NSW public schools offer special religious education and special education in ethics, delivered by approved providers wherever available.
At Matthew Pearce Public School, SRE is delivered on Wednesday from 1.05pm to 1.35pm.
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 participation letter to complete and return. After the initial enrolment, notification of changes to a child's enrolment in SRE should be given to the Principal in writing.
The following SRE classes are offered at Matthew Pearce Public School:
Baha'i SRE is provided by theBaha'i Council for South Eastern Australia. For more information about Baha’i SRE, including the authorised curriculum scope and sequence, please visit the Baha’i SRE website:
Buddhist SRE is provided by the Buddhist Council of NSW. For more information about Buddhist SRE, including the authorised curriculum scope and sequence, please visit the Buddhist Council of NSW website:
Catholic SRE is provided by the Catholic Diocese of Parramatta. For more information about Catholic SRE, including the authorised curriculum scope and sequence, please visit the Catholic SRE website:
Combined Christian SRE is provided by the Baptist Association of NSW/ACT, Anglican Diocese of Sydney, Uniting Church in Australia and Australian Christian Churches. For more information about Combined Christian SRE, including the authorised curriculum scope and sequence, please visit the Combined Christian website:
Hindu SRE is provided by the Chinmaya Mission Australia. For more information about Hindu SRE, including the authorised curriculum scope and sequence, please visit the Hindu SRE website:
Islamic SRE is provided by the Islamic Council of Australia. For more information about Islamic SRE, including the authorised curriculum scope and sequence, please visit the Islamic Special Religious Education website:
Orthodox SRE is provided by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia. For more information about Greek Orthodox SRE, including the authorised curriculum scope and sequence, please visit the Greek Orthodox website:
Sikh SRE is provided by the Australian Sikh Association. For more information about Sikh SRE, including the authorised curriculum scope and sequence, please visit the Sikh website:
During the time that SRE classes are being held, students not attending will be located in a seperate space and will participate in meaningful activities such as private study and completing unfinished class work.