NSW public schools offer special religious education and special education in ethics, delivered by approved providers wherever available.
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.
On enrolment parents/carers will be given the SRE and SEE participation letter to complete and return. After the initial enrolment, notification of changes to a child's enrolment in SRE should be given in writing to the office.
Scripture (SRE)
A combined Christian SRE is offered at Morisset Public School.
Combined Christian SRE is delivered by the Southlakes Christian Education www.southlakescripture.net.au, who are authorised to deliver combined Christian SRE by the following approved providers: Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, Australian Christian Churches, Baptist Union of NSW, Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, The Lakes Evangelical Church, Seventh-day Adventist Church North NSW Conference, The Salvation Army and Uniting Church in Australia NSW/ACT Synod.
They deliver the Godspace curriculum, authorised by the Baptist Union of NSW, which can be found at:
www.godspace.org.au/curriculum
SRE classes are held weekly for K-6.
Non Scripture
Students not attending SRE are given alternate meaningful activities (Known as Non-Scripture).
Ethics (SEE)
Students in Stage One (Years One and Two) have the opportunity to join an Ethics Class provided by Primary Ethics.
Primary Ethics program gives children the opportunity to discuss ethical issues with their peers while developing important thinking, reasoning and discussion skills. Our innovative curriculum was developed by Dr Sue Knight, a specialist in both philosophy and education. Primary Ethics is a not-for-profit organisation approved to provide ethics education in NSW public schools.
The Ethics Curricilum can be found at:
https://primaryethics.com.au/curriculum/