During Term 2 Religious Education Year 8 students focused on the topic 'God & Creation'.

The unit was an in-depth study of the Creation stories in the Book of Genesis.

Students explored the truths that result from God's actions in creation and focused on various topics about stewardship. Being a casual clothes day last Friday, it allowed some classes to complete a seedling planting activity. This allowed for deep reflection on how they can be a steward in our world today by taking care of God’s creation. Well done to all Year 8 students.

Student Reflection:

“This term, Year 8 has been focusing on the school pillar of ‘Stewardship’ and the Book of Genesis from the Bible. Learning about this topic has helped enhance our knowledge about the creation stories, including their truths. This topic features us looking into the Genesis, mainly focusing on the first two chapters. Reading Genesis really helped me to understand deeply about its truths and messages.

Following this, we all worked closer to the theme of stewardship. We all learnt that stewardship could come in many forms, for example, we can all be stewards towards each other. We can also be stewards of God’s creation, which brought us to the recent planting activity. Year 8 classes had the ability to plant beautiful flowers which helped us all to understand that we can be stewards of God’s creation by sustaining and nurturing plants to grow within our environment. I strongly believe that this topic within this term has really enhanced my knowledge on the creation story and knowing what being a true steward really is.” - Natalie D (8 Marin Kurrang)