AIMS

The national curriculum for RE aims to ensure that all pupils are able:

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/religious-education-guidance-in-english-schools-non-statutory-guidance-2010

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INTENT

We are a Catholic school and we are committed to the Catholic Faith, recognising and valuing every individual as special and unique in the image and likeness of God.

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Religious Education at St Marie’s respects and promotes each child’s innate capacity for wonder, awe, reverence and spirituality. Our Religious Education curriculum leads our children to aspire not to have more, but to be more; children are taught about God’s love; they learn about their Christian responsibilities; children are provided with experiences of church, Catholic and Christian traditions, as well as being taught to be respectful and understanding of people and traditions from other faith backgrounds. Through Religious Education our children learn about their unique place within the home, school and parish community.

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IMPLEMENTATION

At St Marie’s we follow the ‘Come and See’ Religious Education Programme in line with guidance from the Liverpool Archdiocese. This programme is followed throughout school from Nursery through to Year 6.

 

This programme provides:

•  opportunities for celebration, prayer and reflection in implicit and explicit ways.

• children with the language of religious experience - a 'literacy' in religious activities, places, stories, symbols and rituals, people and objects.

• a 'systematic presentation of Christian event, message and way of life' in ways appropriate to the age and stage of development of the child.

• that for its implementation and production it requires the adults involved to understand the underlying theological as well as educational principles.

• appropriate materials about other faiths.

• academic respectability as in other curricular areas – utilising appropriate stages from the National Curriculum.

 

The programme explores the religious dimensions of questions about life, dignity and purpose within the Catholic tradition. Links are made with the children's own experience and with universal experience. It will raise questions and provide material for reflection by the children on their own experiences. It will enable them to explore the beliefs, values and way of life of the Catholic tradition and where appropriate other faith traditions.

  

OVERVIEW OF CONTENT

 

'Come and See' is taught through a series of 9 topics exploring:

 

• Community of faith – Church

• Celebration in ritual – Sacraments

• Way of life – Christian Living

 

Other faith traditions are also explored through discreet topics.

  

The process for delivering the topics in 'Come and See' has three stages - Explore, Reveal and Respond which enable the pupils with the development of knowledge, understanding, skills and the fostering of attitudes.

 

10% of teaching time is dedicated to the teaching of RE.

  

The Process

 

Search – Explore (1 week) This is the introduction to the topic where the children's life experience is explored, the questions it raises are wondered at, shared, investigated and their significance reflected on.

 

Revelation – Reveal (usually 2 weeks) This is the heart of the programme where knowledge and understanding of the Catholic faith is revealed through the Word, in Scripture, Tradition, doctrine, prayers, rites and Christian living.

 

Response – Respond (1 week) This is where the learning is assimilated, celebrated and responded to in daily life. This reflective work is collated in the class Respond scrapbooks which travel up through the school with each class.

 

OTHER FAITHS and RELIGIONS

 

Judaism is usually studied in the Autumn term, however this can vary due to the needs of the school. The other religion to be studied is Hinduism– the religion focus is carefully selected with consideration given to the most relevant and appropriate in light of each class and current local, national or world-wide events.

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IMPACT

It is clear to see the progression of skills throughout the school through the quality of products each year group creates. Subject and school leaders monitor the impact of our curriculum provision through completing regular monitoring, that includes listening to the voice of our children, collating assessments, tracking pupils and reporting to governors and parents at the end of the year. This ensures that children are continually challenged to achieved high standards and our curriculum develops with the changing world around us.

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Ongoing informal assessment against the Standard Indicators and Formal Assessment Tasks are used to inform planning and to identify areas for focus and support. Assessment is moderated internally and externally within cluster meetings.