Last week the principal of my children’s local, state primary school sent home a letter explaining to parents that the Special Religious Instruction (SRI) program would finish at the end of this semester. This was something I had been working towards for some time and so the news was very welcome. In this blog, I […]
Special Religious Instruction
Kew Primary School ends Special Religious Instruction
One parent’s crusade?…A David and Goliath battle?…Blow your trumpet loud enough and walls come tumbling down! This week the principal of Kew Primary School (KPS) sent a letter to all parents announcing the end of Special Religious Instruction (SRI). Here’s the letter on my fridge! (Actually, I photocopied a few extra just for the hell […]
Special Religious Instruction: A letter to School Council
Last month I wrote a blog about Special Religious Instruction at my kids’ local state primary school. The blog generated lots of schoolyard discussion which was fantastic. I had some great conversations with parents of different faiths – Greek Orthodox, Muslim, Catholic, Anglican – and parents of no faith. The overwhelming sense I got from these […]
Special Religious Instruction: Time to push back
I’ve written about a broad range of topics on this blog over the last couple of years, but the subject that’s received most attention by far is Special Religious Instruction, the program delivered by Access Ministries to students in our state primary schools. It’s also one of those issues that just won’t leave me alone […]
Without Jesus, our students are lost
The dreaded yellow form came home again today…