St Pauls Catholic Primary School Albion Park Educating about the New Translation – through Whole School Retreat Day

WHY ? SRI Diocesan Prayer Week – Eucharist Different way to expose children Reignite traditions - Adoration Whole-school approach led by all staff

Outline of Day 9:05 – 9:15 Context in Hall - Father David to run with puppet 9:30 – 10:30Eucharistic Celebration – Sacred Heart 10:30 – 11:00Recess 11:10 – 11:50Rotation 1 (35 minute lessons/ sessions) 11:50 – 12:30Rotation 2 12:30 – 1:10Rotation 3 1:15 – 1:55Lunch 2:00 – 2:35Rotation 4 2:40 – 3:10Adoration

ROTATIONS – Infants EARLY STAGE STAGE 1 Activity and room And With Your Spirit -KR Parts of the Mass - 2Red Last Supper – 1Blue Belief Statements - 1 Red Symbols of Eucharist -KB Sacred Heart - 2 Blue ROTATION 1 11:10 – 11:50 KR1R1B2RKB2B ROTATION 2 11:50 – 12:30 1RKR2R1B2BKB ROTATION 3 12:30 – 1:10 2R2BKRKB1R1B ROTATION 4 1:55 – 2:35 1B2R2BKRKB1R

ROTATIONS – Stage 2 and 3 STAGE 2 Activity/ Room Order of Mass - 3Red Eucharist - 3 Blue Symbols - 4Blue Creed - 4Red And With Your Spirit - Demountable STAGE 3 Activity/ Room Order of Mass - 5Blue Eucharist - 5Red Symbols - St Josephs Room Creed - 6 Red And With Your Spirit -6Blue ROTATION 1 11:10 – 11: ROTATION ROTATION 2 11:50 – 12: ROTATION ROTATION 3 12:30 – 1: ROTATION ROTATION 4 2:00 – 2: ROTATION

ROTATION ACTIVITIES – Infants GrpContentStrategyLeader/ Venue 1 And With Your Spirit Sing through with the students the following form John Burlands CD And With your Spirit Yes Lord I Believe Glory to God Elizabeth Kinder Red Room 2Last Supper - Eucharist Together At the Altar site /explore/dsp-content.cfm?loadref=15 Explore Lords Supper Watch Clip and Discuss with students why this was such an important event. I Wonder questions….. Annalise Kinder Blue Room *Need projector and screen

3Symbols of Eucharist Hands on – Get students to touch each item and discuss with them what each is. Create own chalice and ciborium.. When might we see Father use it? Allow them to use them…. role play Matching activity – name to symbol then colour in Lisa Mammone 1Blue Room 4Belief Statements Beliefs of the Catholic Church Discuss What do we believe in? What does the Church believe in? Introduce Apostles Creed as a set of beliefs. Students write or draw what they believe in. Evelina 1 Red

5Parts of the Mass Together at One Altar site - Multimedia ceive/dsp-content.cfm?loadref=39Receive - Order of Mass - read through them together – outlining the 4 parts, We Gather, We Listen, We Give Thanks, We Go Greeting Opening Prayer Readings Homily Prayer of Faithful Bread and Wine Communion The Lords Prayer Blessing Complete matching activity – can draw what happened if finished. Matt 2 Red Room *Need projector

6Art – Sacred Heart of Jesus Discuss what a feast is.. it is a very special and important day on the church. Discuss colour – Red. Complete Artwork for sacred Heart of Jesus, And discuss how they can bring love to everybody else. Belinda 2 Blue

ROTATIONS – Stage 2 and 3 Grp No. ContentPossible StrategyLeader 1And With Your SpiritSing through with the students the following from John Burlands CD Catriona Nunan Demountable 2Symbols of Eucharist -names and how they are used. Hands on – sts touch ciborium, chalice, cruets, paten, monstrance Sts need to match symbol, explanation and name sp-content.cfm?loadref=38 - Craft - Preparing the Church for Mass Sheet – students label each item with its purpose Stage 3 – draw each and label it with its purpose. Simon 4 Blue Room

3CreedApostles Creed - what do we believe in? Using picture to help understand (sample) Lorelei 4Red Room

4Eucharist What is it? How can we live it? Through personal experience Explore Eucharist as way of living life.. how should we live Eucharistic lives Write prayers for of praise to God, to be used for the Adoration in the afternoon Martina 3Blue Room

5Order of MassTogether at One Altar site Receive - Order of Mass - read through them together – outlining the 4 parts, We Gather, We Listen, We Give Thanks, We Go Match correct number to explanation and in correct order. Wendy 3 Red Room