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The Human Journey

In Year 12 Religious Education, our aim is to prepare and motivate students for the adventure of life by exploring contemporary issues that encourage and invite students to include a Christian perspective in their decision making. Students will be encouraged to be courageous enough to embrace their innate curiosity and question the way things are in society.

The Human Journey Unit Overviews

Year 12 Retreat: The Mountain and the River The Year 12 Retreat is a three-day program designed to provide an opportunity for students to develop and consolidate their relationships with both their peers, teachers and our Catholic story. The program is a combination of personal, social and spiritual activities aimed at building a capacity to take an active and positive place in the world. The Retreat program forms an integral part of fulfilling the Graduate Outcomes for all students at the College.

Unit 1: Professional Communication Effective communication is the key to successful practice in many disciplines. This unit introduces students to the importance of open and effective communication and interactional practices that are common to all workplaces. Students explore different forms of communication alongside people styles as a means of understanding sources of misunderstanding and how a knowledge of people styles can help how we communicate with others.

Unit 2: Mindfulness This subject explores the science of the factors that enable individuals to operate at the peak of their potential; including how to participate in more engaging activities, how to live healthier, be more resilient, have more satisfying relationships and lead more productive and fulfilling lives. The subject will explore teachable skills and pathways for cultivating wellbeing and mindfulness in their lives.

Unit 3: Community Engagement This unit explores education and how community engagement can reinforce and support and heighten student engagement and success. Students join a junior classroom and mentor young people to improve their school work, liaising with the class teacher to support the needs of the class group.

Unit 4: Cultural Awareness Cultural awareness is the foundation of communication and it involves the ability of standing back from ourselves and becoming aware of our cultural values, beliefs and perceptions. Students deepen their relationship and understanding of the indigenous culture of the Pangerang people of the Yorta Yorta nation whilst recognising the continuing connection of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to their Country.

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