Resources

Chatter box.
The Chatter box it just a fun was to prompt bible discussion. I have included a blank proforma and one related to Gospel, you can have children create their own words according to the text you are studying.

The concertina card.
This activity is reflective , and will take some time. The back cover needs to be folded in half with the Gospel section on one side and the future section on the other side . The inside insert needs to be folded in half then folded backwards like a concertina. See the final product picture to help you work it out.



Inside insert

Front cover

The three facets of scripture study. 
This is just a document that you can use as a starting point for study. It gives you direction when needing to engage the children in deeper thinking.

Three Facets of understanding scripture… bring scripture into the contemporary world through these three ways of looking at it.
Window- look at the scripture.	Mirror	Today.
(In this section you must always have a version that is read) *Read straight from the bible *Read from Children’s bible *Watch it on a cartoon, movie or you tube clip. (things to add to your google search… ‘claymation’, ‘little clay bible’, ‘lego’, ‘animation’...there are oodles on line- just preview before showing children *Godly Play *Comparative study between text (middle -upper- see generic comparison chart)	Where do you see yourself in the text. *Draw a picture. *Act it out. *Talk with a friend. *Imagine being there. *Create a map of the journey and decide where you might be when you saw what happened. ** in a group give each person a position in the story and have them report on their perspective of the action.	How is it relevant today? What can you do with the message of the text today? *In the playground? *At home? *Where you play sport? *At a friend’s house?

Character facets.
This chart of character facets can be printed in a double sided sheet and then laminated. It can be used for any scripture story with interesting characters. Have the children use white board markets to high light their characters' features.

Character facets….. Read your story and focus on one character then circle all the aspects of this chart that they have before you discuss the story or the character with your group.  

nice	mean	sad
bright	angry	antisocial
cheerful	bossy	comfortless
caring	cruel	depressed
charming	disrespectful	down
considerate	harsh	friendless
delightful	hateful	gloomy
encouraging	insensitive	glum
friendly	selfish	heartbroken
kind	thoughtless	hopeless
likable	uncaring	isolated
loving	unfriendly	miserable
peaceful	spoiled	sorrowful
pleasant	moody	unhappy
respectful	sly	lonesome
sensitive	greedy	withdrawn
sweet	boastful	heavy- hearted
thoughtful	conceited	lost

confident	nervous
assertive	anxious
brave	concerned
courageous	fearful
certain	hesitant
independent	uncertain
sure	uneasy
fearless	unsure

positive	negative
cooperative	uncooperative
calm	reactive
dependable	not dependable
fair	unfair
honest	dishonest
humble	bragger
mature	immature
patient	impatient
responsible	irresponsible
trustworthy	untrustworthy

Does a lot	Does very little
active	bored/boring
adventurous	dull
ambitious	indifferent
bold	lazy
busy	neglectful
energetic	sluggish
hard working	uninterested

Whole School Planner St. Brendan's Somerville.
Copy of whole school planner