NSW schools offer special religious education and special education in ethics. Approved providers deliver these, where available.
We have 5 authorised providers doing SRE. They are Evan Barnes, Rosalie & Kevin Bell and Christina McAllan.
We have 0 authorised provider doing Ethics at this stage.
During enrolment, you can choose a special religious education option for your child from the school’s available approved providers. You can withdraw your child from special religious education by selecting alternative meaningful activities, or special education in ethics if it’s available.
You can update your preference by writing to the school or through the online form available at participating schools.
Visit the department’s website for more information about religion and ethics.
Special Religious Education (SRE) and Special Education in Ethics (SEE) will be offered at Shoal Bay Public School on Wednesday afternoon from 2:40pm. Students who do not attend either of these programs shall be involved in alternate meaningful activities, such as reading, or homework.
The teachers of SRE are from the Approved SRE Providers of the Presbyterian Church of Australia (NSW) and COC International Network of Churches NSW. Students attending these classes will be organised into either year level groups of stage level groups.
The Authorised Curriculum that will be taught during SRE lessons is GodSpace.
SEE will be offered to a limited amount of children dependant on the ethics teachers. The volunteers teaching these lessons have been approved to teach Primary Ethics.