Religious and Values Education (RAVE)

RAVE focuses on skills of self-reflection and critical thinking. The aim is for students to be able to articulate their own developing worldviews and belief systems and bring these into critical conversations with the Christian and other religious traditions.

In Year 10, RAVE begins with a study of Islam, tracing this religion from its beginnings and exploring key beliefs, festivals, and practices

In Term 2, students explore religious ideas of Good and Evil to find their origins in sacred texts and culture

Term 3 considers moral and ethical questions surrounding issues of Life and Death such as the use of life support and euthanasia, and students unpack the universal religious idea that life is sacred.

In Term 4, students will investigate a unit titled ‘New Religious Movements’, that allows for deep analysis into an area of personal interest that considers the key features of mainstream religions and how sects, cults and new religious movements differ.