Religious Education

Our Religious Education is mostly Christian with links made to other world faiths to develop understanding and respect.

As a Rights Respecting School, our RE curriculum enables our children as right holders to learn how to share and respect other children’s views. As well as to have the freedom to believe and think what they want. As with our whole curriculum in school, our learning in RE helps children to develop our five core characteristics, which lay the foundations for them to be lifelong learners and good global citizens.

Our Religious Education lessons help children to acquire knowledge and understanding of religious traditions and beliefs but also to develop the child’s Everyone to learn and grow with God spiritual awareness. Each lesson includes an opportunity for spiritual reflection. During a typical RE lesson, the children will explore a range of activities providing challenge and the chance to learn from RE for themselves. The children will explore ways of responding to Christianity and other religions and life experiences, for example, through prayer, worship, drama and art. A variety of resources including artefacts, games, role play, puzzles, books, posters, resource packs and a selection of children’s Bibles are available to support creative learning and teaching. There are educational visits to support the RE curriculum which have previously included visits to St Laurence Church, a mosque, St John’s and St Peter’s Parish Church, and a synagogue.

Our children told us that they love RE because it is fun to learn about Christianity and other faiths. They told us that they feel it is important because they can learn what other people believe. They said that in RE they get to create and discover things and try different food for celebrations. They spoke about enjoying going on trips to discover how other people celebrate.

Parents have the right to withdraw their child from all or part of the Religious Education and Collective Worship provided. The Headteacher must be informed if parents wish to exercise this right. Alternative provision can be arranged for children at these times.

For more information, see our Religious Education curriculum Overview on our Curriculum page.