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Frisbee Game - Grade 4 Physical Health Education Revision Notes
Frisbee Game
- Freesbee game is played by throwing a disc.
- Thrower- player who has disc and propels it to opponent.
- Court- an enclosure or field marked out for playing games like Frisbee.
One Handed Rim Catch.
How to perform one- handed rim catch
- Watch and time the oncoming disc carefully as it fliew towards you.
- Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart with kneew slightly bent.
- Aim to catch the disc with one hand.
- Catch the disc between your thumb and fingers.
Forehand Throw
- It is also knwon as the flick. It is one of the two common ways to throw a frisbee.
Backhand Throw.
- One of the easiest and most common throws. It is inspired by the backhand in lawn tennis and can be used in short, medium and long-range passing.
How To Perform Backhand Throw
- Grip the disc with one hand.
- Swing the throwing hadn backwards.
- Stand sideways in the direction you want to throw, with knees slightly bent ans legs shoulder width apart.
- Take the disc back around the body.
- Bend your elbow slightly as shown below.
- Bring arm around quickly.
- At the same time, step on to your target and leg go of dic by flicking wrist with power.
- Begin by thrwoing the disc using the wrist only. Don't use your arm yet.
Swimming - Grade 4 Physical Health Education Revision Notes
Strokes
Front crawl - a stroke where the arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick to propel a swimmer orward.
Body Position While Swimming
- Keep your body flat, lie facing down in the water with your body kept in line with the water surface.
- Keeping the body straight makes swimming easier.
Arm Movement
- Arm pull- Practice it with your palms facing down, pull in line with your body with a slightly bent elbow all the way to the side of your upper thigh.
- Arm recovery -with your hand close to your upper thigh, lift the arm out of the water with bent elbow. Reach forward over the water with a bent elbow and enter the water with our fingerprints.
Leg Action
- Involves straightening the legs with pointed toes.
- Ankles remain relaxed and flexible.
- Kick the legs up and down in a continuous motion.
- Do not bend the legs.
Safety Tips.
- Swimming in proper costume.
- Leave your shoes in the changing room/
- Take a shower before entering the pool.
- Tuck long hair or hold it tightly.
- Visit the toilet before getting into the pool.
- No pushing each other into the water or play around the pool.
- Do not dive in the shallow end of the pool.
- Have an adult who knows how to swim with you when around the pool and during swimming.
- No eating or chewing gum during swimming lessons
- If you have an open wound or bruise, don't get in the pool.
- Do not swim immediately after taking meals.
- Ensure there is a life saver on alert.
Flutter kick: A basic skill in swimming used to stabilize and propel your body forward in the water with your legs.
Diving
Crouch Surface Dive.
How To Perform The Crouch Surface Dive.
- Start from a crouch position.
- Curl the toes of the front around the edge of the pool with the other foot slightly behind.
- The arms and hands are pointed at the entry point with the head tucked in.
- Push off from the feet and straighten at the knees to dive.
Safety tips
- Do not dive if not accompanied by swimming teacher/ instructor.
- Diving should be performed in pools with adequate water.
- Do not dive when there are swimmers in the diving area.
- Always observe safety rules when swimming.
Deck: a raised flat surface.
Standing Surface Dive.
- Standing surface dive is a shallow dive performed from a standing position.
Practicing Standing Surface Dive.
- Stand with the feet together, toes curled over the edge of the pool.
- Place arms straight above the head toucvhing the ears wiht the arms.
- Bend the knees slightly
- Tuck chin, bend at the waist pointing fingers towards the water.
- Tilt towards push off from the feet, through the hips and dive into the water fingers first.
- As the leg follows, the upper body straightens and then out then out and the point toe out.
Gymnastics - Grade 4 Physical Health Education Revision Notes
Rolls
Forward Roll
- Is performed by moving from standing position to a quite with the chin tucked in.
- This starting position transforms into a roll and back to the feet in one motion without the support of the hands while standing.
How To Perform The Forward Roll
- Squat (to posiiton yourself closer to the ground balancing on the front part of your feet with your legs bent under your body.) down and place the hands shoulder-width apart.
- Tuck the chin and head towards the chest.
- Roll forward, push over unto the upper back so that the body rolls forward and the hips are pushed over the head.
- Straighten the legs and point the toes throughout the roll.
- Stand without using your hands for support.
Safety Tips
- Warm up befire performing the forward roll.
- Perform the activity in an open flat and safe place.
- Have proper attire, loose fitting and comfortable clothing.
- Make contact with the floor using back of the head and shoulders and nebver the top of the head.
Backward Roll
- Is similar to the forward roll but is performed in reverse(going backwards)
How To Perform The Backward Roll
- Squat into a tuck position ( a body position where the knees and hips are bent and drawn into the chest.)
- Place hands on your ears with open plams, facing upwards.
- Bring the chin to the chest
- Sit while tucked and push backwards to begin the roll.
- Extend the arms and push wiht arms to complete the roll.
- Land on your feet and extend the legs to stand.
Balancing
Headstand Balance
- Is an inverted balance. The performer balances his or her body with the forehead.
How to Perform
- Kneel or squat on the mat or grass.
- Place hands about shoulder width or slightly wider with fingers pointing forward.
- Hands and the top of the head should form a triangle shape.
- Tuck the chin downward and bring forehead down to the mat.
- Lift up the knees to straighten out the legs.
- Bring the knees to armpits and into the chest.
- Raise the knees and extend the legs straight up out of the tuck.
- Hold the headstand for a few minutes.
