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.
At Ermington Public School, special religious education (SRE) and special education in ethics (SEE) is delivered on Thursdays between 9am – 10:30am for a duration of 30 minutes for all K-6 students.
9am – 9:30am: Stage 3
9:30am – 10am: Stage 2
10:00am – 10:30am: Stage 1 and Early Stage 1
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/SEE should be given to the school office, in writing.
The following SRE/SEE classes are offered at Ermington Public School:
· Catholic https://ccd.sydneycatholic.org/publications/curriculum-resources/
· Protestant- https://cepconnect.com.au/curriculum
· Islamic - https://www.isre.org.au/
· Ethics - https://primaryethics.com.au/
Follow the links to find the curriculum each SRE/SEE group follows for various grades.
At this stage, Ethics is only offered to certain grades for non-SRE attendees as we have limited numbers of volunteers to run the program.
During the time that SRE/SEE classes are being held, students not attending will be located in a separate space and will participate in meaningful activities including reading.
For more information, visit https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/curriculum/learning-across-the-curriculum/religion-and-ethics