St James’ CE Primary is a voluntarily-controlled Church of England school. As such, Religious Education (from now, ‘RE’) can be regarded as a core subject. As such, we have an RE Curriculum Statement. This sits alongside a variety of other curriculum statements: Reading, Writing, Maths, Living and Learning and Early Years.
RE is concerned with an exploration of the important aspects of life and what it’s like to be human. It provides opportunities for pupils to ask questions, seek answers and develop ideas in a quest to discover more about their own identity and that of others. RE can provide a context for the exploration of moral and ethical opinions and dilemmas by learning about lifestyles and behaviour. It can help our pupils to understand the power and meaning of belief and religion for individuals and communities in the United Kingdom and across the world.
Within their learning in RE, pupils develop specific attitudes that are open, reflective, and critical and a skill base which allows them to be curious, play with ideas, empathise, listen, imagine, question, make links and reason.
Our Aims and Ethos (and various related policies) describe the attitudes and approaches we place great emphasis on. RE can play a key role in developing and sustaining this ethos. Similarly, St James’ CE Primary School is a happy and healthy place to achieve and believe, and RE can actively support this by providing an opportunity to learn about each other and celebrating our beliefs and choices. To learn about our similarities and differences is important to support our ethos. Teaching and learning in Religious Education actively promotes fundamental British values of individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
Read our RE long-term plan and our age-related expectations for RE in our Curriculum Statement.
How is RE taught?
Worship
Does my child need to be taught RE or attend assemblies?