KWL Digital Primary: Year 3

Overview:

This chapter tells us about the love of the Trinity for all of creation, especially for humankind.

What’s inside:

• God as Father, Son and Spirit
• Baptism, grace and the Trinity
• Saint Patrick and the shamrock

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This chapter is about each human person, who is given a body and soul by God. Human beings have a special dignity and great freedom to choose.

What’s inside:

• Created by God
• Body and soul
• Free to choose and love

Overview:

This chapter is about the choices that we can make in life, especially the choice between good and evil.

What’s inside:

• The gift of free will
• Respecting ourselves and others
• Love and respect in families

Overview:

This chapter is about the life and teachings of Jesus, his love for us and the new life of grace he won for us.

What’s inside:

• Jesus in the Gospels
• Jesus, the Son of God
• New life through Jesus

Overview:

This chapter explores the seasons of the Church year and notes the most important times and days, including Lent, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

What’s inside:

• The season of Lent
• The journey through Holy Week
• The joy of Easter

Overview:

This chapter explores how we come to know about Jesus. It tells us that the Bible, which is read at Mass, is our special book, comprising the Old and New Testaments.

What’s inside:

• Sharing the Good News
• The Old and New Testaments
• Living the Word of God

Overview:

This chapter tells us about Catholic liturgy and the signs and symbols we celebrate in worshipping God. The Eucharist, with its different sections, is the source and summit of Christian prayer.

What’s inside:

• Worshipping God in the liturgy
• The two parts of the Mass
• Celebrating the Eucharist

Overview:

This chapter is about the key role the Holy Spirit plays in our lives. This Holy Spirit was poured out upon the apostles at Pentecost and comes to us in the seven Catholic Sacraments.

What’s inside:

• Jesus promises the Holy Spirit
• The Holy Spirit at Pentecost
• Present in the sacraments

Overview:

This chapter is about the special role Mary plays in the Church. She said ‘yes’ to God and was a key figure in the life and saving mission of Jesus, her son.

What’s inside:

• Mary says “yes” to God
• Following the example of Mary
• Mary, our mother

Overview:

This chapter explores the Sacrament of Baptism in the Church. Together with Confirmation and Eucharist, these three rites form the Catholic Sacraments of Initiation.

What’s inside:

• Welcomed into God’s family
• Sacraments of Initiation
• The Rite of Baptism

Overview:

This chapter tells us about the Eucharist and how Jesus is present in the Scriptures and in the bread and wine, which are changed into his Body and Blood. The Last Supper and Jesus’ death and resurrection are remembered at Mass.

What’s inside:

• Jesus present in the Eucharist
• The bread and wine
• The Last Supper

Overview:

This chapter is about the Sacraments of Penance and Anointing of the Sick. In these sacraments, God offers us forgiveness for our sins and strengthens those who are sick. Both sacraments bring us God’s healing and transforming grace.

What’s inside:

• Jesus forgives and heals
• The Sacrament of Penance
• Anointing of the Sick

Overview:

This chapter addressed the Sacraments of Holy Orders and Marriage. Both sacraments stress the service that is given to the Church through these rites.

What’s inside:

• Called to serve
• A covenant of love
• Following Jesus’ example

Overview:

This chapter tells us that we are given the gifts of the Holy Spirit at Baptism. We need God’s grace throughout our lives to remain free from sin and to live a life of love.

What’s inside:

• Adam, Eve and Original Sin
• Baptism in the Spirit
• Living in God’s grace

Overview:

This chapter tells us about the Ten Commandments that God gave to Moses. Jesus reminds us that the greatest commandments are to love God and to love your neighbour as yourself.

What’s inside:

• Reverence towards God
• Speak to others with kindness
• Jesus’ law of love

Overview:

This chapter tells us that there are many ways to pray to God. The Father always listens to our prayers, no matter where or when we pray.

What’s inside:

• Coming to know God
• Different ways to pray
• Jesus teaches us to pray

Overview:

This chapter addresses the truth that all people will some day die and that there is a home for them with God in heaven. We can pray for those who have died, and we can pray to the saints in heaven.

What’s inside:

• Everlasting life
• The kingdom of heaven
• Sacraments for life’s journey

Overview:

This chapter tells us that Advent is a season of waiting for the coming of the Christ Child. Many people in the Old Testament longed for the promised Messiah to be born. John the Baptist and Mary, the Mother of God, are special Advent people.

What’s inside:

• Advent and preparing for Christmas
• The Old Testament promise of a Messiah
• The birth of Jesus