Grow in Love
for Schools
A Fresh Approach to Religious Education
Grow in Love is the Religious Education programme for primary schools in Ireland. It follows the Catholic Preschool and Primary Religious Education Curriculum for Ireland.
This series uses engaging, child-friendly methods to teach Christian doctrine, Scripture, morality, and prayer. Through stories, poems, art, drama, and music, children explore their faith in meaningful and creative ways. Designed for both classroom and home use, each weekly lesson in the pupil's book features different pages for use at school and at home, thereby encouraging parents/guardians to see and be involved with what their children are learning at school.
Available for Junior Infants - Sixth Class (Primary 1 - Primary 7)
I nGrá Dé
All eight Grow in Love textbooks are also available in the Irish language.
The I nGrá Dé series is available for children attending Irish language schools and in Gaeltacht areas.
Grow in Love for children with special educational needs
This programme for Second Class/Primary 4 SEN children addresses three levels of need:
• Mild needs (Book A)
• Moderate needs (Book B)
• Severe needs (Book C)
Each child will receive a pack with
three components:
• The adapted version of the Second
Class/Primary 4 Grow in Love
Children’s Book for children
with either mild, moderate or
severe learning needs
• A Social Story book,
containing a story for First
Reconciliation and a story for First
Communion
• An Activity Book, with
activities for First Reconciliation
and First Communion
There are Teacher Notes and Lesson Plans to accompany the SEN student texts on the Grow in Love website. These provide step-by-step instructions for using the many printed and online resources to teach children with special educational needs. There are also activities for children with severe learning needs on the website.
Souvenir of My Confirmation Year
This colourful, fully illustrated journal contains activities and reflection exercises that will help to consolidate what the students are taught in the Grow in Love programme during their Confirmation year. You may choose the book relating to either
Fifth Class/P7 or Sixth Class, depending on which year your class is celebrating Confirmation.
Souvenir of My Confirmation Year for Fifth and Sixth Class is also available in Irish - Cuimhneachán ar mo Bhliain Chóineartaithe.
Multi-Class Guide
Grow in Love for Multi-Class Situations. A guide for teachers who are teaching in classrooms with children from more than one class level.
Visitation Guide
Grow in Love, Connecting Parish and School is a guide for priests and other parish personnel visiting schools.
There are outline suggestions provided for five visits to the various class groups during the year, each one specifically tailored to tie in with what the children will be learning in Religion class at that particular time of year.
A sample ‘visit plan’ for each of these five visits is also provided, along with a blank template that may be filled out before each visit.