Scripture seminars are organised for students in Years 7, 8, 9 and 10. Students are offered at least one Scripture seminar each term, generally on a Thursday during Sessions 3-4 in the auditorium (hall). Actual dates are indicated on the school planner each year. Each year group has a session in consecutive weeks, often weeks 7-10 of the term. In Term 3, Scripture is delivered through a single 'Exo Day', which offers attractive events available to the whole school on the one day, focused at lunchtime.
In 2025, we are offering either Combined Christian scripture or Catholic scripture. Students who wish to participate in this go to the hall to have their name marked off before the Catholic scripture students go to the library.
Scripture is co-ordinated by a person employed by the local churches. The Scripture Co-ordinator for Castle Hill High in 2025 is Trent Raymond. The Scripture Co-ordinator is located in the Library on a Thursday, organises the teachers of Scripture, oversees the content of classes and acts as a general pastoral care contact for all students. In 2025, Trent and several of his scripture staff cook free pancakes for students in the quadrangle each Thursday morning during Session 1 (there are no timetabled classes at this time).
Scripture is overseen by a Deputy Principal, who allocates rooms, monitors content and attendance and deals with behaviour issues which arise. In 2025, that is Mr Wright.
As parents, you have the right to provide permission to participate in Scripture or revoke it at any time by informing us in writing, preferably via the school email address. We do not allow students to participate in scripture unless they have parental permission in writing and we maintain an active scripture list. A link to the Participation Letter is included below.
Special Religious Education and Special Education in Ethics Participation Letter
If you have any concerns or queries about scripture, please do not hesitate to contact us via the school email address. Mr Wright will attend to your inquiry.
The following SRE classes are offered at Castle Hill High School:
Combined Christian SRE
Christian SRE is provided by SRE teachers from different Christian denominations and churches. The approved providers in this combined arrangement are: Australian Christian Churches, Anglican Diocese of Sydney, Seventh Day Adventist Church North NSW Conference, Baptist Union of NSW, Uniting Church in Australia, Hillsong Church Australia. All Christian SRE teachers are authorised and trained by an approved provider.
The Christian SRE curriculum is authorised by Hillsong Australia and written by The Anglican Diocese of Sydney.
The curriculum is based on Good News about Jesus Christ and learning the key elements of our Christian life and culture and can be found at https://www.iccoreis.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ThinkFaith.pdf. Christian SRE engages students in conversations as they question life, explore values and discover faith.
Catholic SRE
Catholic SRE teachers (also known as Catechists) are authorised by the local parish and trained by the Diocese of the Catholic Church.
The Catholic SRE curriculum is approved by the Bishop of the Diocese in liaison with religious education experts. Lessons include activities that are fun and inclusive for students, whilst also providing them the opportunity to critically explore in depth their faith and to pray and reflect. For more information about the Catholic SRE curriculum go to: https://ccd.sydneycatholic.org/publications/curriculum-resources/
Catholic SRE teachers engage young people in hearing the Good News about Jesus Christ and learning the key elements of our Christian life and culture