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 5 will be engaging in the following units:

Unit: Vision and Mission: The Good Samaritan

Students will learn:

As an introduction to the new school year, the students will revise the Parable of the Good Samaritan and reflect on ways they can be like the Good Samaritan in their daily lives. This unit of work is integrated with our PB4L Behaviour Matrix to enable students to see how they too can show love and compassion.

Unit: The Reign of God: Reaching Out In Justice

Students will be able to 

• identify the basic principles of Catholic Social Teaching
• relate Church teaching and Scripture to life situations
• describe how the Catholic community promotes justice

Unit: Lent: A Time For Growth

Students will be able to:

• explain how Jesus responded to people who experienced difficulty and rejection

• describe how they can grow, with the help of God’s Holy Spirit, during times of rejection and difficulty

• identify how Jesus responded to rejection