We warmly welcome you to the Crossways website, where you can explore the Religious Education curriculum for students in South Australian Catholic schools.
National Catholic Education Commission: Framing Paper: Religious Education in Australian Catholic Schools, p.9
In your child’s Catholic school, the Catholic identity of the school manifests itself in various ways: celebrations of prayer and liturgy, social justice and outreach, as well as classroom learning in Religious Education (and an overall curriculum imbued with a Catholic worldview).
The Crossways Religious Education curriculum is an expression of the wider partnership which exists between parents, parish and school, as together they work toward enlivening the mission of the Church.
Religious Education is the curriculum area at the heart of a Catholic school, it is a specific teaching area that is planned, taught, and assessed with the same rigour as other curriculum areas.
The Crossways curriculum is a contemporary expression of Church teaching which is informed by the Catholic Tradition and is shaped around the following 5 areas of knowledge:
Acquisition of knowledge is not the only goal for this Religious Education curriculum; It also supports students in developing important skills and dispositions through the Wisdom strand:
The Crossways curriculum provides opportunities for all students to engage in rich learning and dialogue about the Catholic faith and its integration with their lives and contemporary culture.
You are invited to explore this website in the hope that it can inspire further discussion at home about faith, life and culture.
