Religious Education
Intent
- To enable all pupils to hold balanced and informed conversations about religion and belief.
- To develop all pupils knowledge of diversity and world faiths, and their understanding and awareness of the beliefs, values and traditions of other individuals, societies, communities and cultures.
- Inspiring all pupils’ creativity through awe and wonder experiences.
- To ensure all pupils have the skills and understanding to work as part of a team.
- To encourage all pupils to ask questions about the world.
- To give our children time to reflect on their own beliefs, values and experiences.
- Our children will learn about the multicultural world in which we live.
- We will learn to accept, respect and celebrate our differences.
- Pupils will embrace their local and wider community in order to help make a change to the world in preparation for later life.
- All pupils will be taught and progressed
- Aspirations of future careers.
- Children will have an understanding of different families.
Implementation
- As a school, we have a strong long term plan that caters for the needs of all pupils within our school, with a balance between theological and philosophical disciplines.
- Weekly Religious Education sessions
- Visits and visitors to school
- We provide all pupils with opportunities to take a step back and appreciate life (awe) and ask questions that we can discuss as a school (wonder).
- Subject specific vocabulary.
- Archbishop of York, Young leaders’ award
- Opportunities for children to reflect on and express their views and opinions
Schemes
- York Diocese
- North Yorkshire County Council
- Understanding Christianity
- Archbishop of York Young Leaders
Impact
- Pupils will be confident and resilient learners.
- Pupils will be able to articulate about different religions and hold balanced conversations.
- Pupils will have a rich vocabulary and vast subject knowledge.
- Pupils will be prepared for the next step in their lives and have a knowledge of opportunities after school life.
- Pupils to be able to articulate their feelings and understand feelings of others.
- Pupils will have an understanding and tolerance of diversity in our community and the world.