- To release the headstand, bend at the knees and bring both legs down back to tucked position in frontof the chest.
Handstand Balance
- Is the act of supporting the body in a stable, inverted position by balancing on the hands.
How To Perform The Headstand Balance
- Start in an upright standing position. Hands stretched staright over the head.
- Place one foot in front on the ground or mat. Place both hands in front on the ground or mat, shoulder width apart, with fingers spread out slightly and facing forward.
- Using the momentum(force that keeps the body moving) from placing one foot in front of the other, kick one leg up then follow with the other leg.
- Keep the arms straight and hold the balance.
- To release the handstand, bring legs down one after the other and lunge to an upright position.
Sequence
Two Action Sequence.
- A sequence is a gymanstic activity where two or more skills are performed together, creating a different combination skill.
- A tow action sequence involves the performance of the two action gymnastic skills which involve travelling, jumping , rolling and balance.
- This is similar to playing ball games where different skills such as passing , catching, running and jumping are put together.
- The purpose of a sequence is to connect movements into smooth and flowing sequence without hesitations or stops.
Three Action Sequence
- Involves the performance of three action gymnastic skills which may involve travelling, jumping , rolling and balance.
- Squat - to crouch or sit with one's knee bent and one's heels close to or touching one's behind.
Four Action Sequence
How To Perform The Four-Action Sequence.
- A four- action sequence involves four gymnastic skills
- The sequence has four skills such as handstand, T-balance, a handstand into a T-balance or single leg balance dorward roll. T- balance backward roll.
Manipulative Skills - Grade 4 Physical Health Education Revision Notes
- Improvising balls:
- Catching Balls
- Throwing and Passing
- Improving Soccer Balls
- Hand Juggling
- Rounders
- Skipping Rope
Improvising balls:
Materials needed:
- Waste polythene bags
- Waste papers
- Old matresses
- Sisal rope
- String
- Scissors
Procedure of Improvising balls
- Bring together all the above stated materials ready for improvising.
- Fold the old papers into the shape of a ball.
- Put the folded papers into a non-woven bag(uhuru bag) then grip and twist to make a round shape.
- Continue to wrap it making as much round as possible, then tie bag tightly.
- Begin to tie it with a string after making knot, then create line parallel to each other and close while going to the bottom
- Repeat the process on the sides and compact the lines until it is finished.
- The ball is ready to play.
Safety tips
- Work from a clean space
- Store all sharp items in a container when not in use
- Follow your teacher's instructions carefuly and work in turns.
- Should an injury occur, report immediately to the teacher.
- Use sharp items carefully.
- To improvise is to make from what is available in the local environment or immediate surrounding.
Catching Balls
Two-Handed Catching
- This is a technique that involves use of two hands to receive a ball.
How To Perform Two-Handed Catching.
- Keep the eyes on the ball.
- Then move towards the ball.
- Stretch the arms with fingers spread to meet and snatch the ball towards the body.
- Lastly control the ball with fingers and the thumb.
Safety Tips:
- Make sure there is enough space between you and other playmates when throwing and catching the ball.
- Cathc the ball with fingers spread out, not closed to avoid injuries.
Catching- The act of grasping or seizing a ball.
- Catching a ball can be done while following different pathways:
- It can be in line
- In a circle
- Zigzag manner
- It can also be done at different levels: low, medium and high levels.
- The degree of force used in catching the ball e.g soft and hard.
Throwing and Passing
Kneeling Overhead Throw
- Kneeling overhead throw is a type of a pass that you perform from a kneeling position.
How To Perform Kneeling Overhead Throw
- Begin to assume a full kneeling position.
- Hold the ball above your head with both hands, fingers well-spread behind the ball.
- Pass the ball above your head accurately to your partner.
Safety Tips.
- Ensure the ground is safe for kneeling
- Use the correct techniques for passing using overhead throw.
Overarm Pass.
- Overarm pass is a type of pass used to throw the ball to a partner.
How To Perform The Overarm Pass.
- Keep the eyes focussed on the target.
- Stand sideways to the target of the throw.
- The throwing arm moves downwards and upwards.
- Step towards the target as hip and shoulders rotate and release the ball. The force you release it with makes the ball to travel further.
Overhead Pass
- The overhead pass is a type used for making a long pass.
How To Perform Overhead Pass.
- Begin to Assume a staggered stance- it's a standing position in sport in which the feet are spread to the width of the hips and the toe of one foot is on a line behind the heel of the other foot.
- Hold ball above your head with two hands.
- Spread your fingers well behind the ball.
- Pass the ball over your head with a follow through.
Safety Tips
- Make sure you observe the rules when passing the ball for your own and other safety.
- Use the correct technique to pass the ball.
Underarm Pass.
- Underarm pass is one-handed pass that is taken from below the waist area. It is used to pass a ball to ateam member who is close.
How To Perform The Underarm Pass.
- With your feet staggered hold the ball with both hands.
- Withdraw the ball backwards and transfer your weight to the back foot.
- Give the ball a forward thrust.
- Transfer weight to the font leg simultaneously.
- Release the ball in the desired direction with one hand.
* Underarm pass is used to pass over a short distance.
Chest Pass.
- Chest pass is the common pass used in ball games. It is one of the easiest passes to perform.
How To Perform The Chest Pass.
- Hold the ball to the chest.
- Spread your fingers over the ball.
- Pass the ball at chest level with a follow through.
In all games, there is need for commitment. This is the willingness to give your time and energy to a job, activity or something that you believe in.
Bounce Pass.
