Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School – Curriculum Intent for RE

We strive to nurture a love of learning through excellence in learning, pastoral care and faith formation.

Faith

Hope

Love

Our curriculum:

• Creative teaching approaches promote a sense of awe and wonder so that learners are engaged and enthused;
• Use of drama, art and ICT empowers pupils to confidently articulate their faith and beliefs through;
• World Faith weeks for Judaism, Islam and Hinduism promote fundamental British Values and respect for everyone, embracing and celebrating all backgrounds and differences;
• Driver words and regular monitoring ensures high expectations for all pupils so that no child is left behind;
• Self-selecting challenges and opportunities to question encourages pupils to have faith in themselves and develop a growth mindset,

Our curriculum:

• Opportunities for pupil questioning in lessons allows pupils to challenge themselves and each other;
• Reflecting scripture and key messages to our own lives encourages pupils to be critical thinkers who work collaboratively to solve problems and evaluate effectively enabling them to make informed decisions and choices;
• Is continually developed through research, effective CPD from the RE lead and Diocese as well as reflective dialogue and practice;
• Pupils to have a voice so they can communicate effectively and articulate their ideas and views in preparation for tomorrow’s society.

Our curriculum:

• Promotes self-motivation and ownership for life-long learning through self-selecting challenges;
• Relating scripture to our own lives teaches us to follow in Jesus’ footsteps to love and forgive others;
• Discussing how we can live our key scripture or Gospel values allows opportunities to serve others so pupils develop a sense of citizenship, community, empathy and service;
• Use of drama, art and ICT provides all children with the opportunity to express themselves through different mediums;
• Opportunities for private and shared prayer, reflection and worship aims to develop positive mental health where we love and celebrate our talents and gifts.

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School – Curriculum Implementation for RE

We strive to nurture a love of learning through excellence in learning, pastoral care and faith formation.

RE is a core subject and an integral part of life and learning at Sacred Heart. 10% of our weekly timetable is dedicated to the teaching and learning of Religious Education.

In order to meet the requirements of the curriculum, we follow the Come and See Primary Religious Programme for schools, which is approved by the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales. The programme is implemented in Nursery through to Y6 which is taught through a series of nine topics exploring 3 themes which are Church, Sacrament and Christian living.

World Faiths:

We also teach the children about other world religions during the academic year. They are encouraged not to simply learn facts about other religions but also reflect upon them and gain insights from them. 

A brief overview of the curriculum can be seen below with a more detailed overview at the bottom of this page.  The school has begun training on the new RED. The school is communicating with the Diocese and is committed to adopting the new scheme once this has been agreed and training provided.

Knowledge and Understanding

(learning about religion)

Engagement

(learning from religion)