Whole School Focus: Live in Harmony

The term 4 whole school Religious Education focus is ‘Harmony in my World’,
under the curriculum theme of ‘story’. To help break open the focus for students,
we are exploring the values of ‘compassion’ and ‘hope’ and the keys for learning
‘create’ and ‘persevere’. Each week the theme, values and keys for learning will
be the focus for our Harmony Awards. The Harmony award focus for weeks one
and two is ‘story’. Teachers will acknowledge students who are sharing their
stories in creative, oral and written ways. This term will also be a time of
reflection, looking back at the story we have lived out and looking forward to
future possibilities.
Our scripture focus for the term is from Romans 15:13 ‘May the God of hope fill
you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope
by the power of the Holy Spirit’. This scripture fits in with the current Year of The
Holy Spirit and the Advent season. Advent being a time of joyful anticipation for
the arrival of Jesus, the long awaited Messiah.

CSYMA Junior

What is CSYMA? CSYMA stands for Catholic Student Youth Mission Australia. It is a student formation model that is integrated into the heart of the religious curriculum. Its vision is to enable the work of evangelisation in Catholic schools and to draw students and staff into a life giving and changing relationship with Jesus.  This model also promotes wellbeing and student leadership. I am excited to announce that St Michael’s School has recently signed up to be a part of the 4 phase model. On the 17th of October, the Year 5/6 students will all take part in a Retreat Experience - ‘Journey with Jesus’, which is phase one. They will be introduced to the model and the core concepts of Catholic Faith; love, salvation and forgiveness. Our students will be mentored by CEO staff and students from Merici College.  In 2024 we will build on this experience in our prayer life and form a junior ministry team. We ask God’s blessing on the students as they begin this journey.

Key Dates RE for Term 4

For all Religious Education enquiries please email Erika Tokich at:

erika.tokich@cg.catholic.edu.au