- Bounce pass is done by holding the ball close to the chest and passing it to the playmate.
To bounce: means to cause to rebound or be deflected.
How To Perform The Bounce Pass:
- Begin to assume the staggered stance.
- Hold the ball frimly close to the chest.
- Bounce the ball close to your partner.
Improving Soccer Balls
How To Improve Soccer Balls
- A soccer can be made from locally available materials.
- Materials fro improvising soccer balls includes old socks, rubber bands, used carrier bags, cello tapes(seal tapes) strips of old cloth and strings.
- Bring together all the above stated materials ready for improvising.
- Fold the old papers into the shape of a ball.
- Put the folded papers into a non-woven bag(uhuru bag) then grip and twist to make a round shape.
- Continue to wrap it and making as much round as possible, then tie the bag tightly.
- Begin to tie it wiht a string after making a knot, then create lines parallel to each other and close while going to the bottom.
- Repeat the process on the sides and compact the lines until it is finished.
- The ball is ready to play.
Passing In Soccer.
- Instep Pass: A pass that uses the upper surface of the foot.( also called the laces)
- Passing is moving the ball among team mates in order to keep it away from the opponents and put the ball into a position for a short on the goal.
How to make an instep pass:
- Place the left foot level wiht the ball.
- Pen hip anbd turning kicking foot open.
- Kick the ball with the instep of the foot.
instep: the arched middle portion of the human foot in froont of the ankle joint especially its upper surface.
Opponent: A person who is against another person in a game.
Surrender: To give up something to an opponent for example a ball during a match.
Hand Juggling
How To Perform Hand Juggling
- Juggling is a skill which involves handling or manipulation of objects in an artful way.
- It involves tossing objects into the air with one hand and catching them at the same time using the other hand. It is also possible to juggle with the feet.
Safety Tips:
- Use safe and comfortable objects
- Play in a safe environment.
- Keep distance when juggling in groups.
Juggling Scarves
How To Perform Scarf Juggling
- Toss one scarf up wit right hand and catch it with same hand.
- Toss with left hand and catch with the left.
- Toss with the right and catch with right.
- Toss with right hand and catch with left.
- Toss and try to clap your hands before catching.
Rounders
Rounders Equipment.
- The rounders game is played by two of nin players by hitting the ball thrown to them and running artound four posts.
- The equipment use for playing the game is:
- Rounders ball
- Rounders bat
- Rounders posts
Making Rounders Equipment
- Equipment for rounders can also be improvised using the following materials.
- Bat - Can be made from old pieces of cloth(socks), scrapper, clothing material, leather, bamboo sticks.
- Ball - Can be made from non-woven bags, wooden materials or leather.
- Posts - Can be made using plastic cones, tins, buckets, wooden stumps, rubber mats, broom, handle, sand.
Safety tips
- Store all sharp equipment in a safe place.
- Use the sharp objects carefully.
- Do not crowd together.
- Report any injury to the teacher.
Pitch Orientation
- Batting- is when the batsman or woman strikes the ball with the bat and hits the ball forward into play.
- Fielding - is catching or picking up the ball after it has been hit.
- The batting team is th eteam that tries to catch or intercept thye ball in order to stop the batting team from scoring.
Safety tips
- All batsmen should wait for their turn in the backward area 10m behind the 4th anbd 15m away from the batting square.
- Make sure there are no stones or holes in the field of play.
- When you are playing the game, the equipment should be used under the direct supervision of the teacher.
Bowling In Rounders
- Bowling is the act sending the ball to the batsman using a continuous smooth under arm action.
- For a successful and correct bowling, the bowler must bowl a ball towards the batsman.
The Bowling Action.
- The ball is thrown with a smooth underarm action.
- The ball arrives without bouncing within the batsman square.
- The ball is above the batsman knee.
- The bowlers fee should be inside the bowler's square.\
Things To Remember.
- Grip the ball and visualize the rectangular space into which your ball must go.
- Bring in the foot work by stepping forward as you bowl.
- Stand at the back of the bowling square left side towards the batsman while holding the ball in the right hand.
- Point the left hand in the direction in which you re bowling.
- Step sideways with the left foot, bend the knees, turn the shoulders and bowl.
- Release the ball with a flick of the wrist.
- The ball is rolled off the fingers , not the palm.
- Get your balance by swinging the left arm backwards as you swing the right arm forward. Make the action smooth and rhthymical.
How To Grip The Ball
- First and second fingers are places over seams of the ball where they come together with the thumb over the seam as shown in the picture below.
Batting In Progress.
- Batting is hitting the ball from front line of the batting square by the player, to the direction he or she chooses.
- It is the main attacking move to give the team a rounder.
- Batting is an attacking technique in rounders. the ball is hit by the batsman towards any direction.
- The fielders go for the ball and return it while attempting to touch the post the batsman is heading for.
- It is important for the batsman to observe the rules otherwise one will be declared a "batsman out" or a "no ball"
The batsman is out when:
- The ball is caught when the batsman hit it.
- Their foot is over the front or back line of the batting square.
- They run inside a post.
- The post they are running towards is stumped( a fielder touhces it with a ball).
- They lose contact witht the post when the bowler has the ball in the bowler's square.
- They overtake another batsman.
- They abstract the fielder.
Grip: to sieze pr hold an object firmly.
Rules when you play rounders.
- Run to the outside of the posts.
- If you stop at a post, you must keep contact with the posts, with hand on bat.
- You can run on to a post even if it has been previously stumped.(You don't score if the post immediately ahead has been stumped.)
