RE

Vision

Our vision is for all Religious Education lessons to provoke challenging questions about the meaning and purpose of life.  We aim to enable pupils to build their sense of identity and belonging, helping them to flourish within their communities and as citizens in a diverse society. Teaching them respect for others, including people with different faiths and beliefs and helping them to challenge prejudice. Our curriculum prompts pupils to consider their responsibilities to themselves and to others and to explore how they might contribute to their communities and to the wider society.  It encourages empathy, generosity and compassion.

Intent 

Throughout Key Stage 1 and 2, we follow the Lancashire Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education 2021 in line with most St Helens schools.  This syllabus allows children to build up their knowledge about the wider world around them, as well as helps them to answer and pose questions about the main religions practiced around the world. These include: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism.

We enhance our curriculum offer with visits and visitors and have well established links with the local Church community.

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What our pupils say about RE

I like RE because I enjoy learning about certain religions and who they worship. I think that it is important to know about differences in society.

RE is fun because we get to do lots of different activities, like drawing. 

I like that we get to talk about feelings and can link it to things that happen in every day life. 

I really enjoy being practical in RE and I really like going to church. It’s where I go with my family every weekend.  

I find it really interesting to learn about different people and to learn about different religions and how families celebrate different festivals. 

Subject Overview