Beliefs

A multifaith lighthouse?

Consultees continually emphasised the centrality of education, as well as the role of the media in recognising religion as an asset and a resource, and in constructing a multifaith society built around its Christian core … Over the past fifty years, in a bipartisan way, Australia has become a multicultural and multifaith lighthouse …

Religion, Cultural Diversity and Safeguarding Australia (2004)

To what extent are your students knowledgeable about the major belief systems in Australia? How do schools teach effectively in the area of beliefs, values and religions? What place do they have in the curriculum?

Access great support resources to assist teaching and provide confidence and competence in an area that is sometimes seen as difficult by school communities.

Really Big Beliefs Project

Download activities suitable for use in English and History classrooms at upper primary or lower secondary levels. Where can I? and Celebrations can be used to support outcomes in Mathematics as well.

View the Really Big Beliefs Project book, classroom activities and professional learning program.