Year Four

Overarching Ideas Core Texts

Supplementary Texts
Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Jesus is baptized by John 2 Corinthians: 13:13
Matthew 3:13-17
Acts 7:54-56
Trinity
Mark 1:9-11
Luke 1:35
Luke 3:21-23
John 14:26-28; 15:26
Matthew 28:18-19
The Forgiving Father (Two
Jewish community
Sons)
The Good Samaritan
in the time of
Luke 15:11-32
Luke 10:25-37
Jesus
The Sower
Mark 4:1-10, 13-19
Cleansing a Leper
Mark 1:40-45
Luke 5:12-16
Jesus' healing
ministry

Church
community

Giving Sight to a Blind

Man at Jericho
Mark 10:46-52
Luke 18:35-43

Man by pool of Bethesda

John 5:1-9
Ten Lepers
Luke 17:11-18

Two blind men at Jericho

Matthew 20:29-34
Life among the believers The disciples to St Paul's
Acts 2:42-47
do work of
ideas about
Acts 4:32-37
Jesus
living in
John 14:11-14 community
Acts 5:12-15
Philippians
2:2-5, 14
Jesus' disciples Galatians
do works of
5:25-26, 6:9healing
10
Mark 6:6b-13 Colossians
Mark 16:17-18 3:12-17, 20
James 5:13-15
Proclaiming
Some texts
the Good
from the letters News
of St Paul
Romans
Romans 1:7-12 10:11-17
Romans 8:2829; 31-33
Building
2 Corinthians peaceful

relationships
Romans 14:119

Prayers of
Psalm of praise
blessing, petition Psalm 148
and intercession

Supporting
13:10-13
and
encouraging
one another
1
Thessalonian
s5:11-22
Some Psalms and prayers of
Blessings
Psalm 103:1-5 Psalm 103:1118 Psalm 117
Some Psalms of petition,
intercession and forgiveness
Psalm 65:5-14
Psalm 70
Psalm 61:1-5
Psalm 88:1-4, 14-19
Psalm 143:10-12
Psalm 64, 69, 70, 77, 86,
130, 140, 141, 142

Jesus the Bread of Life

John 6:35-45
Living in loving
The Ten Commandments Multiplication of the Loaves
relationship with Exodus 20:1-17
John 6:1-15
God, others and Deuteronomy 5:1-21
all of creation
The Ten Commandments
Deuteronomy 5:2233;Deuteronomy 6:1-3

Old Testament

Sacred myths
First creation story
Genesis 1:1 - 2:4a

Poetry
Song of Moses and of Miriam
Exodus 15:1-21
Legal codes

text types

Leviticus 11:1-8, 24:17-22

Wise sayings
Proverbs 13:20, 20:11, 22:6,
25:25
Historical narratives
Joseph sold into Egypt
Genesis 37:1-36
Sacred myths
Tower of Babel
Genesis 11:1-9