Religious Education
Intent
Through our RE curriculum, children are equipped to be lifelong learners and live respectfully alongside people of differing faiths and no faith, celebrating difference.
Through our RE curriculum, we intend children to:
- Have knowledge and understanding of the six main religions (Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism and Sikhism).
- Develop a rich, deep knowledge and understanding of religious beliefs and practices.
- Respect other cultures and religions and world views, expressing the importance of respecting the beliefs of others.
- Respectfully understand, challenge and accept differing viewpoints.
- Think wisely and reflect critically and responsibly on their own responses to particular situations so that they can flourish.
- Confidently and articulately share their views and know that they will be respected and valued.
- Ask and answer questions and search to understand faith and religion in a purposeful and meaningful way, appropriate to their level of understanding.
- Actively reflect, investigate and make meaning of relationships, the world and religion.
- Secure self-awareness, respect for all, open-mindedness, empathy, appreciation and wonder.
- Use their knowledge and shared viewpoints to discuss local, national and global issues.
- Understand the diversity of world views and belief systems.
- Hold a greater understanding of their place in the world.
Implementation
RE is taught through the following high-dividend concepts:
- Belief
- Worship
- Festivals
- Community
- Salvation
- Incarnation
Impact
By the end of Key Stage 2, children will have acquired knowledge of the main religions and world views. They will be confident and respectful when voicing their opinions and be courageous and caring advocates for others, looking after the world they live in.
What our children say:
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Year group |
What have you been learning in your lessons?
Have you learnt something new that you didn’t know before? |
What helps you to learn? |
Why is this subject important? |
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EYFS and KS1 |
J- We learn about different religions like Jews, Muslims and Christians. We learn about where they go to pray like a synagogue or a mosque as well as how they pray. E- Sometimes men and women are separated when they pray J- It links to our British values by learning mutual respect as well as individual liberty |
J -Looking back through our floor book with photos and examples of our work helps us to remember what we have learnt |
F- It links to the British value of tolerance |
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KS2 |
J- We learn about different religions as well as what different people are committed to D- We have learnt about humanists and how that differs to other religions |
J -We went to Gurdwara as we were learning about Sikhism and the 5 K’s that are important to them. It was really informative J-Even though I don’t believe in God but our teacher makes learning about other religions really interesting. We also get vocabulary tasks to learn new words. Some people get pictures next to their vocabulary to help them understand but not everyone has this D- Retrieval tasks help us remember what we did last time and recover our knowledge. It is sometimes from the week before or last term |
L – If we go to a different country, we can understand about different festivals. If we only know about our own religion, we won’t understand about other people J- Not understanding about others may be disrespectful |