Classroom resources

International Youth Day questions and activities

Laura Kings 8 August 2024

This year’s International Youth Day theme, Intergenerational solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages, calls for action across all generations to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to leave no one behind.

What would Jesus want us to do about homelessness? Questions and activities

Laura Kings 8 August 2024 EH

These questions and activities use the stories of Jesus cleansing the leper and calling Levi to consider the issue of homelessness and what Jesus would want us to do about it, were he here today.

The science of God’s love – questions and activities

8 August 2024

These questions and activities consider how God’s love and plan are revealed in scientific endeavours and observations.

Friendship, social media and mental health – questions and activities

Laura Kings 1 August 2024 EH

These activities focus on developing Christian friendship skills, then move on to exploring how to discern the use of social media and support the mental health of young people in our parishes.

Connecting faith and science – questions and activities

Laura Kings 1 August 2024 EH

Support students to explore the positive ways that faith and science interact with these questions and activities and learn a little about the power of wonder, curiosity and ethics along the way.

Gaming the Gospels – Respect relay

Laura Kings 1 August 2024 EH

Everybody deserves to be treated with respect, but how and why do we do that? Find out by playing this game.

AC+ resources on human dignity

Rebecca Lerve and Laura Kings 30 July 2024 EH

Recognising and respecting human dignity is a moral imperative for Catholics. It involves acting with love, compassion, and respect in our personal, social, and political lives. We hope you find our AC+ resources on human dignity useful in exploring this topic.

Gaming the Gospels – Meeting new friends adventure

Laura Kings 25 July 2024 EH

Overcome the fear of meeting new people by understanding that God is with us and provides courage.

Gaming the Gospels – Building blocks

Laura Kings 25 July 2024 EH

Build your teamwork skills while building a tower. How will you feel when it falls?

The Exodus and Refugee Week – questions and activities

Laura Kings 22 July 2024 EH

This Refugee Week let us enter the life of refugees to appreciate their stories of resilience and love by drawing parallels with the experience of Moses and the Exodus, praying intently and developing empathy.

Radical acts of kindness – questions and activities

Laura Kings 22 July 2024 EH

The classroom resources help students understand how to be kind, why Christians choose to be kind, how to persevere when making kind choices gets tough and how to be radical in their choices to be kind. They also look at how we can be kind to the homeless.