MOTHER-OF-TWO Yvonne Baskeyfield feels very strongly about the trial of ethics classes at Baulkham Hills North Public School.

``I hope they come back as a permanent fixture, it's such a shame they have to stop now and I hope they can continue,'' she said.

Her children, year6 pupil Erik and year5 pupil Freja, participated in Protestant scripture classes until last year.

``We're not religious but I thought it was important for them to participate, to know about Jesus, the apostles, the Bible and the Old Testament as part of general knowledge,'' she said.

``But last year they said they did not want to do scripture any more, that they had learnt about it all before.

``When I heard about the pilot program I wanted to get involved and they've been loving it ever since.''

Ms Baskeyfield said the 10-week trial of ethics classes had given both children a way to explore and discuss their values.

``It's been fabulous to see how they interact with each other they're becoming more moralistic and less egotistical,'' she said.

``They have become more accepting of other people's views in some ways they're a lot more mature than other adults.''

She said discussions about lying and vandalism that started in the classroom have continued as debates at home.

The Catholic church has raised objections to the secular classes being offered at the same time as scripture, saying it forced parents to choose between the two.

They said the ethics classes were originally meant to be offered only to pupils who had already chosen not to participate in scripture.

The P&C federation and the StJames Ethic Centre pushed for the trial, which they said was needed to accommodate the children who did not participate in scripture.

The federation president, Di Giblin, said the trial had exceeded their expectations.

An independent assessor is evaluating the course and will present her findings to NSW Education Minister Verity Firth.

The Baulkham Hills North P&C will ask Mrs Firth to let the program be offered from next year.