- When the bowler has the ball in bowing square you cannot move on, but if you are between posts you can carry on to the next posts.
- You cannot have two batsmen at a post.
- At a post you do not have to move on for every ball bowled.
- You can move on as ason as the ball leaves the bowlers hand. You must touch 4th post on getting home/ completion.
- Fielding: Attempting to catch or stop the ball and return it after it has been hit by the batsman, thereby preventing runs being scored or base runner advancing.
Skipping Rope
Improvising The Skipping Rope
- A skipping rope is a tool used in the sport of skipping.
- Improvising is making something from materials available in the environment.
Safety Tips.
- Use a pair of scissors or knife with the help of a teacher, parent or guardian.
- Use safe materials that arenot rough but friendly to the skin.
- Take turns when using materials as a group.
- Don't litter the floor with materials.
- In case of cuts and blisters alter your teacher, parent or guardian.
Skipping Techniques.
How To Choose The Correct Rope Size or Length.
- Hold the handles of the rope in both hands.
- Place both feet on the center of the rope, as you continue to hold the handles with each hand.
- With both feet on the ground, hold the handles up to the sides of the body towards your shoulder.
- The handles should sit just below your shoulders or reach ther armpits.
- The improvised ropes can be used to play the following games:
Donut skips: its about using rope and making circles on the ground, then skipping in and out of the circle.
Flat rope skipping - in this skipping two friends hold the rope on the ground, one at each end. Those skipping, skip over the stationary rope.
Using the correct techniques
- Minimize the space created between you and the ground.
- Minimizes the injuries.
- It keeps the toes pointes down instead of pulling the feet backwards.
- It helps you land softly on the balls of your feet at every bounce.
- it helps to distribute the pressure of jumping throughout the body.
Grip
- Grip the handles loosely with the fingers, not the palm which thumbs on top of the rope.
- When turning the rope, make small circle with the wrists.
- The grip should be comfortable and firm.
Body posture, arm and wrists position
- Hold head straight. Look ahead to maintain balance.
- Shoulders should be level and straight, not hunched. Weight should be on the balls of the feet.
- Arms should be held at about 90° angle, held slightly forward and extended sideways.
- Elbows should be held close to the body.
- Knees should be close together with slight bend.
How To Skip Rope.
- Hold head straight. Look ahead to maintain balance.
- Shoulders should be level and straight, not hunched. Weight should be on the balls of the feet.
- Arms should be held at about 90° angle, held slightly forward and extended sideways.
- Elbows should be held close to the body.
- Knees should be close together with slight bend.
Safety Tips
- Ensure you are wearing sports shoes.
- Skip the rope on a flat smooth surface.
- Keep a safe distance from each other.
- Warm up and cool down before and after skipping.
- Skip while maintaining the correct posture.
Single Bounce
How To Skip The Rope Using Single Bounce Skill
- Skip on both feet.
- Skip once for each turn of the rope.
- Keep feet, ankle and knees together.
- mainatin a steady rhthym
- Mainatin upright body posture with knees bent. slightly.
Double Bouncing
- Involves jumping twice for each turn of the rope.
How to Perform The Double Bounce Skill.
- Jump on both sides.
- Jump twice for each turn of the rope.
- Keep feet, ankle and knees together.
- Land on balls of the feet.
- Keep knees slightly bent.
Safety Tips
- Make sure you have the correct rope.
- Make sure you are skipping in an open, flat and safe space.
- Avoid overcrowding.
Skipping helps us avoid lifestyl diseases. - Medical conditions/ disorders associated with inactivity especially in physical abilities.
One Foot Bounce.
- The one-foot bounce involves jumping on one foot over a turning rope.
How To Perform The One-Foot Bounce
- Grip the rope comfortably in the hands.
- Hold the rope in front with the hands together and elbows close to the body.
- Place the rope behind the body an turn the jump rope over the head.
- Jump with only one foot, left or right.
Safety Tips
- Choose suitable rope.
- Do wamr up exercise before starting to skip and cool down exercise after skipping
- Maintain proper posture while skipping.
Importance of skipping rope in everyday life
- Improves the heart rate.
- Helps in weight loss.
- Improve blood circulation.
Locomotor Skills - Grade 4 Physical Health Education Revision Notes
Athletics Track
- It is a ground or surface that is oval in shape.
- It comprises of two parallel sides joined together by two semi-circular bends
- An athletics track has a starting and finishing point for different races.
Safety tips:
- As you participate in running 100m and 200m, you need to observe the following safety measures.
- Perform warm up activities before running
- Do not cross in front of each other while running
- Look out for objects like stones and remove them from the track.
- The safety precautions assist to avoid injury of self and others while using the athletic track. You are therefore required to observe these rules for your own safety.
Standing Start
How to Perform a Good Standing Start
On your marks:
- Place one foot forward pointing directly ahead
- Place your other foot back pointing directly ahead
- Your feet should be about shoulder-width apart
- Look at the ground ahead.
- Look at the ground in front of your feet.
Go
- Drive your arms and legs forward.
- Step through with the back foot first
- In every game, it is good practice for fair play. This means fair competition, equality and respect for rules and players.
Standing Long Jump
How to Perform the Standing Long Jump.
- You should place both feet at shoulder-width.
- Then stand up with arms raised and rise up on to the balls of the feet with hips extended.
(Balls of the feet - portion of the sole between the toes and the arch) - Then bring the arms back behind you and bend the knee and hips
- Drive as powerfully as possible off the ground while throwing the arms forward as forcefully as possible.
