Religious Education
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Intent
To enable all children to:
1. To investigate the beliefs and practices of religions and other world views
2. To investigate how religions and other world views address questions of meaning, purpose and value.
3. Investigate how religions and other world views influence morality, identity and diversity.
4. To recognise commonality and difference within and between religions in order to develop respect, openness and curiosity.
Implementation
1. We begin the teaching of religious education in Foundation Stage as the children begin to encounter religions and other world views through learning about our family, special people, times, and places.
2. As the children move into Key Stage 1 they will build on their earlier work using the Agreed Syllabus as the guidelines for teaching and learning. Teaching and learning will focus around Christianity and Islam, alongside understanding of non-religious approaches to life. Aspects of other faiths will be included as appropriate, such as teaching about specific festivals.
3. At Key Stage 2 teaching and learning will be extended to the study of Judaism and Sikhism, alongside developing understanding of non-religious approaches to life.
4. At all key stages, strong links will be made with the teaching of English. Stories, plays and poems from the bible and other religious and moral sources will be shared with the children.
5. Religious Education will become a stimulus and a springboard for the development of oracy, writing and for the development of thinking and reasoning skills.
6. Art and drama will be closely linked with Religious Education as children use these subjects to communicate what they have learnt.
7. Where appropriate, teachers will use first-hand experience, visits, visitors, artefacts and the local and wider environment to engage children’s interest and imagination.
8. Through their understanding of the different faiths and beliefs children will be encouraged to develop their feelings and empathy and understanding for others.
9. Through their understanding of world religions, children will develop an understanding of the British society in which they live.
10. Children will learn about rights and responsibilities, moral, spiritual, social, cultural and environmental issues.
11. We will use financial resources to build up an extensive collection of resources, artefacts and books to support the teaching of Religious Education.
Impact
The teaching and learning of Religious Education will promote excellence and enjoyment.
It will have a strong presence in the ethos of the school through displays, performances and assemblies.
Religious Education will enable children to articulate their own views about religion and world views, developing understanding and cultivating mutual respect, empathy and tolerance.
Religious Education will help equip the children for life in an inclusive society.
Curriculum
At Burnley Road Academy we follow the specially designed local scheme for Kirklees and Calderdale.
These are the topics for each year:
Year 1.
Aut 1 - Which books and stories are special?
Aut 2 – How do we celebrate special events?
Spr 1 – What does it mean to belong to a church or mosque?
Spr2 – How and why do we care for others?
Sum – Who brought messages about God and what did they say?
Year 2
Aut 1 – How is new life welcomed?
Aut 2 – How can we make good choices?
Spr 1 – How and why do people pray?
Spr 2 – How can we look after the planet?
Sum – What did Jesus teach and how did he live?
Year 3
Aut – How do Jews remember God’s covenant with Abraham and Moses?
Spr – What is Spirituality and how do people experience this?
Sum 1 – What do Christians believe about a good life?
Sum 2 – What do creation stories tell us?
Year 4
Aut – How are important events remembered?
Spr – What faiths are shared in our community?
Sum 1 – How do the Five Pillars guide Muslims?
Sum 2 – Why are Gurus at the heart of Sikh belief and practice?
Year 5
Aut – Why are some journeys and places special?
Spr – What values are shown in codes for living?
Sum 1 – Should we forgive others?
Sum 2 – What do Christians believe about the old and new covenants?
Year 6
Aut – How do Sikhs show commitment?
Spr – What do Christians believe about Jesus’ death and resurrection?
Sum 1 – How does growing up bring responsibilities?
Sum 2 – How do Jews remember the Kings and Prophets in worship and life?
RE Policy and End of Unit Expectations
Cultural Capital in RE
‘It is the essential knowledge that pupils need to be educated citizens, introducing them to the best that has been thought and said and helping to engender an appreciation of human creativity and achievement.’
Ofsted School Inspection Handbook 2019
Our RE curriculum is designed to equip children with the knowledge and cultural capital to succeed in life. It provides children with essential knowledge about world religions and different communities so that they are well-informed citizens ready for the real world, in line with their more advantaged counterparts. Our curriculum covers a range of topics that link to religious and non-religious views that allow children to broaden their learning about different communities beyond their own.
Our RE curriculum also provides children with plenty of opportunities to develop their critical and reflective thinking which will support them in discovering their own journey of purpose and meaning in the future.