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 Bardia Public School, SRE is delivered on Friday afternoon.
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 advised via the Forms tab in School Stream.
The following SRE classes are offered at Bardia Public School:
Catholic SRE is provided by Catholic Diocese of Wollongong. For more information about Catholic SRE, including the authorised curriculum scope and sequence, please visit the Catholic Diocese of Wollongong website https://www.ccdwollongong.com/curriculum.
Hindu SRE is provided by Vishva Hindu Parishad of Australia Inc. For more information about Hindu SRE, including the authorised curriculum scope and sequence, please visit the Vishva Hindu Parishad of Australia Inc. website https://www.vhp.org.au/sre-hindu-dharma-scripture-classes.
Islamic SRE is provided by Islamic Council of NSW. For more information about Islamic SRE, including the authorised curriculum scope and sequence, please visit the Islamic Council of NSW website https://www.isre.org.au/scope-k-6/.
Combined Christian SRE is provided by Anglican Diocese of Sydney: Youthworks and Baptist Union of NSW. For more information about combined Christian SRE, including their authorised curriculum scope and sequence, please visit the Anglican Diocese of Sydney: Youthworks and Baptist Union of NSW website https://whysre.com.au/sre-curriculu/cep-curriculum-overview/ and https://nswactbaptists.org.au/baptistsre.
During the time that SRE classes are being held, students not attending will be located in a separate space and will participate in meaningful activities provided by classroom teachers.