- Once you are airborne, extend the hips up and out and throw the feet forward.
- Land flat footed slightly forward.
- Avoid falling backward or forward.
Safety tips:
- before you jump, ensure you have done warm up activities
- Make sure the landing are is level, there are no stones, holes and it is not slippery.
- Use the correct technique while doing the standing jump.
- While undertaking the standing jump, team work is most important for the success of the game. It means working together to achieve set goals.
Peace - Grade 4 CRE Revision Notes
- The Expression Of Peace In Traditional African Communities. {John 14:27}
- Teachings of Jesus Christ On Peace {John 14:1-3, 20:19}
- Agencies That Work For Peace {Romans 12:18}
- The Birth Of The Prince Of Peace
- Peace refers to the harmony between people.
- Is a situation where there is no war or disagreement
- When there is no peace people
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______________ - It is important for people to live in ______________ with one another.
- We should be at ______________with God, others and ______________
- Jesus Christ came to make peace between ______________ and ______________
- List sown six benefits of peace.
The Expression Of Peace In Traditional African Communities. {John 14:27}
- Peace was highly appreciated in the African traditional society.
- In the absence of peace people fight and quarrel.
- Ways of expressing peace in traditional African societies :-
- Pouring libation
- Shaking hands
- Sharing a meal
- Offering sacrifices
- Naming schildren after ancestors.
- Using elders in solving quarrels.
- Holding meetings after a conflict.
Teachings of Jesus Christ On Peace {John 14:1-3, 20:19}
- When we quarrel or fight we should make peace.
- Jesus teaches us not to be worried, upset or afraid.
- We should believe in God and in Jesus Christ.
- Jesus is the source of peace.
- He is the prince of peace.
- The Holy Spirit gives us power to overcome fear.
Quiz
- Jesus taught his disciple not to be
- Fear takes away
- In john 20:19 why were disciples behind locked doors?
Being At Peace With God {Psalms 29:11, Romans 5:1, Colossians 1:20, 2 Thessalonians 3:16}
- We should desire to be at peace with God.
- We experience peace in God when we believe in him.
- We have peace with God through
- God brought peace in the world through the death of
- Psalms 29:1, God is the source of and people with
- List down 6 ways of being at peace with God.
Being At Peace With Oneself {Luke 18:9-13}
- We feel guilty when we wrong others
- We are ot at peace when we wrong others.
- We should promote peace within ourselves by:-
- Accepting we are sinners.
- Ask God for forgiveness.
- Being humble
- Believing in ourselves.
- Being prayerful.
- We should not be boastful or proud.
- In Luke 18:9-13 ______________ humbled himself before God and prayed for his sins to be forgiven
6. ______________ was praising himself before God.
Being At Peace with Others.
Matthew 5:19, Romans 12:8, 2 Corinthians 13:11, Ephesians 2:14-15
- We must be at peace wit others for us to live happily.
- We should be at peace with our:-
- Classmates
- Neighbors
- Family members
- Teachers
- Members of society
- Parents
- In Romans 12:8 we should do everything possible to live at with everybody.
- Matthew 5:9 peacemakers would be called of God.
- 2 Corinthians 13:11, we should strive for perfection, agree and live at
- The death of Jesus Christ unites people and brings peace.
Agencies That Work For Peace {Romans 12:18}
- Peace is very important in the society.
- Peace enables us to go on well with our normal duties.
- Agencies of peace are organizations that help bring peace
- They include:-
- The Kenya defense forces- KDF
- The police
- The church
- Parents and teachers.
- Elders
- The African union- AU
- The united nations – UN
- In Romans 12:18, we are told to live in peace with
- List down 5 people who helps us to live in pace in the community.
The Birth Of The Prince Of Peace
Peace at home {Ephesians 4:31-32}
- Ways of expressing peace at home:-
- Worshiping together
- Obeying parents
- Showing respect to one another.
- Using polite words.
- Forgiving each other.
- Avoiding being angry.
- Peace at home brings ______________, ______________, and ______________
- List down 5 things that disrupt pace according to Ephesians 4:31-32
- The bible encourages us to be:-
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The Promise Of The Prince Of Peace
Isaiah 7:14, 9:6, Micah 5:2, Mathew 1:18-23, 2:1-11, john 14:27
- God promised through prophet Isaiah and Micah messiah would be born
- Isaiah promised that messiah would be born of a woman.
- Prophet Isaiah promised that messiah would be called Immanuel
- Immanuel means ______________
- According to Isaiah 9:6 he would be
- The wonderful counselor.
- Mighty God
- Prince of peace
- Prophet ______________ promised messiah would be born in Bethlehem
- According to Micah, messiah would also be ______________. Micah 5:2
Quiz- Messiah means ______________
- Prophet Micah said Jesus would be born in the town of ______________
- ______________ prophesied about the birth of prince of peace.
- ______________ announced about the birth of Jesus.
The Birth of The Prince Of Peace {Luke 2:1-14}
- Jesus was born at the time of emperor ______________
- Jesus was born In the town of ______________
- Joseph and Mary had gone to be ______________ in Bethlehem.
- Baby Jesus was laid in a ______________ because there was no room.
- ______________ told shepherds the good news of the birth of Jesus.
- A great army of ______________ appeared singing praise to God.
- ______________ were the first people to visit baby Jesus.
- ______________ was the home town of Jesus Christ.
- Mary concaved a child through the power of the ______________.
- ______________ was a relative of Mary and was six months pregnant.
