Religious Education

Intent

Sidlesham Primary School’s Religious Education curriculum aims to develop deep thinkers who are open-minded about religion and worldviews. We aim to ensure that our curriculum is relevant to pupils, reflecting and preparing them for life in modern Britain. Through lessons, children will secure a deep understanding of concepts in order to be able to make connections, ask and respond to challenging questions, learn to respect and appreciate worldviews that are different to their own and consider their personal preconceptions, responses and views.

Children will build their conceptual knowledge through studying religions and worldviews locally, nationally and globally in our progressive curriculum, enabling them to make links and connections between worldviews, develop disciplinary skills and build on their understanding of their positionality in relation to their learning . By revisiting key ‘big questions’ and building on prior knowledge, pupils will learn about how religion and worldviews are lived experiences across the world, consider the impact of worldviews on society and have opportunities to consider their personal worldviews.

Our scheme of work enables pupils to meet the government guidance, which states that RE must reflect that ‘the religious traditions in Great Britain are, in the main, Christian while taking account of the teaching and practices of the other principal religions represented in Great Britain’. Our scheme has been designed to fulfil the aims of ‘A Curriculum framework for Religious Education in England.

Curriculum Aims

Our RE curriculum is designed to:

Provoke challenging questions about the meaning and purpose of life, beliefs, the self, issues of right and wrong, and what it means to be human. It will develop pupils’ knowledge and understanding of Christianity, other principal religions, and religious traditions that examine these questions, fostering personal reflection and spiritual development.
Encourage pupils to explore their own beliefs (whether they are religious or non-religious), in the light of what they learn, as they examine issues of religious belief and faith and how these impact on personal, institutional and social ethics; and to express their responses. This also builds resilience to anti-democratic or extremist narratives.
Enable pupils to build their sense of identity and belonging, which helps them flourish within their communities and as citizens in a diverse society.
Teach pupils to develop respect for others, including people with different faiths and beliefs, and helps to challenge prejudice.
Prompt pupils to consider their responsibilities to themselves and to others, and to explore how they might contribute to their communities and to wider society. It encourages empathy, generosity and compassion.

Implementation

How is this subject planned?

R.E. plans are based on Kapow planning.
Our scheme has been designed to fulfil the aims of 'A Curriculum framework for Religious Education in England'.
Long term plans are used to ensure coverage.
Long term plans are broken down into units of work. Six units are covered each year.
The units are taught on a three yearly cycle.
Unit plans indicate learning objectives and appropriate activities.

How is this subject taught?

R.E. topics for the Foundation Stage taught by considering concepts that are within the children’s own experiences.
R.E. topics at Key Stage One and Two are taught by considering both non-religious and religious concepts.
The Kapow Primary Religion and worldviews scheme follows the spiral curriculum model, where units and lessons are carefully sequenced so that previous conceptual knowledge is returned to and built upon.

Impact

How is this subject assessed

By the end of each key stage, pupils are expected to know, apply and understand the content, skills and processes specified in the
relevant programme of study of the National Curriculum. Teachers make assessments against the skills progression accordingly – and
keep track of any children who are not meeting these skills.
Assessment of RE is reported to parents in the annual report.

How is this subject monitored?

This subject is in focus once every three years. When in focus there will be an action plan to develop the subject which will be monitored by
governors on the curriculum committee.
The subject leader is responsible for monitoring the planning, teaching and assessment of the subject. This is achieved through subject review staff meetings where learning and planning is shared and compared to skills progressions.

Sidlesham Primary School

Religious Education

Intent

Curriculum Aims

Implementation

Impact

Religious Education Overview

Religious Education Progression

Vocabulary Progression

Religious Education Knowledge Organisers