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Religious Education

  • ES1 – Kindergarten
  • S1 – Year 1 and 2
  • S2 – Year 3 and 4
  • S3 – Year 5 and 6
  • Children aged five or six are in the “Experienced” stage of faith. Their faith is likely:

    • to be profoundly influenced by the example of parents and other significant adults such as teachers;
    • to be highly imaginative and fantasy-filled;
    • to hold different or even conflicting images of God;
    • to find stories important means of raising religious questions of love, joy, fear, good, evil, etc.;
    • to find symbols an important means of conveying religious meaning.

    (Sourced from: Diocese of Lismore RE Curriculum Documents)

  • Children aged seven or eight are in the “Affiliative (belonging)” stage of faith. Their faith is likely:

    • to be strongly influenced by parents and other significant adults;
    • to be eager to belong and thus to share in the values, attitudes and practices of their family and other groups;
    • to find stories a valuable form of learning and to use their own stories to help them find meaning;
    • to have reached ‘the age of reason’ but have limited ability to think in abstract terms i.e. they are literal thinkers;
    • to begin to differentiate between fact and fantasy;
    • to see God as a parent – a rewarder of good and punisher of wrongdoing.

    (Sourced from: Diocese of Lismore RE Curriculum Documents)

  • Children aged nine or ten are in the “Affiliative” (belonging)” stage of faith. Their faith is likely:

    • to accept the belief and practice of their parents and other significant adults. The example set by family and teachers is therefore important;
    • to be ‘joiners’ and therefore keen to be part of the Church community with their family;
    • to be thinking more logically but still in concrete rather than abstract terms. They need to have a literal understanding of life and faith;
    • to learn by doing, by taking part in activities involving service to the community;
    • to find symbols an important means of conveying religious meaning;
    • to be conscious of rules that apply to all and to see God as a lawgiver. It is therefore appropriate for them to learn about God’s Laws.

    (Sourced from: Diocese of Lismore RE Curriculum Documents)

  • Children aged eleven or twelve are in the “Affiliative” (belonging)” stage of faith. Their faith is likely:

    • to share some of the characteristics of nine and ten year olds, such as a tendency to view matters literally and legalistically;
    • to be moving towards a more ‘searching’ faith which has elements of uncertainty and questioning;
    • to respond strongly to the expectations and judgments of others rather than making and questioning;
    • to be increasingly influenced by the values and behaviour of peers and heroes or ‘idols’ of youth culture;
    • to find symbols an important means of conveying religious meaning.

    (Sourced from: Diocese of Lismore RE Curriculum Documents)

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Mailing: PO Box 546, Casino NSW 2470
Phone: (02) 6662 2566
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