Sharing and Voluntary Work - Grade 4 CRE Revision Notes
- The Meaning Of Sharing Of Work
- Serving Others
- Exploitation Of Children Through Work
- Types Of Voluntary Services
The Meaning Of Sharing Of Work
- Work is any task that requires mental or physical efforts to do.
- Sharing work means dividing task according to ability.
- Work should be shared at home, school, church and in the community.
- Sharing work is important because:-
- It makes work easy
- It makes work enjoyable
- It is less tiring.
- Work is done in a short time
- It promotes unity.
- When sharing work we should consider factors like:-
- Experience
- Age
- Ability
- Interest
- Availability of time.
- Work rate.
- Hannah and elkanah shared work by visiting Samuel.
- Jesus shared work with his disciples.
- We should desire to work with others.
Quiz- List three disadvantage of sharing work
- When sharing work we should consider factors like?
Sharing Work In The Traditional African Community
- In traditional African community, work was done to provide the basic family needs.
- In Tradition African Community everybody is expected.
- Work in traditional African community was shared according to :-
- Age
- Talents
- Status of the family
- Gender
- Ability
- Women shared domestic work like cooking, fetching water, firewood and looking after the young ones.
- Men were hunting, looking after cattle and digging.
- Children helped in grazing and looking after small ones.
- Those who were lazy were mocked through songs and riddles.
- The bible teaches us to carry one another’s burden
Quiz- Outline the work that was done by men in traditional African society.
__________
__________
__________ - Women were supposed to
__________
__________
__________ - Children helped looking afar __________ .
- Outline the work that was done by men in traditional African society.
Benefits Of Sharing Work
- Benefits of sharing work are
- It creates the spirit of teamwork
- It creates peace, love and unity among people.
- It brings joy and happiness.
- It brings understating among workers.
- It makes work easier
- Work is completed faster.
- It brings unity Acts 4:32-37.
Quiz- List down 4 characteristics of early believers according to acts 4:32-37.
Serving Others {Deuteronomy 24:19-21, Luke 10:29-37}
- Serving others means doing something for the good of others.
- It also means helping others without expecting to be paid back.\
- We serve others by :-
- Caring for the needy.
- Visiting homes for orphans
- Teaching others how to read and write.
- Cleaning the church.
- Helping in chores,
- Donating food and clothing for the needy.
- Praying for the needs of other people.
Quiz- The Jew in the good Samaritan parable was traveling from __________ to __________.
- Samaritans and Jews were __________
- Name two people who walked by and never helped the Jew
- Who is a good neighbor?
Exploitation Of Children Through Work
- Exploitation is when children are treated unfairly.
- Exploitation is also called child labour.
- Exploiting children is against the children rights.
- Children are exploited in the following ways
- Carrying heavy loads.
- Being employed at a young age.
- Hawking
- Being beach boys.
- Employed to pick tealeaves and coffee.
- Employed as house helps.
- All children have right to :-
- To be educated.
- To be loved.
- To be cared for.
- To life
- Good health care
- Be protected from exploitation.
Quiz- List for problems of exploiting children
- We should take care of the helpless such as
Types Of Voluntary Services {Mathew 9:35-38, Acts 4:32-37}
- Voluntary service is work done freely and willingly.
- Voluntary services include
- Collecting litter in the estate.
- Tree planting.
- Visiting children’s home.
- Cleaning drainage systems.
- Picking litter in the school compound.
- Cooking for the elderly people.
- Helping at social functions such as weddings and funerals.
- Jesus Christ offered voluntary services such as
- The early Christians offered voluntary services such as
Christian Communities in Kenya - Grade 4 CRE Revision Notes
- Some Christians Communities in Kenya
- The Work Of The Christian Communities
- The Early Church
- The Christian Sacred Places.
Some Christians Communities in Kenya
What are Christian Communities?
- A christian community is a group of people who belive that Jesus Christ is their Lord and savior
- The first believers were called Christians at a place called Antioch
- Christians worship in church
Examples of Christian communities in Kenya.
- The Roman Catholics
- Pentecostal Assemblies of God(PAG)
- The Seventh Day Adventist (SDDA)
- The Methodist church
- African inland church {AIC}
- Presbyterian church of east Africa{PCEA}
- The Pentecostal evangelistic fellowship of Africa {PEFA}
- Full gospels churches of Kenya {FGCK}
- The Lutheran church
- The Salvation Army.
- Some of the Christian communities were started by the missionaries.
- The church at Antioch had some leaders who were prophets and teachers.
- Some of them were
- Barabbas
- Simon {called black}
- Lucias from Cyrene.
- Manach who was brought up with Herod Antipas.
- Saul
- Paul guided by the holy spirit strengthened the Christian believers in
- Antioch
- Caesarea
- Galatia
- Phrygia.
Quiz
- Name five Christian communities in Kenya
- He preached the gospel to Antioch and Galatia churches and converted many to Jesus. Who was he?
- The first Christian community was found at a place called?
- Who among the following was not a teacher or a prophet in the first Christian community?
- Manaen
- Lucias
- Barnabas
- Zaccheus
The Work Of The Christian Communities
- Christian communities in Kenya are involved in many activities
- They share the love of Jesus Christ by
- They build schools, churches, hospitals, homes for the aged and orphans and disabled.
- They visit and comfort the sick and those with HIV AIDS
- They preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.
- They visit prisoners.
- Jesus taught his disciples that they should:-
- Feed the hungry
- Give a drink to the thirsty
- Clothe the naked.
- Welcome strangers.
- Visit the sick
- Jesus taught that those who do good work will inherit the kingdom of God.
