Religious Education
Intent
By teaching a robust and diverse RE curriculum we aim:
- To help pupils to acquire and develop knowledge about Christianity and the other principle religions.
- To encourage pupils towards an understanding of people’s beliefs, values and practices.
- To give opportunities for pupils to reflect on and respond to the values, beliefs and practices of religions and philosophies.
- To develop within pupils, respect and sensitivity towards other people and their beliefs and philosophies.
- To enable pupils to develop their own insights.
- To enrich opportunities for pupils’ spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development.
Implementation
At Hugh Gaitskell Primary School, it has been agreed that having taken into account the requirements and guidelines presented in the Agreed Syllabus, the following religions have been selected for study:
- Christianity
- Islam
- Judaism
- Hinduism
- Sikhism
There are no presumptions made as to the religious backgrounds and beliefs and values of the children and the staff. We value the religious background of all members of the school community and hope that this will encourage individuals to share their own experiences with others freely. All religions and their communities are treated with respect and sensitivity and we value the links, which are, and can be made between home, school, and a faith community. We acknowledge that each religion studied can contribute to the education of all our pupils. We promote teaching in Religious Education that stresses open enquiry and first-hand experiences wherever possible for both staff and children.
Impact
The children at Hugh Gaitskell Primary enjoy learning lots about other religions and why people choose or choose not to follow a religion. Through their R.E. learning, the children are able to make links between their own lives and those of others in their community and in the wider world. R.E. acts as a hub, therefore, it links between social aspects of learning, science and geography. Through R.E. our children are developing an understanding of other people’s cultures and ways of life, which they are then able to communicate to the wider community.
R.E. offers our children the means by which to understand how other people choose to live and to understand why they choose to live in that way. As such, R.E. is invaluable in an ever-changing and multicultural world.