SCOPE AND SEQUENCE Religious Education YEAR 8 SEM 1; TERM 1, 2014 New
Outcomes
Report
Criteria
Easter
Experiences
Church
Spreads the
Good News
Scripture
D
C
B
A
C4.7
C4.9
C4.10
C4.11
C4.12
C4.4
C4.9
C4.10
C4.11
C4.12
Identify the main events that happen during Holy
Week.
Outline the main events that
happen during Holy Week and
the ways we celebrate them in
the Church.
Describe how the events of Holy Week are
important to the way Christian’s believe
and celebrate Jesus’ teaching.
Explain the importance of Jesus’
teaching of Easter for Christians so
that they understand salvation and
eternal life.
Identify a main event that occurs during Pentecost
and represents a symbol of the Christian Community.
Describe the main events that
occur during Pentecost and
represents symbols of the
Christian Community.
Recount the events of Pentecost in a
logical order and explains the symbols of
the Christian Community.
Describe accurately the events of
Pentecost and recounts the reactions
of the crowd and persuades a Church
member of the benefit of symbols in
maintaining our mission.
Scripture.
C5.9
Locate a relevant scripture passage.
Locate and reference scripture
material correctly.
Interpret scripture references and use
them to link religious concepts.
Explain information from
scripture passages and relate them
to religious concepts.
TOPIC
Weeks
Syllabus
Outcomes
Assessment
Subject Specific
Terminology
Life Skills
Syllabus
Outcomes
Life Skills
Assessment
Life Skills
Report Criteria
Periods (50 mins)
Hours
E
Easter Experience
Easter Experience
1-3
4-5
C4.7 examines ways in which the
sacraments are actions of Christ and the
Church which reconcile, renew and build up
the Christian community.
C4.9 gathers and analyses information
about religion, independently and in teams
C4.10 communicates information, ideas and
issues in appropriate forms to different
audiences and in different contexts.
C4.11 uses appropriate terminology related
to religion and belief systems.
C4.7 examines ways in which the
sacraments are actions of Christ and the
Church which reconcile, renew and build up
the Christian community.
C4.9 gathers and analyses information
about religion, independently and in teams.
C4.10 communicates information, ideas and
issues in appropriate forms to different
audiences and in different contexts.
C4.11 uses appropriate terminology related
to religion and belief systems.
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
informal
Easter Experience
Easter Experience
6-7
8-9
C4.7 examines ways in which the sacraments are actions
of Christ and the Church which reconcile, renew and build
up the Christian community.
C4.12 names, reflects on and integrates life experience,
within a response to the Christian story and vision.
C4.11 uses appropriate terminology related to religion and
belief systems.
C4.10 communicates information, ideas and issues in
appropriate forms to different audiences and in different
contexts.
C4.7 examines ways in which the sacraments are
actions of Christ and the Church which reconcile,
renew and build up the Christian community.
C4.12 names, reflects on and integrates life
experience, within a response to the Christian story
and vision.
C4.11 uses appropriate terminology related to
religion and belief systems.
C4.10 communicates information, ideas and issues
in appropriate forms to different audiences and in
different contexts.

informal
Informal common task

Formal 25%, In-class task
Lent, Palm Sunday, Holy Week,
Triduum, Passion, death, resurrection
Easter, lent, sacrifice, forgiveness,
Nicene Creed, Apostles, eternal life,
judgement
Passion, crucifixion, sacrifice,
forgiveness of sins, saving, Beatitudes,
blessed, Stations of the Cross, Good
Friday.
Holy Week, Passion of Christ resurrection, Road to
Emmaus, new covenant.
Caritas, Holy Spirit, faith, hope, love.
LS4.3 responds to stories from the
Scriptures
LS4.3 responds to stories from the
Scriptures
LS4.9 recognises ways to locate and
select information, individually or in
teams
LS4.3 responds to stories from the Scriptures
LS4.12 relates Christian story and vision to their life
experience
LS4.3 responds to stories from the
Scriptures
LS4.11 recognises subject specific
terminology

Informal with assistance
Arranges the stations in the correct
sequence. Poster is neat.
6
5

Informal with assistance

Informal common task with
assistance

Formal In-class with
assistance
Evaluate how the Christian belief in
the Resurrection of Jesus
influences the way we live Jesus’
teachings concerning salvation and
eternal life.
Describe accurately the events of
Pentecost and provides a recount
of the reactions of the crowd and
persuades a Church member of
the call to maintain our original
mission.
Analyse information from
relevant scripture passages and
use this to support religious
concepts.
Church Spreads the Good
News
10-11
C4.4 explains ways in which the Church is a
communion of saints called to holiness through
faith, prayer, worship and mission.
C4.11 uses appropriate terminology related to
religion and belief systems.
C4.10 communicates information, ideas and
issues in appropriate forms to different
audiences and in different contexts .
C4.9 gathers and analyses information about
religion, independently and in teams.

