Religious Education

Introduction
Through the Religious Education class programme we provide opportunities for children
to learn what it is to be Catholic – that is, what Catholics believe, and how they
celebrate, live and pray.

Structure
The expected learning in Religious Education is spread through six Learning Strands and
four Learning Modules. These identify the major content areas to be covered.

The Learning Strands are:
God, Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit, Church, Sacrament, Communion of Saints.

The Learning Modules are:
Liturgical Year, Prayer, Myself and Others, Sacramental Celebrations.

Prayers
At Monte Cecilia School the children start and end the day with prayer.

Time Allocation
At Monte Cecilia School the children receive the following time allocation in Religious
Education instruction.
Y1-4 a minimum of one hour and 40 minutes a week. Y5-6 a minimum of 2 hours a
week.

Over and above this Religious Education can be integrated in other curriculum areas
through a range of authentic contexts.

Attached are the overviews for the Term 2 Holy Spirit strand, the Term 3 God and Church strand and the Term 4 Communion of Saints strand for each year level.

In Term 4 we will also be looking at Advent and Christmas

There is also an overview of the Prayer modules.

We encourage you to use these to discuss the themes with your children at home, to help reinforce the teaching at school.