"You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise." Deuteronomy 11:19

RE in our school is about children learning through shared experiences, building cultural awareness and exploring spiritual and moral issues with confidence, supported by their teachers. RE should permeate every aspect of the curriculum. It should provoke challenging questions about the meaning and purpose of life and beliefs about God. Bible stories provide a starting point to develop a growing understanding of their faith and it is through opportunities to explore these stories from the Bible and their meanings, that children can begin to develop a growing understanding of their own beliefs and actions and how these sit alongside the beliefs of others. It develops our pupils’ knowledge and understanding of the Catholic ethos and other principal religions and world views. Giving children the opportunity to pray and time for self-reflection enables them to develop a more personal connection and can begin to foster a sense of spirituality.

Religious Education Curriculum Overview 

RE plans are based on the national RE Curriculum- the RED (Religious Education Directory); lesson content and plans are informed by objectives outlined in the Model Curriculum of the RED.

Branches and Lenses

There are six branches in the RED – one per half term. The branches are:

1. Creation and Covenant
2. Prophecy and Promise
3. From Galilee to Jerusalem
4. From Desert to Garden
5. To the Ends of the Earth
6. Dialogue and Encounter

Each branch focuses on 6 Knowledge Lenses.

The first four lenses focus on the study of the Catholic religion (mirroring the four pillars of the Catechism of the Catholic Church), while the final two lenses focus on broader religious literacy::

• Hear
• Believe
• Celebrate
• Live
• Dialogue
• Encounter

Within each branch the children will be expected to show knowledge and understanding through the Ways of Knowing:

• Understand
• Discern
• Respond

RED – To Know You More Clearly Dates and Curriculum – Whole School