-2): Saints, 6
Outline Planning Sheet for Religious EducationUnit Ref: Key Stages 1-2 Title: People in Christianity Part 3: St BrendanKey Questions Learning Objectives Activities LearningOutcome/AssessmentWho was StBrendan?• To know the story ofanother Irish Saint.• To understand howpeople can be motivatedby their beliefs.• Follow up work on St Patrick with a focus onanother religious Irish character such as StColmcille, St Brigid or St Brendan. I will beusing St Brendan here, as an example.• Tell the story of St Brendan. Retell as achorus drama where the teacher narrates asimple version of the story and the class forma chorus with relevant actions/ words/ soundsto reinforce key features of the story. Forexample:T There was once a young man whoplanned a journey.C Let’s go, beep, beep, aeroplane sounds,(parade in a line round class).T He found some friends to go with him.C Hello, Hi, How are you?T They built a boat.C Bang, Bang, Hammer, Saw.T They packed supplies.C Mmm yum yum.T They set sail.C Whoosh, whoosh etc.• Discuss the key points of the story. Why didBrendan behave as he did? What must thejourney have been like? Why didn’t he giveup?• Show pictures of the mysterious events ofthe journey. Children suggest what may bebeing said by characters and fill in speechbubbles to accompany the pictures. Discusswhy such things would have seemed sostrange then.• Link to children’s own experience by havingphotographs of everyday objects taken fromstrange angles or showing only part of theobject. Discuss how things seem strangeuntil we are familiar with them.Pupils• Can retell thekey elements ofthe story of StBrendan.• Reflect on whythings may seemto be strange/mysterious topeople.NCC Education, RE (KS1-2): Saints, 7
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