Informal
resurrection, ascension, Pentecost,
symbols, Holy Spirit, Baptism, Nicene
Creed.
LS4.4 explores ways in which people of
faith are the same yet different
S5.11 recognises subject specific
terminology

Informal with assistance
Uses some subject specific
terminology.
6
5
6
5
6
5
6
5
SCOPE AND SEQUENCE Religious Education YEAR 8 SEM 1; TERM 2, 2014
Church
Spreads the
Good News
Scripture.
C5.9
D
C
B
A
C4.7
C4.9
C4.10
C4.11
C4.12
C4.4
C4.9
C4.10
C4.11
C4.12
Identify an example of how one non-Christian religion
gives meaning to death and afterlife, with assistance
Identify an example of how one nonChristian religion gives meaning to death
and afterlife
Describe how one ancient and one nonChristian religion gives meaning to the
experience of illness, death and afterlife.
Explain the consequences for
Christians to uphold the teachings of
Jesus where judgement and eternal
life are concerned
Identify a main event that occurs during Pentecost
and represents a symbol of the Christian
Community.
Describe the main events that occur
during Pentecost and represents
symbols of the Christian
Community.
Recount the events of Pentecost in a
logical order and explains the symbols
of the Christian Community.
Scripture.
C5.9
Locate a relevant scripture passage.
Locate and reference scripture
material correctly.
.Interpret scripture references and use
them to link religious concepts.
Describe accurately the events of
Pentecost and recounts the
reactions of the crowd and
persuades a Church member of the
benefit of symbols in maintaining
our mission.
Explain information from
scripture passages and relate them
to religious concepts.
TOPIC
Weeks
Syllabus
Outcomes
Assessment
Subject
Specific
Terminology
Life Skills
Syllabus
Outcomes
Life Skills
Assessment
Life Skills
Report
Criteria
Periods (50 mins)
Hours
E
Discuss the Christian belief in the
Resurrection of Jesus and how it
influences them and helps them
cope with the experience of loss,
suffering and death
Describe accurately the events
of Pentecost and provides a
recount of the reactions of the
crowd and persuades a Church
member of the call to maintain
our original mission.
Analyse information from
relevant scripture passages and
use this to support religious
concepts.
Church Spreads the Good
News
1-2
Church Spreads the Good
News
3-4
Church Spreads the Good
News
5-6
Reconciliation
7-8
9
C4.4 explains ways in which the
Church is a communion of saints called
to holiness through faith, prayer,
worship and mission.
C4.11 uses appropriate terminology
related to religion and belief systems.
C4.9 gathers and analyses
information about religion,
independently and in teams.
C4.4 explains ways in which the
Church is a communion of saints called
to holiness through faith, prayer,
worship and mission.
C4.11 uses appropriate terminology
related to religion and belief systems.
C4.4 explains ways in which the
Church is a communion of saints
called to holiness through faith,
prayer, worship and mission.
C4.9 Gathers and analyses
information about religion,
independently and in teams.
C4.11 Uses appropriate
terminology related to religion and
belief systems.
C4.5 examines ways in which the sacraments
are actions of Christ and the Church which
reconcile, renew and build up the Christian
community.
C4.9 gathers and analyses information about
religion, independently and in teams C4.10
communicates information, ideas and issues in
appropriate forms to different audiences and in
different contexts.
C4.11 uses appropriate terminology related to
religion and belief systems.
C4.5 examines ways in which the
sacraments are actions of Christ and the
Church which reconcile, renew and build up
the Christian community.
C4.11 Uses appropriate terminology related
to religion and belief systems.
C4.12 Names, reflects on and integrates life
experience, within a response to the
Christian story and vision.
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



Informal
Informal common task
Formal 25% in-class
extraordinary people, role models,
character, identity, symbol, Letters of St
Paul.
Baptism, martyr, persecution, faith
conversion, gospels, challenges, Jews,
Gentiles,
Baptism, faithfulness, Beatitudes,
Evangelism, Indigenous, pastoral
LS4.4 explores ways in which people of
faith are the same yet different
S5.11 recognises subject specific
terminology
LS4.4 explores ways in which people of
faith are the same yet different
LS4.4 explores ways in which
people of faith are the same yet
different
LS4.11 recognises subject specific
terminology

Informal with assistance

Informal common task with
assistance
Uses some subject specific
terminology.
Arranges the events in the correct
sequence. Poster is displayed
attractively.
6
5
6
5

