Overview
Religious Education is central to the learning and development of students in Catholic schools. Religious Education focuses on the knowledge and understanding of the Gospel as it is handed on by the Catholic Church to those who follow Christ. It is through learning in Religious Education that students, through a process of cultural, systematic, and critical reflection, learn the teachings of the Gospels and understand how Christians live. Religious Education engages students into a systematic study of the teaching of the Catholic Church and the saving mystery of Christ which the Church proclaims. Students learn how religion motivates and influences the way people interact with each other and the world around them.

Religious Education plays an important part in developing the knowledge, understanding, values, attitudes, skills and capabilities of those who will take responsibility for Australia's future as a multicultural and multifaith society.

The College Religious Education seeks to provide rich learning opportunities and environments for young people which nurture them to develop a hunger for lifelong learning. Our goal is to provide students with the opportunity to develop into young people who have learned to serve and be responsible for themselves and others.

The Religious Education program taught in Year 7 – 12 is mandated by the Bishops’ of Western Australia. Students are provided with opportunities to deepen their knowledge of the Catholic Tradition and focus on the school vision and mission statements reflected in the College motto:

“Always Striving Upwards – to You, our God.”

Knowledge and Understanding
Catholic beliefs
Describes the Christian belief that God creates people in his image and likeness to reflect love and goodness.
Draws from Scripture and/or Tradition to identify the Christian belief that Jesus offers all people God’s gift of love and goodness.
Catholic practices
Identifies the Church as the Body of Christ that draws on Scripture and Tradition to hand on the teachings of Christ.
Describes how the sacramental life of the Church supports people to live out the Christian mission.

Skills
Questioning and Research
Responds to and asks questions about the topics. Locates and collects information from primary and/or secondary sources. Organises the information to formulate targeted questions and responses.

Analysing
Exchanges ideas and information about the topics in a coherent and logical order. Provides interpretations that connect facts and identify purpose and perspective.

Evaluating
Draws conclusions using examples and subject-specific terminology and concepts.

Semester One
Unit 1 – Christians are Followers of Jesus
Unit 2 – Living as Church
Semester Two
Unit 3 – The Love and Goodness of God
Unit 4 – Living in God’s Love

Assessment
Religious Education aims to share Catholic faith by promoting knowledge and understanding of the Gospel, as it is handed on by the Catholic Church, and of how those who follow Christ are called to live this Gospel in today’s world. The curriculum is distinct from but complements faith formation.

Effective Religious Education will reflect ‘the same systematic demands and rigour’ as all other Learning Area…It will have its own outcomes and present ‘the Christian message and event with the same seriousness and depth’ as other Learning Areas present their content (Mandate Letter, para 62).

Assessment Guidelines can be accessed on the College website.

Types of assessment:

• Investigation
• Explanation
• Source analysis

Assessment File
Students are responsible for retaining all of their marked written assessment tasks. Students are to maintain an assessment file (Document envelope) for the course. The file holds all the student’s marked written assessment tasks. All assessment materials are required by the teacher when assigning grades for reports. Students will have access to the assessment file for revision purposes during class time and for study. The files will be available to students for collection at the end of the school year. All materials not collected by the end of the year are securely disposed of by the College.

Organisation
Students are to bring the following to Religious Education class:

• College Diary
• MJR 24/7
• Binder A4 2D
• Exercise book
• Charged laptop
• Earbuds
• Stationery (pencil case containing: blue/black pen, pencil, eraser, highlighters, ruler)
• Bible (Catholic Youth Bible – New International Edition). The classroom teacher will advise if students are to store Bibles in the classroom or for students to keep them in their lockers.

Students are to organise their laptops with the following:

• A Religious Education folder in their CEWA OneDrive to store all digital work
• SEQTA log in details to access the Religious Education program, assessment dates and marks
• OneNote and Teams applications, for access to digital resources, lesson instructions and classroom communication
• Email, to communicate with the classroom teacher when necessary.