Religious Education
To find out more about the Religious Education Curriculum for each year group for each term please visit the class webpages.
Key characteristics
We have identified the following key characteristics which we aim to develop to enable children to develop knowledge, understanding and skills relating to religious education:
- An outstanding level of religious understanding and knowledge.
- A thorough engagement with a range of ultimate questions about the meaning and significance of existence.
- The ability to ask significant and highly reflective questions about religion and demonstrate an excellent understanding of issues related to the nature, truth and value of religion.
- A strong understanding of how the beliefs, values, practices and ways of life within any religion cohere together.
- Exceptional independence; the ability to think for themselves and take the initiative in, for example, asking questions, carrying out investigations, evaluating ideas and working constructively with others.
- Significant levels of originality, imagination or creativity, which are shown in their responses to their learning in RE.
- The ability to link the study of religion and belief to personal reflections on meaning and purpose.
- A wide knowledge and deep understanding across a wide range of religions and beliefs.
Opportunities for religious education
In order to ensure that our children are provided with a range of opportunities to enable them to become more knowledgeable about religion we:
Key Stage One
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Key Stage Two |
Opportunities to:
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Key learning objectives for Religious Education
We have identifed the following key learning objectives for Religious Education:
To understand beliefs and teachings |
To understand practices and lifestyles |
To understand how beliefs are conveyed
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To reflect |
To understand values |
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