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PROGRAMS - CURRICULUM
Students can at times experience a sense of emptiness as they search for meaning, truth and purpose in their lives.
In seeking to nurture and develop the whole person, this search for meaning and truth, while at times challenging, is something to be embraced and is indeed an integral part of what it means to be fully human.
A quality religious and values education (RAVE) program contributes significantly to the spiritual nurture of students. Such a program should be comprehensive, intellectually rigorous and imbue students with the confidence to think, question, challenge, discuss and reflect in a supportive learning environment.
Whilst a RAVE program may not necessarily be the panacea to the world’s ills, it can be meaningful, achievable and a program to which the students respond and grow.
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What is RAVE?
Religous and Values Education |
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RAVE is an integrated, inquiry based, academic program encompassing the following strands and sample areas of focus:
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The Bible - Story of The Church |
Great religious figures, parables, the Bible, places of worship, signs and symbols
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World Religions |
Beliefs, places of worship, key figures, texts and books, rites of passage
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Ethics and Values |
Manners, making choices, friendship, respect, bullying, peace and conflict, discrimination, environmental stewardship
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Philosophy and Belief |
Exploring some of the ‘big questions’ and issues: who am I, what it means to be a person, who or what is God, suffering
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| Stillness and Silence |
Wonder and awe of nature, stillness, silence, prayer, reflection
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| This outline embraces aspects from the Christian/Religious Studies Progress Map (The Anglican Schools Commission Inc – Western Australia) and The Five Stand Approach to Religious and Values Education (Dialogue Australasia Network). |
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