Religious Instruction
Queensland state schools embrace a multitude of cultural, religious and non-religious beliefs. Under the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006, schools are to provide Religious Instruction (RI) if approached by a faith group seeking to provide RI and students of that faith attend the school.
RI informs students about the beliefs and values of a particular religion. It is delivered by volunteers of a faith group using instructional materials approved by that faith group. RI is required to be consistent with legislation and Department of Education policies and procedures.
All RI instructors must hold a blue card and participate in compulsory Student Protection and Code of Conduct training. RI instructors are only entitled to deliver the RI program outlined below. A school staff member will be present during the delivery of RI.
Participation in RI is not compulsory. Any student (except Prep students) may participate in RI if a parent has provided written instructions to the school.
Students who do not participate in religious instruction are provided with other instruction in a separate location during the period arranged for religious instruction as per (s.31 Education (General Provisions) Regulations 2006). The other instruction will relate to part of a subject area that has already been covered in the student's class and will include, but is not limited to, research and/or assignments, revision of class work such as creative writing or literacy and/or numeracy activities which could include online programs currently accessed by the students (i.e. Mathletics, Literacy Planet), and wider reading such as independent reading appropriate for the student.
Religious Instruction is not part of our School's Chaplaincy program and occurs only in accordance with legislation and departmental policy.