Quakers Hill East Public School

To Be True

Telephone02 9626 9264

Emailquakershie-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Religion and ethics

NSW public schools offer special religious education and special education in ethics, delivered by approved providers wherever available.

Write to the school if you wish to withdraw your child from special religious education (SRE), sometimes known as scripture. At Quakers Hill East Public School, SRE is delivered on Thursdays and is held over different times for different years:

  • 9.00am for K-2 students,
  • 9.30am for Years 3-6 students.

On enrolment parents/carers will be given the SRE participation letter to complete and return. After the initial enrolment, notification of changes to a child's enrolment in SRE should be given to the school office, in writing.

The following SRE classes are offered at Quakers Hill East Public School:

Catholic SRE is provided by the Catholic Diocese of Sydney. For more information about Catholic SRE, including the authorised curriculum scope and sequence, please visit the Catholic Diocese of Sydney website https://ccd.sydneycatholic.org/publications/curriculum-resources/

Protestant SRE is provided by the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. For more information about Anglican SRE, including the authorised curriculum scope and sequence, please visit the whySRE? website https://whysre.com.au/sre-curriculum/cep-curriculum-overview

Islamic SRE is provided by the Islamic Council of NSW. For more information about Islamic SRE, including the authorised curriculum scope and sequence, please visit the Islamic website http://www.isre.org.au/

Hindu SRE is provided by the Hindu Dharma Parashad. For more information about Hindu SRE, including the authorised curriculum scope and sequence, please visit the Hindu Dharma Parashad website http://www.vhp.org.au/content/sre-hindu-dharma-scripture-teachers-classes-nsw-public-school

Sikh SRE is provided by the Australian Sikh Association. For more information about Sikh SRE, including the authorised curriculum scope and sequence, please visit the Australian Sikh Association website https://www.asaltd.org.au/religious-teaching-sre

Buddhist SRE is provided by the Buddhist Council of NSW. For more information about Buddhist SRE, including the authorised curriculum scope and sequence, please visit the Buddhist Council of NSW website http://www.buddhistcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/BUDDHIST-SRE-Scope-and-Sequence-2018.pdf

During the time that SRE classes are being held, students not attending will be located in a separate space and will participate in meaningful activities.