Religious Education (RE)

Religious Education has an important role along with all other curriculum areas, particularly PSHE and British Values, in promoting the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of our pupils. We aim to deliver an RE curriculum that develops children's knowledge and understanding of different beliefs and world views, enabling them to understand and value all beliefs, both in their local community and in the wider world. Our RE curriculum follows the guidelines of the Worcestershire Agreed Syllabus for RE 2020-2025.

"The principal aim of religious education is to explore what people believe and what difference this makes to how they live, so that pupils can gain the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to handle questions raised by religion and belief, reflecting on their own ideas and ways of living."

Worcestershire Agreed Syllabus for RE 2020-2025

This Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education (RE) has been created for Worcestershire SACRE and approved by Worcestershire County Council. It provides a syllabus for Religious Education for Worcestershire schools.

Since 1944, all schools have been required to teach RE to all pupils on roll (with the exception that parents have the right to withdraw their children from the subject). Religious Education remains part of the basic curriculum for all pupils.

For more detailed information on what each year group will be studying, please refer to the Class Pages or see the overview below.

Worcestershire Agreed Syllabus 2020-2025.pdf

RE Curriculum Planning Overview

	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Reception	See separate Early Years Programme of Study for EYFS
Year 1	What do Christians believe God is like?	Why does Christmas matter to Christians?	Who do Christians say made the world?	Why does Easter matter?	What is the ‘good news’ Christians say Jesus brings?	Who is Muslim, and how do they live?
Year 2	Who is Jewish, and how do they live?	Why does Christmas matter to Christians? (comparison with another world religions)	How should we care for others and the world, and why does it matter?	What makes some places sacred to believers?	What does it mean to belong to a faith community?	Who is Muslim, and how do they live? (Build on last year - focus on celebrations and sacred texts).
Year 3	What do Christians learn from the creation story?	For Christians, what was the impact of Pentecost?	What is the ‘Trinity’ and why is it important for Christians?	Why do Christians call the day Jesus died ‘Good Friday’?	What kind of world did Jesus want?	How do festivals and family life show what matters to Jews?
Year 4	What is it like for someone to follow God?	What do Hindus believe that God is like?	What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today?	How do festivals and worship show what matters to a Muslim?	How and why do people mark the significant events of life?	How and why do people try to make the world a better place?
Year 5	What does it mean for Christians to believe that God is holy and loving?	Why do Christians believe that Jesus is the Messiah?	What does it mean to be a Muslim in Britain today?	What do Christians believe Jesus did to ‘save’ people?	Why do Hindus try to be good?	How does faith help people when life is hard?
Year 6	Creation and science: conflicting or complementary?	How do Christians decide how to live? What would Jesus do?	Why is the Torah so important to Jewish people?	What matters most to Humanists and Christians?	For Christians, what kind of king was Jesus?	Why do some people believe in God and some people do not?