RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAMME
At St Anne’s we follow the Religious Education Programme for Catholic Schools in Aotearoa, as designated by the Bishops of New Zealand. This programme has six main strands for each year level:
Te Atua - God
This theme focuses on the nature of God and considers each person in the Trinity: God the Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit.
Te Rongopai | Good News
This theme focuses on the Sacred Scripture in the Bible, we will invite and equip our students with ways of reading and praying Sacred Scripture.
Ā Tātou Whakapapa | Our Story
This theme focuses on the Church's story so far, but also on our students' own story, the story of our school, people and land.
Kia Noho Hāhi | Being Church
This theme focuses on individual and collective actions, responses and participation in the world in terms of understanding and living what it means to be in God's Catholic Church family.
Classroom Prayer
This is an intrinsic part of the daily programme and a well maintained and relevant prayer focus area is evident in each classroom. A variety of approaches to classroom prayer are used.
Whole School Masses
These occur at the beginning and end of each Term, on major feast days of the Church's Liturgical Year and weekly on Friday mornings at 9.00am. Our children's experience of Liturgy is a very important part of their Faith development and every effort will be made to ensure that all Liturgies / Masses are of the highest standard and meaningful and memorable for the children. Children are actively involved in these to develop a sense of participation and ownership.
