Year 2 content
Term 1
To introduce the principle of compassion to the students, inspire them to reflect on their attitude to compassion and discuss with them that compassion can take many forms
To help the students overcome embarrassment about mistakes and to educate them about the importance to learn from our mistakes
To educate the students about Earth, the importance and ways of respecting it and to encourage them to help look after our Planet
Week 4: Spiral-God’s signature?
To encourage students to investigate nature from the viewpoint of creation
To convey to the students the principle of equality and help them understand that inferiority and superiority are only imagined
To discuss the importance of peaceful communication, explain different ways of communicating and encourage the students to ask clarifying questions
To explore the students’ experiences with the feeling of belonging, to encourage them to include others and to inspire a desire in the students to develop a relationship with God
To educate the students about the feeling of greed, why we may have it, the effects of acting greedily and how to eliminate the feeling of greed in ourselves.
To inspire the students to explore and reflect on their feelings about sharing and to practice sharing equally
To educate the students about assumptions, why they are a problem and how to challenge them
Term 2
To introduce the concept of Self-Worth to the students, discuss the fact that love cannot be earned and inspire the students to see that they are worthy of love
To educate the students about conflict, the causes of it and to present strategies of resolving conflict peacefully
To introduce the concept of change to the students, explain why change is natural and necessary and inspire them to think about changes they would like to make in their own lives.
Week 4: Constancy- Trust in God
To introduce the concept of constancy, why God’s Laws are constant and benefits of God’s constancy on the example of gravity
To raise awareness in the students that different cultures have differing views on manners and inspire the students to use their ethical barometer to discern what might offend others
To revisit the emotion of anger, what causes it and loving ways to deal with it and introduce the concepts of passive aggression, expectations and false beliefs about love
To educate the students about the life cycle of food plants, the abundance and sustainability that is involved and to help them draw the conclusion that God is providing for us.
To help the students understand that death is a natural part of life and to introduce them to the concept of the spirit world
To introduce the concept of material and spiritual generosity to the students, invite them to reflect on their own attitude toward generosity and inspire them to develop a desire to be more generous.
To nurture the students’ sense of wonder and beauty for nature and inspire an understanding that God created everything in nature for us to enjoy
Term 3
To initiate time outside and to inspire students to slow down in order to observe nature more closely
To investigate the concept of nuclear families, the many shapes they come in and to introduce the concept of ‘God’s family’
To inspire the students to refrain from blaming others and instead self-reflect and take self-responsibility
To explain to the students the difference between personal truth and God’s Truth, remind them that God’s Truth is available on every matter and to encourage them to ask for God’s Truth wherever possible
To investigate the concept of selfishness and to inspire the students to be considerate of others
To introduce the concept of mindfulness to the students and explore some mindfulness techniques
Week 7: Violence and Provocation
To introduce to the students the concept of physical, emotional and verbal violence and provocation
To introduce the concept of Doubt, discuss how it can affect our choices and to encourage the students to approach life with a “Can-do” attitude
To introduce the concept of right and wrong and to educate the students about the importance of being open-minded and tolerant
To bring to the students’ attention that every change starts with a single person, to inspire the students to reflect on how they can make a difference in this world and encourage them to take loving action.
Term 4
To educate the students about our sense of taste and tongues and that some animals taste with different body parts.
To understand the purpose of our sense of smell and playfully explore it and to learn about how animals use scent for different purposes
To reflect upon our eyesight through playful discovery and encourage compassion for people whose vision is impaired
To learn about our sense of hearing, inspire compassion for people with hearing loss and introduce sign language and lip reading to the students
To teach the students about the skin and our sense of touch and encourage them to explore tactile sensations through games and sensory play
To introduce to the students the concept of stealing, the role-on effects that can happen from stealing and discuss honest ways of getting what we want or need.
To investigate the concept of laziness, when doing nothing is actually beneficial and that becoming independent is important
Week 8: Setting and respecting Boundaries
To discuss the concept and importance of Boundaries, encourage the students to think about their own boundaries and be assertive about them and to respect the boundaries of others
To encourage the students to long for God to start forming a relationship with God
Week 10: Things to do in Nature
To encourage students to spend more time in nature