Religious Education
'We can do all things through Christ who strengthens me' - Philippians 4:13
Our revised Religious Education (RE) curriculum is structured around three distinct types of knowledge to ensure a rich and meaningful experience for all pupils:
- Substantive: This is the content we want children to know and remember such as key beliefs, teachings, practices and viewpoints across a range of religions.
- Disciplinary: This is how we introduce our pupils to the ways in which we engage with religious content, both critically and thoughtfully. We introduce pupils to how scholars and practitioners explore religious and philosophical questions.
- Personal: This is how we help children use their learning to critically analyse their own world views. We encourage pupils to go beyond stating their views and explain and justify them by exploring:
- Why do I believe what I believe?
- Why do I value what I value?
- Why do I live the way I do?
How Does my Context Influence the Way I See the World?
Throughout our RE curriculum and wider curriculum, we aim to deepen pupil’s awareness of their own worldviews and those of others and enable their critical thinking skills.
Our curriculum explores religious content through these 5 key concepts:
- Context
- Identity and Belonging
- Meaning and Purpose
- Power and Authority
- Values and Morality
Throughout our curriculum, pupils’ are exposed to religious scriptures from all faiths, real-life examples of the content they are learning through videos, visitors, images. Worldviews are at the forefront of staff's mind and these are integrated across the curriculum where possible.
Provision for Withdrawal From RE
Pupils - Parents may ask for their child to be totally or partially withdrawn from RE or Collective Worship in accordance with the Education Act 1944 , sections 25(4) and 30, which was re-enacted in l988. Reasons for withdrawal do not have to be given.