Quiz
- Name for activities carried out by the Christian community
- Jesus said “ I was _________ and you did not give me food”
- “ I was thirsty and you did not give me _________ ”
The Early Church
- Jesus was taken up to heaven Mt. Olives IN Bethany.
- He promised his disciples a helper who was the Holy Spirit.
- The disciple received the holy spirit on the day of Pentecost.
- Peter preached and 3000 people became Christians.
- The early church began in Jerusalem after the disciple received the holy spirit.
- The believers lived together as a family. They also :-
- Prayed and worshiped together.
- Read the word of God together.
- Shared meals together.
- Sold what they had and shared the money according to their needs.
- The number of Christians increased every day
- Prophet Agabus predicted about a serious famine that would affect the whole world
- We should follow the example of Jesus Christ by sharing what we have.
Quiz
- Jesus was taken up to heaven on Mt. _________
- Name for activities that the early church did together.
- The disciple received the holy spirirt on the day of _________
- Prophet _________ predicted about a serious famine that would affect the whole word.
The Christian Sacred Places.
- A sacred place is a holy place
- A church is a community of believers
- There are different sacred places for different religious traditions for example :-
- Christian – church
- Muslim- mosque
- Hindu – temple
- Jews – synagogue /temple
- Jesus was angry with the people who were selling and buying in the temple.
- He was angry that the people did not respect the house of God.
- He taught the people that the temple is a place of prayer for all nations.
The Church
- A church is a community of believers.
- Christians meet and worship in a church.
- Worship can be led by a pastor or a priest
- Christian use different names to describe a church
- A chapel
- Cathedral
- School halls, cinema halls, open air and stadiums.
- Christians sacred places should be approached I honor and respect.
- In Traditional African Communities prayers were held at:-
- Under trees
- In caves
- Facing the son
- Facing the mountain.
- We should respect the house of God.
Quiz
- A _________ is a community of believers.
- Name three places that Christians worship God.
- In African traditional society, prayers were done in places like?
- A _________ is found in school and colleges
a. Cave
b. Church
c. Chapel
d. SDA
Choosing To Belong - Grade 4 CRE Revision Notes
- Making our choices as Christians
- Choice made by Abraham
- Choice Made By Moses
- Choice Made By Ruth
- Choices made by Solomon
- Choices Made By Levi
- Choices made by Ananias and Sapphira
- Choices Made By Jesus during The Temptation
- Choosing To Belong To the Family Of Jesus Christ.
Making our choices as Christians
- As Christians we can choose to obey or disobey.
- God made Adam and Eve and put them in the Garden of Eden.
- He allowed them to eat from all trees apart from the one in the middle.
- It was the tree of knowledge.
- God gave them freedom to choose to obey or disobey.
- They disobeyed when they listened to the serpent and ate the forbidden fruit.
- They were punished by God.
- Adam and Eve made a wrong choice.
Quiz
- _________ and _________ were the first parents.
- They lived in the Garden of _________ .
- Satan appeared to Eve in form of a _________
- From punishment of Adam and Eve Christians learn to _________
- Hide when naked
- Obey Gods’ commands
- Avoid talking to strangers
- Avoid snakes.
- Adam and Eve had 3 sons namely:-
_________
_________
_________ .
Choice made by Abraham
- Abraham was the son of Terah.
- Abraham was called by God when he was 75 yrs old.
- Abraham wife was called Sarah.
- Abraham got his son when he was 100yrs old and Sarah was 90 yrs.
- Their son was called Isaac.
- Isaac means laughter.
- God asked Abraham to sacrifice his only son on Mt. Moriah
- As Abraham was about to sacrifice his son, God provided a ram.
- Abraham made a choice to trust and obey God.
- Isaac made a choice to obey his father.
- They made a good choice.
Quiz.
- Sarah servant was called?
- The promised son of Abraham was
- Isaac means
- Abraham was to sacrifice his son on mt.
- Instead of Isaac God provided a for sacrifice
- Goat
- Bull
- Ram
- Sheep
Choice Made By Moses
- Moses was the son of Amram and Jochebed.
- He was a brother to Mirriam and Aaron.
- Moses means “drawn from water”
- His wife was Zipporah the daughter of Jethro.
- Moses killed an Egyptina and run away to midian
- He was called by God when he was looking after Jethro sheep near Mt. Sinai
- God told Moses his name is I AM.
- God sent Moses to Egypt to deliver the children of Israelites.
- God told Moses to go with his brother Aaron.
- Moses and Aaron obeyed God and made a good choice
Quiz
- _________ and _________ were the parents of moses.
- Moses means _________
- Moses had two sons _________ and _________ .
- Moses run away and went to _________
- _________ saw a buring bush.
- The call of moes in the bible is recorded in the book of
Choice Made By Ruth
- Naomi and her husband Elimelech lived in Bethlehem Judah
- They had two sons mahlon and Chillion.
- The family moved from Bethlehem to Moab because there was a famine.
- In moab, their sons married two Moabite women orpha and Ruth.
- Ruth was the wife of mahlon
- Orpha was the wife of chillion.
- Later the son and father died
- Naomi was left with her daughters in-law.
- Naomi chose to go back to Bethlehem.
- Orpha chose to go back to her people.
- Ruth chose t follow Naomi.
- Ruth made the correct choice.
Quiz
- _________ and_________ were Naomi’s daughters in-law.
- _________ and _________ were the sons of Naomi.
- _________ was the wife of elimelech.
- This family was refugee in the land of _________
- Between Ruth and Orpha who was royal to Naomi?
