Religious Education
St Mary’s School is a Catholic school and as such has Christ at its central focus in every aspect of its existence. We invite and suppport students to discover God's presence in their daily lives. We hope our students will develop a sense of belonging, active participation and witness within the school, parish and local community.
The sources of Religious Education are the expression of how God is revealed in life, scripture, tradition and liturgy. Religious Education is concerned with the development of relationships and is addressed much more broadly than in Religious Education lessons only.
St Mary's uses the Diocesan Religious Education Curriculum, "Awakenings".
"Awakenings" is a comprehensive and sequential curriculum framework that is informed by the Doctrine of the Catholic Tradition and is presented to teachers and students in a way that reflects current understandings about teaching and learning. "Awakenings" (p.55) states that:
Religious Education intends to awaken us intellectually:
Religious Education intends to awaken us ethically:
Religious Education intends to awaken us spiritually:
The sources of Religious Education are the expression of how God is revealed in life, scripture, tradition and liturgy. Religious Education is concerned with the development of relationships and is addressed much more broadly than in Religious Education lessons only.
St Mary's uses the Diocesan Religious Education Curriculum, "Awakenings".
"Awakenings" is a comprehensive and sequential curriculum framework that is informed by the Doctrine of the Catholic Tradition and is presented to teachers and students in a way that reflects current understandings about teaching and learning. "Awakenings" (p.55) states that:
Religious Education intends to awaken us intellectually:
- by encouraging critical thinking and inquiry;
- by firing our imagainative capacity;
- by enlightening our experiences with reason;
- by broadening our perspectives through Scripture and Tradition.
Religious Education intends to awaken us ethically:
- by forming moral character;
- by arousing our desire for wisdom;
- by attuning us to the attitudes of Jesus;
- by promoting responsibility and integrity in living.
Religious Education intends to awaken us spiritually:
- by relating our life to the mystery of God;
- by valuing our interior life and capacities;
- by developing prayerful and liturgical habits;
- by connecting compassion with justice.
