Year 10 – 12 Youth Ministry
Year 10 – 12 Youth Ministry
Overview
The Year 10 – 12 Youth Ministry program support students in finding ways to put faith into action. These courses mirror content that that is explored in the Core Religious Education program and, using an Inquiry-based learning model, encourages students to express their learnings with through practical activities.
Students will explore the Gospel of the year, examining the author’s meaning and hopes for their community, and how this meaning and hope inspires a call to action in the modern world.
The structure of this program remains consistent across all senior years, to consolidate the capacity for students to interpret and apply religious thought and action in the modern world.
Opportunities to enact key learnings will be provided through the College’s Liturgical, community building, Retreats, sport activities, fund raising, advocacy and other events.
Modules
Across the Senior Religious Education program, each class will study a certain number of modules based on the themes of the Gospel. The modules will represent a diversity of content and contexts but remain consistent in the skills each seeks to develop. Additionally, as the structure remains consistent, skills can be built upon each year.
Assessment
Across the modules students engage with, there will be a variety of assessment tasks including:
- Written assessment
- Presentations and reflections
- Creative responses
- Audio/visual media
- Liturgical engagement
- Community engagement
Skills and Content
Across the senior Religious Education program, modules will aim to develop the following skills:
Year 10 – by application
- Analyse and interpret scripture to understand the cultural and historical setting it was written in.
- Evaluate the author’s intended message across scripture in a contemporary context.
- Discuss how scriptural themes are preserved in Catholic Tradition across a variety of contexts.
Year 11
- Explore scriptural themes to offer and ask questions of meaning and purpose and how Catholic Tradition gives scriptural themes a modern meaning and application in a contemporary context.
- Reflect on how scripture calls individuals to challenge cultural norms in having a positive impact.
Year 12
- Analyse and interpret scripture, recontextualising the author’s intent with the modern world.
- Use scriptural themes to learn how Catholic Traditions, and other religions offer an answer to questions of meaning.
- Discuss how Catholic Tradition, founded on scripture, has changed over time to respond to the modern world.
- Reflect on how scripture allows communities to form an identity; to have a positive impact in the world.
Across all year levels – Develop these learnings into ministry-based actions.
Future Directions
Completion of this course will give a strong foundation for students to continue further study in youth ministry and to develop the skills for extra-curricular ministry-based activities. Students will develop and deploy a variety of skills including leadership, communication to a variety of audiences, project planning and organising and self-management skills.