Before you Begin The Music is called ‘Forgiveness’ and is by Matthew West . It can be downloaded from I tunes You can use this just as a reflection in which case just play the PowerPoint If you are using this in RE then see next slide for suggested activities.

Suggested activities This is aimed at KS2 . (You will find stories of forgiveness that may link into this on theforgivenessproject.com however not all the stories there are suitable for young children please carefully select or adapt the material if you are using this site. These are just suggestions there are many ways to use this powerpoint. L2 – as you watch the PowerPoint what stories or sayings of Jesus do you recognise. Chose what you think is the most important thing Jesus said or did about forgiveness. Retell this and then say how this might effect the way a believer lives their life. Discuss with your partner is it easy to forgive? L3- Look again at the slide of Pope John Paul 11. Find out what happened to him. Why do you think he was ready to forgive the person who hurt him. What teachings of Jesus might he have been trying to live out? Is it easy to forgive? Explain your reasons. Make a link between the story of Nemo and the story of the lost Son. What do you think they are trying to teach us. (when scaffolding tell the opening of Finding Nemo in a way that emphasises links) L4- If someone is a Catholic what should their attitude to forgiveness be? In your answer you must make reference to at least 4 Stories/sayings/incidents from the life of Jesus. Would this teaching be hard to follow? How could staying angry rob us of happiness? Look at the example of one person who has tried to live out forgiveness. Why did they do this? How did forgiving help them? This might possible also be L5 AT2ii

Forgiveness

It’s the hardest thing to give away And the last thing on your mind today It always goes to those who don’t deserve Seventy years after Auschwitz was liberated, Eva Kor a survior of Auschwitz embraces former Nazi guard Oskar

It’s the opposite of how you feel When they pain they caused is just too real Takes everything you have to say the word Pope John Paul II talks to and forgives Mehmet Ali Agca, who attempted to kill him, in Agca's cell in Rome's Rebibbia prison

Forgiveness, forgiveness

It flies in the face of all your pride It moves away the mad inside It’s always anger’s own worst enemy

Even when the jury and the judge Say you gotta right to hold a grudge It’s the whisper in your ear saying ‘Set It Free’ Peter denies Jesus Peter forgiven

Forgiveness, Forgiveness Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me?

Show me how to love the unlovable Show me how to reach the unreachable Help me now to do the impossible When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?” On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Mark 2

Even if I broke my daddy’s IPad He would still forgive me Forgiveness, Forgiveness Even if I broke my daddy’s IPad He would still forgive me (Year one pupil)

Help me now to do the impossible Forgiveness Father forgive them

It’ll clear the bitterness away It can even set a prisoner free There is no end to what it’s power can do

So, let it go and be amazed By what you see through eyes of grace The prisoner that it really frees is you

Forgiveness, Forgiveness

Show me how to love the unlovable Show me how to reach the unreachable Help me now to do the impossible Nemo told his dad he hated him But his dad still set out to rescue him

Forgiveness

I want to finally set it free So show me how to see what Your mercy sees Help me now to give what You gave to me

Forgiveness

Forgiveness, Forgiveness