RE Task – wk 1

Explore - Transforming energy. What do you think the word ‘transform’ means? What do you think the

word ‘energy’ means? We and the world we live in are full of energy which can be transformed to

good use for us and the natural world. FIRE is a traditional means of transformation into energy, producing heat

and light. It can be used for cooking, melting, warming and burning liquids and solid substances. Demonstrate the effects of fire through the use of a candle flame and a paper spiral. Solar panels can transform light from the fire of the sun into energy, to light and heat a house and to power batteries.

WIND can be transformed into energy, this has happened for hundreds of years. It was used to grind corn in windmills. How it works is that the sun heats our atmosphere unevenly, so some patches become warmer than others. These warm patches of air rise; other air blows in to replace them and that creates wind. The energy of the wind can be used in wind farms by building a tall tower, with a large propeller on the top. The wind blows the propeller round, which turns a generator to produce electricity.

WATER can also be transformed into energy. Watermills used water power to grind corn into flour. Wind can transform waves at sea making them higher and these can be used to create energy. Water can be used to make hydro-electricity from rivers and streams in England and Wales and on a large scale in the Highlands of Scotland.

SUN All of the sources of energy above are dependent upon the transforming energy of the sun. Fire ultimately comes from the sun. The coal or wood used to produce fire has first of all been grown through the heat of the sun.

The energy of sun, wind and water can be transformed and used as sources of renewable, clean and earth friendly energy.

As human people we too have energy that can be transformed to good through using our minds, our time and our energy for the wellbeing of others

Task: Use PicCollage on iPads to record ways in which you could use your energy for the wellbeing of others in class, in the playground, at home, at church, in the local community, in the world etc. Add a commentary of how each action would make them feel and why you would do it.

Learning Focus 1 - On the road to Emmaus

Immediately after the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead, the disciples were unsure and uncertain of the significance of what had happened, until they had met with Jesus who helped them understand.

Luke illustrates this in his Gospel. Use the picture from God’s Story 3 p128-129, Luke 24: 13-35, On The Road to Emmaus, or another such as Caravaggio’s.

Explore Caravaggio’s ‘Supper at Emmaus’. Can you spot elements of the Gospel account in the painting? E.g. Cleopas, Jesus, the blessing and breaking of bread, recognition of Jesus etc. Can some of you compare the Scripture with the painting.

Talk through the questions for the children to explore and share the WAGOLL. What level do we think it is? Can children identify the links made?

Task: Compare the picture with a Gospel account (Luke 24: 13-35). Answer the three following questions – see my examples in the green

Why did Luke describe the disciples as having ‘faces full of sadness’? o Luke describes the disciples as having “faces full of sadness” (Luke

24:17) to highlight the sorrow they felt after the death of Jesus. To ask how two people could walk such a distance without recognising

Jesus, who was not only familiar to them but was also on their mind, is to misread the point that Luke is making, which is told to show how Eucharistic meals of the Church unite the followers of Jesus to the presence of the risen Lord. This account tells us that Jesus, unrecognised, travels with the Church in its journey and, therefore, every Christian.

What was it about the ‘breaking of bread’ that made the disciples recognise Jesus?

o In this story, Jesus, unrecognised, travels with his Church on its journey and the heart of the Church is warmed as it hears the Scriptures but Jesus is only recognised in the breaking of bread. The story tells how Jesus himself answers their doubts by eating in front of them. The ‘breaking of bread’ made the disciples recognise Jesus because it was something physical – something they could see. The women beheld his death, burial and empty tomb and believed but the disciples need certain evidence. These physical signs show that Jesus was the person they had walked and lived with. Jesus now opens the minds of the disciples to understand the scriptures and how Jesus fulfils them.

How did the disciples feel when they recognised the Risen Christ?o The disciples were shocked when they finally recognised the risen

Christ. Luke writes, “How could we not have known!” (Luke 24:31). They were also excited as it says, “At once they set out and returned to Jerusalem.” (Luke 24: 32) Here they told the eleven what had happened. The reaction of the disciples tells us of the joy of the Resurrection.