Religious Education has a significant role for the development of pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. It promotes respect and open-mindedness towards others with different faiths and beliefs and encourages pupils to develop their sense of identity and belonging through self-awareness and reflection. The principle aim of Religious Education is to engage pupils in an enquiry approach where they can develop an understanding and appreciation for the expression of beliefs, cultural practices and influence of principle religions and worldviews in the local, national and wider global community.
Below we detail our implementation plans and the impact we deliver.
Implementation Religious Education is unique in the school curriculum. At Fordcombe, we believe Religious Education promotes an enquiry-based approach through the implementation of the Understanding Christianity project. Individual lessons and termly units of work focus on three main aspects: ‘making sense of the text’, ‘understanding the impact’ and ‘making connections’.
Experiences and enrichment opportunities at Fordcombe Primary School
Early Years Foundation Stage Pupils are introduced to Christianity as the ‘heritage religion’ and the one that most influences school and community life. They are taught about traditions, beliefs and world views outside of their own experiences through exploring other cultures and practices in the wider world.
Learning about religion and belief Pupils are to be taught to:
Learning from religion and belief Pupils should be taught to:
Key Stage One During this key stage, pupils are taught the knowledge, skills and understanding through religion and belief as well as wider learning themes. They are introduced in more depth to Christianity, to other principle religions (Judaism) and can reflect on prior learning as they progress through the units.
Learning about religion and belief Pupils should be taught to:
Learning from religion and belief Pupils should be taught to:
Key Stage Two During this key stage, pupils are taught the knowledge, skills and understanding through deeper enquiry into Christianity and Sikhism, Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism. Pupils in Year 5 and Year 6 consider the impact of beliefs and practices in greater detail and respond to more philosophical questions.
Learning about religion and belief Pupils should be taught to:
Learning from religion and belief Pupils should be taught to:
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Impact At Fordcombe Church of England Primary School, we envision the Religious Education curriculum impacting the pupils by them being able to remember more, know more and consequently, be able to do more.
By the end of Key Stage 2, pupils will be able to: Make sense of the text:
Understanding the impact:
Making connections:
Pupils will also:
Termly summative assessments are used to determine the children’s’ understanding and inform teacher’s planning and further differentiated support for pupils. This data is reviewed on a termly basis by the subject leader who also carries out learning walks, book scrutinies and lesson observations. The impact our RE curriculum is also sought directly from the pupils as surveys and questionnaires are used to gather pupils’ voice on this subject and together with summative assessment, action can be taken to further develop the Religious Education curriculum. |