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.
On enrolment parents/carers will be given the SRE and SEE participation letter to complete and return. After the inital enrolment, notification of changes to a child's enrolment in SRE should be given in writing to the office.
A combined Christian SRE is offered at Wangi Wangi Public School.
Combined Christian SRE is delivered by the Baptist Union of NSW www.nswactbaptists.org.au, who are authorised to deliver combined Christian SRE by the following approved providers: Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, Australian Christian Churches, Baptist Union of NSW, Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, Seventh-day Adventist Church North NSW Conference (Elermore Vale), Lake Mac Evangelical Church (Morisset), The Salvation Army, Uniting Church in Australia NSW/ACT Synod and Fellowship of Congregational Churches.
They deliver the Godspace curriculum, authorised by the Baptist Union of NSW, which can be found at:
www.godspace.org.au/curriculum
SRE classes are held for K-6.
Students not attending SRE are given alternate meaningful activities such as reading and homework.