Choices made by Solomon
- Solomon was the son of David and Bathsheba.
- He was the 3rd king of Israel.
- God appeared to him in a dream while at Gibeon
- Solomon asked God for wisdom to :-
- Rule God’s people with justice.
- To know the difference between good and bad.
- He made a very good choice.
- God gave him wisdom, understanding , wealth, honor and a long life.
- As Christians we should serve God by serving other people.
Quiz
- _________ was the w\ise king.
- _________ and_________ were the parents odf Solomon
- _________ built a temple for God.
- After giving Solomon wisdom God also added him
_________ , _________ and_________
Choices Made By Levi
- Levi was a tax collector.
- He was also called Matthew.
- The tax-collectors were dishonest people.
- Jesus asked Levi to follow him.
- Levi left everything and followed Jesus.
- Levi made a good choice by following Jesus.
- He was one of the disciples of Jesus.
Quiz
- Who among the disciples of Jesus was a tax collector?
- Another name for Mathew is?
- _________ is the first book of the gospel.
Choices made by Ananias and Sapphira
- The early church lived together nad shared what they had.
- They would sell their properties and bring money to the apostles.
- Ananias and sapphire sold a land that belonged to them.
- They did not give the whole amount of money to peter.
- They lied to the holy spirit.
- They died the same day because of cheating the holy spirit.
- They made a wrong choice.
- Selfishness and greed cause people to make the wrong choices.
Quiz
- _________ and _________ cheated the Holy spirit.
- The story of Ananias and sapphire is found in the book of _________ .
- Ananias and sapphire took the money to apostle _________
- _________ and _________ made a wrong choice.
Choices Made By Jesus during The Temptation
- Jesus was baptized by John in RIVER Jordan
- After baptism he was filled by the holy spirit and he went to pray.
- Jesus prayed and fated for 40 days.
- Satan tempted Jesus three times. He told Jesus to:-
- Turn stones into bread.
- Worship him.
- To throw himself down.
- Jesus chose to reject the temptation of food, powere and fame.
- The holy spirit gave him power to overcome the temptations.
- We should also seek the help of the holy spirit and the word of God to be able to overcome the temptation.
Choosing To Belong To the Family Of Jesus Christ.
- The first family was started by God.
- It had Adam and Eve and their sons Cain., Abel and Seth.
- The church is the family of Jesus Christ.
- The family of Jesus Christ consist of those who believe and are baptized.
- Children should obey their parents.
- Parents should teach their children good Christian behaviors.
- Servant should respect and obey their master.
Quiz
- _________ tempted Jesus.
- Jesus fasted for_________ days.
- Which was the second temptation
- “children obey your parent” this is a commandment with a _________
Service - Grade 4 CRE Revision Notes
Service
- Service is help or assistance we give to others.
- When we work at home, school or in the community we serve other.
Service at home
- Service at home involves serving our parents, brothers, sisters and all the other member of our family.
- We can give service at home by
- Fetching water
- Washing clothe
- Looking after animals
Service in the community
- a community is a group of people living together.
- We can offer our services to the community by:
- Planting trees.
- Helping the needy.
- Taking part in cleaning the shopping centre
Service in the church
- We can serve in the church by :-
- Collecting offering
- Ushering people in the church.
- Singing in the church choir
- Leading people in prayers
Quiz- Samuel served God in the _________ at
- A place where we get education is called a _________
- Give 3 ways in which pupils can serve at school
- How many wives should a church leader have?
- What is service?
- _________ and _________ were parents of Samuel.
Jesus Christ: washing the disciples feet
- Jesus Christ as a good leader served people.
- He served them by:-
- Praying for them
- Forgiving sins
- Healing the sick
- Feeding the crowds.
- Jesus washed his disciple’s feet to show service.
- This was a sign of humility.
- He told them to do to others what he had done for them.
- Jesus Christ wants us to serve one another.
- He set a good example for all the leaders to follow.
Quiz- Name 2 in which Jesus served people.
- Washing of the disciples feet shows ________
- ________ had first refused to be washed by Jesus.
- Name three things Jesus used to wash his disciple feet.
- ________ was the most beloved disciple of Jesus.
Jesus Christ Teaching His Disciples
- Jesus taught his disciple using short stories called parables.
- He serviced his disciples by teaching them.
- In Luke 8:18-22 Jesus taught:-
- Whoever has something will be given more
- He taught them the importance of listening attentively to the word of God.
- Taught them to obey the word of God.
- Taught them we should care for our spiritual life as we care for our physical life.
- Taught that we should show genuine love for Jesus.
- Taught that when serving God we should be ready to suffer.
Quiz- Jesus called Peter _______ times.
- Jesus called Peter son of _______
- According to Luke 11:38-41 who invited Jesus to his home?
- Christian suffering bring _______ to God.
- _______ was the first Christian martyr.
Jesus Healing the Centurion Servant
- The roman officer or the centurion met Jesus at Capernaum.
- A centurion is a roman officer in charge of a hundred soldiers.
- He begged Jesus to heal his servant.
- He told Jesus to give and his servant will be well.
- Jesus was amazed by the centurion faith.
- He said that he had never seen such faith in Israel.
- Jesus served the sick servant by healing him.
- The centurion served his servant by asking Jesus on his behalf.
Quiz- Who begged Jesus to heal his servant .
- The roman officer had _______ that Jesus would heal his servant.
- The centurion was a leader of _______ soldiers.
- The roman officer met Jesus at _______
- For us to be healed we should have _______ in God.