Welcome back to another term at Carroll College. I hope and trust our families had a safe and holy Easter Season. Term Two tends to be a little more quiet for the College in terms of large religious events and celebrations. In Week 5, the Year 10 CSYMI class will be facilitating a Retreat day for students in Year 6 who are preparing for the sacrament of Confirmation. For any families in the Carroll College community interested in Confirmation for their child, there is an information session on Thursday 9 May at 5:30 pm in the iCentre at St Bernard’s Primary School. Families in the Sacred Heart, Moruya Parish, please contact the Parish for information. We wish all students preparing for the Sacrament many blessings and keep them in our prayers.

Catholic Education Religious Education Project

Religious Education in the Archdiocese of Canberra-Goulburn is undergoing a significant change. Teaching theory and practice is modernising and responding to the needs of local contexts. The aim is to deliver a more engaging, dynamic and inquiry learning based curriculum. In order to prepare for these changes, every school in the Archdiocese is undertaking an RE Project in their schools to assess and analyse RE across the College. This investigation covers curriculum RE as well as the Catholic culture and religiosity of the school more generally.

I am pleased to be conducting the Project with following members of the Implementation Team: Karen Ashby, Catriona Colalillo, Paul Hamer, Charlotte Nicoletti, John O’Neill, Lizette Richards and Anna Smart. These staff come from a cross section of our community and all bring a wealth of experience, knowledge and passion for RE to the team. I look forward to keeping parents and community members up to date with this project.

Erica Drewsen

Religious Education Coordinator