RE
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RE - Religious Education
Curriculum Intent – RE
A high-quality RE education will help pupils use knowledge gained to understand Britain’s diverse population. It should inspire pupils to be humane, nurturing and understand how and why people are different and why they have different beliefs and traditions. Teaching should equip pupils to ask perceptive questions, think critically and develop perspective and judgement. RE helps pupils to understand people’s lives, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups, as well as their own identity.
All pupils should know and understand different key religions of where we live and how this shapes our town, developing tolerance and understanding for others.
In particular, pupils should:
- Develop knowledge and understanding of the main British Christian religion and why we celebrate certain occasions such as Harvest, Christmas and Easter.
- Understand different religions such as Judaism, Sikhism and Hinduism and how these relate to each other, thinking about their origin stories and special events.
- Learn about special places, things and books and how this differs between each religion and why this is important.
- Learn about different celebrations to those of the Christian faith and why these are important to those that celebrate them such as Diwali, Sukkah, Passover, and Hanukkah.
Implementation:
RE in EYFS is incorporated within Development Matters: Understanding the world. The children will understand that some places are special to members of their community. They will recognise that people have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways. The children will recognise some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries.
Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 follow our local agreed syllabus Living Difference IV. Within each unit of planning there are opportunities for a cross curricular approach, such as Drama, Art and Cooking. Thus, ensuring that the curriculum is accessible to meet the needs of all of our children in an engaging approach.
Living Difference IV the agreed Syllabus for Hampshire and The Isle of Wight:
Programme of study:
Enquire – into and engage with concepts that are important to children’s own experiences and religion.
Contextualize – concept within religious practice
Evaluate- importance and value of the concept within religious practice
Communicate – children’s own responses to the concept
Apply – the concept to their own and others experiences.
Skills
- reflection
- empathy
- comprehension
- investigation
Impact
The impact of RE teaching and learning at Knights Enham Schools will enable pupils to prepare them for the next stage in learning having made age-appropriate progress or better, understanding the people around them in their daily lives and developing tolerance and acceptance of others. Attainment at the end of Foundation Stage will reflect children’s starting points and securely prepare them for access to the KS1 curriculum. End of KS1 and KS2 attainment will similarly reflect secure learning journeys where pupils make good progress and understanding and are well prepared for the next stage in their learning.
Skills progression in RE
RE Progression Map Key Stage One and Key Stage Two