This half term in Religious Education, the topic for all classes is ‘Prophecy and Promise.’ The focus for Year 6 is the importance of women in salvation history.
For the first few weeks we focussed on female protagonists in the Old Testament, learning about Sarah, Hannah, Miriam, Deborah and Esther.
Now we are learning more about Mary, the Mother of God. We read about the Annunciation in the Gospels of Luke and Matthew and made comparisons between the Lucan and Matthean narratives. We learned that Mary is the fulfilment of the Old Testament prophecies and promises and became the ‘Mother of God’ by her ‘Yes’ to God’s plan.
We have learned a lot of new theological vocabulary in this topic. One of this week’s new words was ‘fiat’. ‘Fiat’ is a Latin word that means “let it be done.” It refers to Mary’s “yes” to God when the angel asked her to be the mother of Jesus. Her fiat shows her trust and love for God.
We created artwork to show Mary’s ‘fiat’ and then used theological language to describe and explain the belief that Mary became and is the ‘Mother of God’.
Mary said ‘yes’ to God. How could your own ‘Yes’ to God transform your lives, Year 6?
I really enjoyed this artwork! Saying yes to God can change your life by making you more holy. It can cleanse your sins and help you to be like Jesus.
Saying yes to God helps as he will guide us through our lives.
It was fun making the artwork. If we have something bothering us we should always speak to God and he will do anything for us .
it will guide me in my life
I loved using tissue paper to depict the Annunciation. I learnt lots of new words such as fiat which means let it be done in Latin. My own yes to God can transform my life because it will help me strengthen my faith in God.
Saying yes to God can help you to have a more peaceful and calm life and you can have someone to talk to you and someone you can trust.
Saying yes to God can transform our lives by making people more respectfull
Saying yes to god will help you make good choices in your life.
it could help others to be more kind and caring
because if you say yes to god he will be kinder to you but if you say no he wont
When we say ‘yes’ to God, we let Jesus into our hearts. We also let God guide us to doing the right thing, not the easy thing.
Saying yes to God, like Mary did, can make us more holy because we are giving our lives to God and entrusting them with him.
the answer to the question is by trusting God during a shocking or scary time.
Saying “Yes” to God can help you cleanse your sins and make you closer to Jesus
god will accept you in heaven and next to Jesus the almighty saviour
saying yes to God,can make us more caring .
It was GREAT fun . We got to do art and religous education
It was amazing fun making the art work! Saying yes to god will help us as God will lead us when we really need it, through hard times .
It will guide me to good things
It was so fun to draw the picture! I started by sketching then it just came to life! God can transform mu life because it will help me and others to strengthen my faith in God.
I really enjoyed doing this artwork. Saying yes to God means staying closer to him and believing in his power
saying yes to God can change your life because he will lift you when your down
saying yes to God can change your life because he will lift you when your down=)
saying yes to God like us can make us holy because he showing respect
It was so fun! I enjoyed it so much!