Religious Instruction in school hours
Religious Instruction (RI) is provided at this school and is conducted once a week for 30minutes in Year 1 to Year 6. The faith groups that provide religious instructors to deliver an authorized program are listed below:
Title of Program Delivered at School - Authorised by Relevant Faith Group/s.
| Cooperative Arrangement for Delivering Program | Name and Contact Details of Program’s Coordinator
|
Ministers Fraternal
| Catholic Assembly of God Uniting Church Anglican Church of Christ Christian Outreach Centre
| Helen Milton
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Students are allocated to RI based on information provided by parents on the completed Application for Enrolment unless other written instructions have been provided to the school.
The Religious Instruction Program approved is Godspace.
The aims of the program include:
- To present to students the basic content of the Christian Gospel set out in the written and living Word of God and to present it in a simply and clearly.
- To present it in such a way that students not only gain Christian knowledge but see the relevance of that in daily living and are made aware of the importance of a personal response to Jesus Christ
This resource provides:
- Individual lesson notes, lesson plans and ways to explore and make meaning of scripture verse and stories.
- Every child receives a pupil book There are four books at four levels of understanding
- They are Explorers Yr 1 Adventures Yr 2/3 Navigators Yr 4/5 and Voyagers Year 6.
- Each RI Teacher meet together, plan sessions and provide feedback.
Students who are not participating in RI will be provided with other instruction in a separate supervised location. Other instruction must relate to part of a subject area already covered in class and may include, but is not restricted to:
- personal research and/or assignments
- revision of class work such as creative writing or literacy and/or numeracy activities
- wider reading such as independent reading appropriate to the student
No RI is conducted in Prep Classes at this school.
Parents will be advised of any changes to the RI to ensure they are able to make an informed decision on their child’s participation.