Curriculum – Religious Education

To ensure children learn and remember knowledge about faith and religions.
To allow children build on prior knowledge through a carefully sequenced and progressive curriculum.
To develop an understanding of the world around us through learning about religion.
To provide children with the opportunity to develop their knowledge and appreciation of different religions and beliefs and compare these to their own beliefs.
To develop pupils’ knowledge of world faiths and their understanding and awareness of the beliefs, values and traditions of other individuals, societies, communities and cultures.
To enable pupils to express their own ideas and thoughts, asking thought-provoking questions about the world around them and personally reflect upon their own beliefs, values and experiences.
To encourage pupils to consider how religions and beliefs have an impact on individuals and communities in local, national and global contexts.
To encourage empathy and respect for all, including those with differing faiths and beliefs, as pupils develop understanding and appreciation of our diverse society and world.

Staff will use research around cognitive science to help children learn and remember more.
Staff will check understanding through spaced retrieval exercises.
RE will be taught every half term in one half hour session per week.
Throughout units of work, teachers will make links and encourage children to make links between the religion currently being studied and previous religions, beliefs and religious festivals studied.
Teachers will ensure that all units of work include opportunities to gain knowledge and understanding and encourage critical thinking and personal reflection.
Teachers will ensure that lessons are planned in sequences that provide children with the opportunities to review, remember, deepen and apply their understanding.
Teachers will use the assessment sheets to assess children’s progress and understanding at the end of each unit of work.

Children are provided with opportunities beyond the National curriculum to further and support their understanding – visitors, visits to places of worship etc.
Through learning about religions and beliefs within their local community, country and the wider world, children are able to gain a deeper appreciation for the multicultural world around them.
Children have the opportunity to discuss and share their own beliefs, values and opinions and learn how to express agreement or disagreement in a productive manner.
Children have the opportunity to learn about and experience the festivals and traditions of religions and faiths around the world.