Religious Education

Year 10 Religious Education further develops the six strands of the Anglican Schools' Curriculum (these are outlined in the Y9 Academic Programme). 

In Year 10 each class begins with journaling, a time to engage in quiet, personal reflection. 

Course Focus

• developing knowledge of various dating systems and periods of Western history

• learning about the concept and practice of pilgrimage in the Middle Ages and hikoi in Aotearoa NZ

• discovering some of the major events and the lives of the saints in church history

• considering the way in which both the Bible and the Church understand the concept of "Saint"

• learning about the original languages of the Bible and exploring different translations 

• learning about the practice of illuminated manuscripts and stained glass windows from the Middle Ages 

• exploring their personal whakapapa with a focus on the story of one person from their wider whānau

• investigating a topic regarding the mysterious, the supernatural, and the unexplained