Religion choices in Kindy

[beansbeans!]

Thanks Peanutter,

I was thinking Protestant is probably the best direction to go down. Im worried that by the sounds of it, if you no-religion then they spend the time slot for religion doing nothing. I suppose the worst part is I dont know what differences they would be teaching between the two at such a young age?

[surprised]

Personally I'd go for Protestant scripture but I'm a Christian. Generally people in your situation would go for Protestant scripture. Usually only Catholics go to Catholic. BTW Charlotte AOG would be considered Protestant.

I used to teach Scripture and I assure you I wasn't there to brainwash the kids. I just taught them Bible stories in a fun way, we did some songs, played games and had a great time. It's about giving them the chance to see that the church isn't scary or irrelevant, and providing positive role models in addition to the other adults in their lives ( I'm not saying that only Christians can be positive role models). Unless there are ethics classes or teachers of other religions, non-scripture usually means sit in the library and read a book.

Why not go for Protestant classes, then if you have concerns you can always remove your child.

[beansbeans!]

Thanks surprised.
That makes a bit more sense I know its all about stories and what not, but I wasnt too sure about the depth that is taught. (its been a long time since Ive seen religion in a public school )

Peanutter, I do plan on asking when we go in for our induction thingy and all that other stuff, but that isnt till the end of year. Im getting in very early!

[LuluHB]

I would probably go the Protestant line too. My girls go to a private Christian school that is a lot more easy going than the one near you sounds in that they accept families who are not practising Christians - which is certainly us - but it is still pretty full on. The kids pray multiple times a day (ie before recess, lunch etc), and there is lots of thanking of God and God bless you's going on. I must admit that DH and I do struggle a little with the religious side of it because it is far more full on than we imagined it would be, even for kindy and pre-primary. We accept that we need to support it (and we do), but do get a little bit of a laugh sometimes at the things the girls come out with - they take things so literally at this point so its pretty funny when they tell you that God is opening the door for us at the supermarket!!

I doubt you would get this level of religion in a public school, even choosing the Catholic stream, but the Protestant stream may be a smidge more balanced and open to discussion of other religions.