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Religious instruction

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Queensland state schools embrace a multitude of cultural, religious and non-religious beliefs. Under the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 External link, schools are to provide RI each week 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.

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 given consent and indicated a religion on the Application for Student Enrolment Form or in other written advice to the principal. A parent, regardless of their own faith (if any), may choose to give consent for their child to participate in one of the RI programs listed below. 

Any child not participating in RI, or whose nominated religion is not represented within the RI program/s at the school, will receive other instruction by a qualified member of school staff in a separate location during the time RI is held. Other instruction will relate to subject areas that have already been covered in class. 

At any time, parents may provide written instruction to the principal to change their preference for their child to participate in or be withdrawn from RI. If a parent does not update their consent by completing and returning this form, their previous written instructions to the school will continue to apply. 

The faith group that provides religious instructors to deliver the program at our school is listed below:

Arrangements for programs

Name of RI program

Delivery details

Cooperative program

  • Christian Cooperative Program
    Faith groups involved:

  • Lutheran

  • Uniting Church

  • Baptist

  • Salvation Army

 

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Commencing Term 1, 2021

 

For further details about our school's RI program/s and other instruction are available in the Parent Handbook. You may also wish to access the Department's RI policy statement External link for further information.

You will also be notified of any changes to RI or other instruction.

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Last reviewed 14 September 2021
Last updated 14 September 2021