RELIGIOUS EDUCATION:
All students take part in Religious Education Programs. The school also provides other opportunities for students to express and deepen their Faith through school Masses, liturgies, prayer and in Christian service and witness within their school environment and the wider community.
Religious Education follows a curriculum set and approved by the Bishop of the Diocese in conjunction with the Catholic Education Office.
This term in Religious Education, Year 6 will be engaging in the following units:
This term in Religious Education, Year 6 will study Easter: A Time for Hope and New Life. This unit explores the disciples’ experience of the Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus. As we die with Jesus, we rise with Jesus also. The unit teaches about our hope in everlasting life. It explores the feast days, scripture and prayers that express and celebrate our belief in everlasting life.
Confirmation: Celebrating the Presence of the Holy Spirit. This unit revisits the Pentecost experience in the Scriptures. It also explores the sacrament of Confirmation: the symbols and rituals, the liturgical structure and theology. It is not designed as a preparation for Confirmation. However, it could be used as such, with some modifications.