Formal in-class with
assistance
6
5
Reports Sem 2 – due 25/5/12 (wk 5)
Easter
Experiences
Outcomes
All assessment for Semester 2 must be completed by Wk 4
Report
Criteria
Informal
Reconciliation, Forgiveness, Love,
Compassion, Healing Merciful, Repentance,
Sin,
LS4.8 explores ways to participate in practical
Christian ministry
LS4.11 recognises subject specific terminology

Informal with assistance
6
5
Reconciliation
Informal
Mortal, Venial, Omission, Moral,
Forgiveness, Reconciliation,
LS4.8 explores ways to participate in
practical Christian ministry
LS4.11 recognises subject specific
terminology

Informal with assistance
3
2.5
SCOPE AND SEQUENCE Religious Education YEAR 8 SEM 2; TERM 3, 2014
Outcomes
Report
Criteria
Reconciliation
People of the
Covenant
Scripture
B
A
C4.5
C4.9
C4.10
C4.11
C4.12
Identify what a range of young people have learned
from their own experiences of reconciliation.
Recount what a range of young
people have learned from their
own experiences of sin,
repentance, forgiveness and
reconciliation.
Describe Jewish beliefs about sin and
sickness in the time of Jesus.
Explain their own experience of sin and
its effects with reference to the teaching
of the Church.
Evaluate ways in which the Church
continues the mission of the
compassionate and merciful Jesus in
and through the sacraments of
Penance and Anointing of the Sick.
C4.1
C4.9
C4.10
C4.11
C4.12
Scripture.
C5.9
List the story of the Exodus and the Sinai
covenant concluding with the entry of the
Israelites into the Promised Land.
Outline the story of the Exodus
and the Sinai covenant
concluding with the entry of the
Israelites into the Promised
Land.
Locate and reference
scripture material correctly.
Describe the meaning of each of the Ten
Commandments in relation to their
expectations and responsibilities as young
people in relationships.
Explain how the Passover meal is, for
Jewish people, a memorial celebration
of the Exodus and of their covenant
relationship with God.
Analyse how Jesus challenged
people to live more faithfully as
God’s covenant people.
Interpret scripture references and use
them to link religious concepts.
Explain information from scripture
passages and relate them to
religious concepts.
Analyse information from
relevant scripture passages and
use this to support religious
concepts.
TOPIC
Weeks
Syllabus
Outcomes
Assessment
Subject
Specific
Terminology
Life Skills
Syllabus
Outcomes
Life Skills
Assessment
Life Skills
Report Criteria
Periods (50 mins)
Hours
E
D
Locate a relevant scripture passage.
Reconciliation
1-2
C
Reconciliation
3-5
Reconciliation
6-7
C4.5 examines ways in which the sacraments
are actions of Christ and the Church which
reconcile, renew and build up the Christian
community
C4.11 uses appropriate terminology related to
religion and belief systems
C4.9 gathers and analyses information about
religion, independently and in teams
C4.5 examines ways in which the sacraments are actions of
Christ and the Church which reconcile, renew and build up the
Christian community
C4.11 uses appropriate terminology related to religion and
belief systems
C4.10 communicates information, ideas and issues in
appropriate forms to different audiences and in different contexts
C4.5 examines ways in which the sacraments are actions of
Christ and the Church which reconcile, renew and build up
the Christian community
C4.11 uses appropriate terminology related to religion and
belief systems
C4.12 names, reflects on and integrates life experience,
within a response to the Christian story and vision
C4.3 explains how the Scriptures are
central to the teaching and life of the
Church
C4.9 gathers and analyses information about
religion, independently and in teams C4.10
communicates information, ideas and issues in
appropriate forms to different audiences and in
different contexts
C4.11 uses appropriate terminology related to
religion and belief systems




Informal
Laws of the Covenant, sin
LS4.8 explores ways to participate in practical
Christian ministry
LS5.10 recognises ways to organise and
communicate information

Informal with assistance
Describe one action taken during the
Sacrament of Reconciliation.
6
5
Informal common task
Forgiveness, Violence, Domestic Violence, Community,
Aboriginal Reconciliation, Stolen Generation, Apology, Penance,
Reflection, Sacrament, Healing Ministry
LS4.8 explores ways to participate in practical Christian ministry
S5.11 recognises subject specific terminology

Informal common task with assistance
Recognise and match at least two symbols to the
meaning.
6
5
Formal 25% In-class
Healing, sin, Ministry. Prodigal Son, Penance.
LS4.8 explores ways to participate in practical Christian
ministry

Informal in-class with assistance
People of the Covenant
8 - 10
Informal
Covenant, promise, agreement, Moses, Pharaoh,
slavery, faith.
LS4.3 responds to stories from the Scriptures
S5.11 recognises subject specific terminology

