Caritas in Action Overview
Dignity of the Human Person
Foundation | KS1 | KS2 |
| God made me and loves me very much. | God loves us equally as His children. | We are all equal in God's eyes and loved |
| God made me and all my friends very beautiful. | We are all different and amazing. | I have been given a special gift for the world. |
| We show our love for each other. | We love and look after each other because we are brothers and sisters. | Each person is unique and irreplaceable-everyone matters. |
| We thank God for loving us and our love for each other. | Loving each other makes us strong. | People matter more than possessions. |
Family and Community
Foundation | KS1 | KS2 |
| My family at home. | We are all part of a community. | What makes community? |
| My school family. | We look after and care for each other. | Who is in my community? |
We are all different and we care for each other. | I belong to my family and community. | Building up my community. |
We love and look after each other because we are all brothers and sisters in God's family. | My community needs me. | Building up the Kingdom of God. |
Solidarity and the Common Good
Foundation | KS1 | KS2 |
| We are friends. | We are brothers and sisters - one family- one world. | I listen to you with my ears, eyes, heart and mind. |
| We play together in love and peace. | We learn together. | We walk together as people of peace. |
| We help each other. | We build together a community of peace. | We face challenges together. |
| We thank God for each other. | We celebrate together. | Building our mission team. |
Rights and Responsibilities
Foundation | KS1 | KS2 |
| God wants everyone to be happy. | Happiness is? Exploring what makes us happy. | Barriers to happiness.
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| God gives us all we need to be happy. | Finding happiness with each other. | Exploring our responsibilities for each other. |
| Making the right choices. | Helping each other to make the right choices. | Recognising the difference between rights and responsibilities. |
| We share all God's gifts. | Fair shares for all. | Happiness comes in sharing and giving. |
Option for the poor and the vulnerable
Foundation | KS1 | KS2 |
| God's gifts are for everyone (food, clothing , education, medical etc). | Some of God's family have plenty of food, toys and clothes. Some don't. | Why are some p[arts of our area richer or poorer than others? |
| Learning to share our toys and food with our friends so that everybody has enough. | Exploring the feelings of those who have plenty and those who have little. | What are the needs of those in a poor area compared with those in a rich area? |
| Helping everybody be happy by playing, sharing and learning together. | Working together to make our family happy. Exploring fairness and justice. | Helping others to see brothers and sisters, not strangers, in need. Raising awareness locally and nationally. |
| Using our gifts to help others. | Who needs our help? How can we help? | Being Christ's voice in our area for those who need us the most. |
The Dignity of Work
Foundation | KS1 | KS2 |
| We are helping to do God's work. | Everybody's work is important for the community. | Explaining our understanding of work. How does work build us up? |
| We use our gifts for each other. | Working together to build up our school community. | The many sides of working together to build up a community. |
| Everybody's gifts are needed to build God's world. | Finding my special job-my gift to the world. | Recognising and helping others to find their gift and share it. |
| When we build together we can do much more. | Working hard to be the best you can be for others. | Enabling each other to aim high. |
Stewardship
Foundation | KS1 | KS2 |
| Discovering God's beautiful creation. | Learning from God's creation. | All things are connected.
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| Playing in and caring for creation. | Making good choices - being responsible. | Enough for everybody's need but not everybody's greed. |
| Helping God's Creation grow. | God's Gardeners. | Stewards of God's world. |
| Celebrating God's creation. | Celebrating harvest. | Seeing God in Creation. |