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Themes
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Year Groups
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E. Y. F1 & 2.
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YEAR 1
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YEAR 2
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YEAR 3
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YEAR 4
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YEAR 5
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YEAR 6
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Domestic church
family
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Myself
God knows and loves each one
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Families
God’s love and care for every family
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Beginnings
God at every beginning
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Homes
God’s dream for every family
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People
The family of God in Scripture
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Ourselves
Created in the image & likeness of God
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Loving
God who never stops loving
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Baptism/
Confirmation
belonging
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Welcome
Baptism; a welcome to God’s family
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Belonging
Baptism an invitation to belong to God’s family
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Signs & symbols
Sign & symbols in Baptism
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Promises
Promises made at Baptism
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Called
Confirmation a time to renew baptismal promises
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Initiation
The call to a new way of life
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Vocation & commitment
Christian life
Marriage / ordination
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Advent/
Christmas
loving
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Birthday
Looking forward to Jesus’ birthday
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Waiting
Advent a time to look forward to Christmas
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Preparations
Advent; preparing to celebrate Christmas
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Visitors
The coming of Jesus
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Gift
God’s gift of love & friendship in Jesus
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Hope
Advent; waiting in joyful hope for Jesus; the promised one
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Expectations
Jesus born to show God to the world
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Local Church
community
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Celebrating
People celebrate in Church
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Special people
People in the parish family
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Books
The books used in Church
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Journeys
Christian family’s journey with Jesus
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Community
life in the local Christian community: ministries in the parish
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Mission
Continuing Jesus’ mission in diocese. [ecumenism]
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Sources
The Bible, the special book for the Church
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Eucharist
relating
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Gathering
The parish family gathers to celebrate Eucharist
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Meals
Mass; Jesus’ special meal
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Thanksgiving
Mass a special time for saying thank you to God for everything, especially Jesus.
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Listening & Sharing
Jesus gives himself to us in a special way
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Giving &receiving
Living in communion
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Memories
The Eucharist the living memorial of Jesus
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Unity
Eucharist enables people to live in communion.
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Lent/ Easter
giving
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Growing
Looking forward to Easter
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Change
Lent a time for change
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Opportunities
Lent; an opportunity to start anew in order to celebrate Jesus’ new life
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Giving all
Lent a time to remember Jesus’ total giving
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Self discipline
Celebrating growth to new life
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Sacrifice
Lent a time of giving in order to celebrate the sacrifice of Jesus
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Death & new life
Celebrating Jesus’ death & Resurrection
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Pentecost
serving
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Good News
Passing on the Good news of Jesus
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Holidays & holydays
Pentecost: the feast of the Holy Spirit
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Spread the word
Pentecost a time to spread the Good News
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Energy
Gifts of the Holy Spirit
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New life
To hear & live the Easter message
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Transformation
Celebration of the Spirit’s transforming power
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Witnesses
The Holy Spirit enables people to become witnesses
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Reconciliation
Inter-relating
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Friends
Friends of Jesus
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Being sorry
God helps us to choose well Sacrament of Reconciliation
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Rules
Reasons for rules in the Christian family
Sacrament of Reconciliation
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Choices
The importance of examination of conscience
Sacrament of Reconciliation
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Building bridges
Admitting wrong, being reconciled with God and each other
Sacrament of Reconciliation
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Freedom & responsibility
Commandments enable Christians to be free & responsible
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Healing
Sacrament of the Sick
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Universal Church
world
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Our world
God’s wonderful world
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Neighbours
Neighbours share God’s world
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Treasures
God’s treasure; the world
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Special places
Holy places for Jesus and the Christian community
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Difference
Different saints show people what God is like.
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Stewards
The Church is called to stewardship of Creation
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Common good
Work of the worldwide Christian family
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