Informal with assistance
Completes the Passover booklet correctly.
6
5
9
7.5
SCOPE AND SEQUENCE Religious Education YEAR 8 SEM 2; TERM 4, 2014
Outcomes
Images of God
Scripture
TOPIC
Weeks
Syllabus
Outcomes
D
C
B
Outline the story of the Exodus and the Sinai
covenant concluding with the entry of the Israelites
into the Promised Land.
Recount the story of the
Exodus and the Sinai covenant
concluding with the entry of the
Israelites into the Promised
Land.
Recounts an image of God.
Describe the meaning of each of the Ten
Commandments in relation to their
expectations and responsibilities as young
people in relationships.
Explain how the Passover meal is, for
Jewish people, a memorial celebration
of the Exodus and of their covenant
relationship with God.
Analyse how Jesus challenged
people to live more faithfully as
God’s covenant people.
Describes an image of God from selected
texts in the Old Testament.
Explains an image of God from
selected texts in the Old Testament
Investigates the Catholic
understanding of the image of
God in the Trinity
Interpret scripture references and use
them to link religious concepts.
Explain information from scripture
passages and relate them to
religious concepts.
Analyse information from
relevant scripture passages
and use this to support
religious concepts.
Identifies an image of God.
Locate a relevant scripture passage.
Locate and reference
scripture material correctly.
People of the Covenant
1-2
People of the Covenant
3-4
People of the Covenant
5-6
C4.3 explains how the Scriptures
are central to the teaching and life
of the Church
C4.10 communicates information, ideas
and issues in appropriate forms to
different audiences and in different
contexts
C4.12 names, reflects on and integrates
life experience, within a response to the
Christian story and vision
C4.3 explains how the
Scriptures are central to the
teaching and life of the
Church
C4.10 communicates information,
ideas and issues in appropriate
forms to different audiences and in
different contexts
C4.11 uses appropriate terminology
related to religion and belief systems
C4.12 names, reflects on and
integrates life experience, within a
response to the Christian story and
vision
C4.3 explains how the
Scriptures are central to the
teaching and life of the
Church
C4.9 gathers and analyses
information about religion,
independently and in teams
C4.10 communicates information,
ideas and issues in appropriate forms
to different audiences and in different
contexts
C4.11 uses appropriate terminology
related to religion and belief systems
Assessment


Subject
Specific
Terminology
Life Skills
Syllabus
Outcomes
covenant, promise, agreement,
exodus, commandment, Pharaoh
call, covenant, exodus; plague.
covenant , exodus, Judaism,
Seder
LS4.3 responds to stories from the
Scriptures
LS4.3 responds to stories from the
Scriptures
LS5.9 recognises ways to locate
and select information,
individually or in teams
LS4.3 responds to stories from the
Scriptures
Life Skills
Assessment

Life Skills
Report Criteria
Periods (50 mins)
Uses some subject specific
terminology
Hours
Informal
Informal with assistance
6
5

Informal common
task
Informal common task
with assistance
6
5

Formal 25% Inclass
LS4.9 recognises ways to locate and
select information, individually or in
teams

Formal in-class with
assistance
6
5
Images of God
7-8
Reports Sem 2 – due 9/11/12 (wk. 5)
People of the
Covenant
C4.5
C4.9
C4.10
C4.11
C4.12
C4.1
C4.9
C4.10
C4.11
C4.12
Scripture.
C5.9
E
All assessment for Semester 2 must be completed by Wk. 4
Report
Criteria
C4.1explains ways in which God is
revealed in the world
C4.11 uses appropriate terminology
related to religion and belief systems
C4.9 gathers and analyses
information about religion,
independently and in teams

Informal
Icon; Trinity; nature of God;
image, Monotheistic, Unity,
Personal, creation
LS4.1 responds to God’s presence in
creation

Informal with assistance
6
5
A
Images of God
9-10
Images of God
11
C4.1explains ways in which God is
revealed in the world
C4.11 uses appropriate terminology
related to religion and belief systems
C4.9 gathers and analyses information
about religion, independently and in
teams
C4.1explains ways in which
God is revealed in the world
C4.11 uses appropriate terminology
related to religion and belief systems
C4.12 names, reflects on and integrates
life experience, within a response to the
Christian story and vision


Informal
Informal
signs, Gods presence,
sacraments, symbol, ritual,
message, universe, Holy Trinity,
YHWH asylum seekers
Holy Trinity, reality, sacrament,
supernatural world. Provident,
revelation
LS4.1 responds to God’s presence in
creation
LS5.9 recognises ways to locate and
select information, individually or in
teams
LS4.1 responds to God’s presence in
creation


Informal with assistance
6
5
Informal with assistance
6
5