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Religious Education in State Schools
Special Religious Education (S.R.E.)
Parish Co-ordinator – Mrs Maryann Hughes
“The role of the Catechist is to evangelise, which should ideally lead to Catechesis.”
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (C.C.D.)
As Catechists we facilitate this vital role of the parish whose aim is to bring religious education to Catholic children attending our local state schools and whose numbers range between 900 and 1,000 each year.
To achieve this role, a group of parents volunteer their time each week to teach and share with these children God’s love for us all.
Through our own faith journey we are able to bring together our lived experience of God, enabling the children to make their own connections between the Christian message and the world in which they live.
Catechists in our parish, both teaching and helping, receive training, inservicing and opportunities to participate in reflection days, as a source of encouragement, arranged by C.C.D. personnel, as well as our own parish team. We have meetings at least once a term to plan for the months ahead, to keep in touch with each other and to find out how things are going.
The Joy for Living Programme is a comprehensive primary school programme covering all classes from Kindergarten to Year 6. The lessons are designed to include three essential steps providing opportunities for the children to make the abovementioned links: Exploring Life, making the link with faith with the help of the New and Old Testament stories and a Children’s Response in the form of discussion, prayer, song and other activities.
KEEP YOUR FOCUS ON JESUS AND YOU CAN’T GO WRONG
The State Schools which receive S.R.E. in our parish are Banks Drive, Blackwell, St Clair, Clairgate and James Erskine Public Schools (see below for days and times of classes). Each lesson is half an hour in length, once a week.
S.R.E School TIMETABLE for 2004
| SCHOOLS 2004: |
BANKS |
BLACKWELL |
JAMES ERSKINE |
ST CLAIR |
CLAIRGATE |
| Teaching Day: |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Wednesday |
| Infants: |
10:00-10:30am |
11:50-12:20pm |
11:20-11:55am |
9:00-9:30am |
11:30-12:00noon |
| Primary: |
9:30-10:00am |
12:25-1:00pm |
11:55-12:35pm |
9:30-10:00am |
12:00-12:30pm |
| School Co-ordinator: |
Annette Brackett |
Maryann Hughes |
Colin Tindall |
Marie Hartley |
Raelene Pirotta |
Kindergarten
infants |
TERM 2 |
TERM 2
Time 11:20-
11:50am |
TERM 2 |
TERM 1
Marie Hartley |
TERM 2
Pat Brown
Helper-Judy
Fraser-Byass |
| Year 1 Infants |
Annette Brackett |
Alison Jackson
Helper - Ann-
Sharon Linton |
Gloria Slade |
Raymonda Muscat |
Sayde Finianos |
| Year 2 Infants |
Carol Vella |
Maryann Hughes
Helper - Ann-
Sharon Linton |
Colin Tindall
Helper - Ann-
Sharon Linton |
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| Year 3 Primary |
Annette Brackett |
Maryann Hughes
Helper - Ann-
Sharon Linton |
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Raymonda Muscat |
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| Year 4 Primary |
Carol Vella |
Queenie Aquino |
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Raymonda Muscat |
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| Year 5 Primary |
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| Year 6 Primary |
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Colin Tindall
Helper - Ann-
Sharon Linton |
Fleur Mathias |
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Printed: 16-Feb-04
Annual Events include:
- Easter and Christmas ecumenical Services at each of the schools;
- A combined State Schools children’s Mass organised by the Catechists involving the participation of the children and their parents and celebrated during one of the Sunday Liturgies.
If you are interested in finding out more about what we do, or you would like to volunteer your time to this rewarding ministry please ring the parish number (02) 9670-1744, Therese is always willing to discuss the Catechists’ involvement within the Parish.
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