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Worth Valley Primary School

Religious Education

At Worth Valley Primary School, religious education (RE) is an exciting and thought-provoking subject where all children can learn and develop a respectful understanding of the different faiths of the world, developing mutual respect and community cohesion. Through our curriculum, we engage pupils in enquiring into and exploring questions arising from the study of religion or belief to promote their personal, spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.

We follow Bradford’s Believing and Belonging Syllabus, which covers the exploration of six world faiths: Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism. The framework is enhanced through opportunities to visit different places of worship, with interactive sessions led by a specialist faith tutor. We believe it is vital that these visits take place to deepen children’s learning and understanding of different religions.

Our local church, St John’s, is visited regularly by different classes to explore units of work further with the support of Reverend Tracey, who leads these sessions. St John’s Church is where we hold our annual whole-school Christingle service in December, and Reverend Tracey often visits our school to discuss key themes, as well as Easter and Harvest, with the children.

In Early Years, we develop positive attitudes towards different faiths and religions, with a focus on celebrating and exploring festivals such as Diwali, Chinese New Year, Christmas and Holi. Differences and similarities between people are also respectfully explored through the PSED work we cover across the Early Years age phase. This learning, understanding and respect for different faiths is then built upon and enhanced as the children progress through school.

Our learners develop a positive attitude towards other people who hold religious beliefs different from their own. They are welcoming and understanding of people of all religions and love to experience different traditions from faiths around the world.

Long Term Plan 

Progression Vocabulary

Year 3 RE with Reverend Tracey

Reverend Tracy joined Year 3 to talk about the bible as part of our topic How does the bible help Christians to live a good life? She asked the children to read the parable ￿The Good Samaritan￿ They talked about the moral of the parable and how it would help them to live a good life.

 

Please note: Parents and carers have the right to withdraw their child from all or part of Religious Education.

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