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:
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.
Unit: The Reign of God
Students will learn about:
This unit explores how Jesus broke down barriers that prevented right relationships. It looks at concepts such as personal and social sin, and how our behaviour and relationships can advance or hinder the reign of God. Students will explore issues of prejudice, discrimination, rejection and acceptance, exclusion and inclusion.
Unit: Lent- A Time For Building A Just World
Students will learn about:
This unit explores ‘mission’. The unit highlights the mission of Jesus as announcing the reign of God. It investigates how the Church, the baptised, work to bring about the reign of God – a time of truth, justice, love and peace. It explores Lent as a time when we renew our commitment to the mission of Jesus.