Religious Education
Our Vision (Intent)
The principal intention of RE at St. Andrew’s CE Primary School is to explore big questions about life so that pupils can:
- Discover what people believe and what difference this makes to how they live.
- Make sense of religion and worldviews
- Reflect on and are prepared for the opportunities, responsibilities, and experiences of life in a diverse modern Britain, now and in the future.
We provide a rich and varied curriculum that aims to ensure that all pupils:
Know about and understand a range of religious and non-religious worldviews, so that they can:
- Describe, explain and analyse beliefs and practices, recognising the diversity which exists within and between communities and amongst individuals.
- Identify, investigate and respond to questions posed, and responses offered, by some of the sources of wisdom found in religious and non-religious worldviews.
- Appreciate and appraise the nature, significance and impact of different ways of life and ways of expressing meaning.
Express ideas and insights about the nature, significance and impact of religious and non-religious worldviews, so that they can:
- Explain, using reasoned arguments, their ideas about how beliefs, practices and forms of expression influence individuals and communities.
- Express with increasing discernment their personal reflections and critical responses to questions and teachings about identity, diversity, meaning and value, including ethical issues.
- Appreciate and appraise varied dimensions of religion.
Gain and deploy the skills needed to engage seriously with religious and non-religious worldviews, so that they can:
- Investigate key concepts and questions of belonging, meaning, purpose and truth, responding creatively.
- Enquire into what enables different individuals and communities to live together respectfully for the wellbeing of all.
- Articulate clearly beliefs, values and commitments in order to explain why they may be important in their own and other people’s lives.
At St. Andrew's CE Primary school, we use the South Gloucestershire syllabus and Understanding Christianity to plan and teach RE.
St. Andrew’s Primary school RE OverviewTWO YEAR ROLLING PROGRAMME CYCLE A |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
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EYFS
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Why is the word God important to Christians? UC CREATION |
Why do Christians perform Nativity plays at Christmas? UC INCARNATION |
Which stories are special and why? SGLOS |
Why do Christians put a cross in an Easter garden? UC SALVATION |
Which people are special & why? SGLOS |
Which places are special & why? SGLOS |
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1 & 2
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Who do Christians say made the world? UC CREATION |
Why does Christmas matter to Christians? UC INCARNATION |
What makes some places sacred? SGLOS |
What can we learn from sacred books? SGLOS |
Who is Muslim & what do they believe? SGLOS |
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3 & 4
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What do Christians learn from the creation story? UC CREATION |
What do different people believe about God? SGLOS |
Why do people pray? SGLOS |
What is the Trinity? UC INCARNATION/GOD |
UC What kind of world did Jesus want? UC GOSPEL |
What can we learn about what is right & wrong? SGLOS |
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5 & 6
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‘What would Jesus do?’ UC - GOSPEL |
Why do Christians believe Jesus was the Messiah? Christmas UC INCARNATION |
What does it mean to be a Muslim in Britain today? SGLOS |
What matters most to Humanists and Christians? SGLOS |
What difference does it make to believe in ahimsa (harmlessness), grace and ummah (community) SGLOS
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TWO YEAR ROLLING PROGRAMME CYCLE B |
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Term |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
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EYFS |
Why is the word God important to Christians? UC CREATION |
Why do Christians perform Nativity plays at Christmas? UC INCARNATION |
Which stories are special and why? SGLOS |
Why do Christians put a cross in an Easter garden? UC SALVATION |
Which people are special & why? SGLOS |
Which places are special & why? SGLOS |
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1 & 2
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What do Christians believe God is like? UC GOD |
How do we celebrate special times? (Christmas/ Chanukah) SGLOS |
What is the ‘good news’ Christians believe Jesus brings? UC GOSPEL |
Why does Easter matter to Christians? UC SALVATION |
Who is Jewish & what do they believe? SGLOS
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3 & 4
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How do family life and festivals show what matters to Jewish people? SGLOS |
What do Hindus believe God is like? SGLOS |
What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today? SGLOS |
Why do Christians call the day Jesus died Good Friday? UC SALVATION |
For Christians, when Jesus left what was the impact of Pentecost? UC Kingdom of God |
Why do some people think that life is a journey? SGLOS
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5 & 6
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What does it mean if God is holy & loving? UC God
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If God is everywhere why go to a place of worship? (Judaism) SGLOS |
If God is everywhere why go to a place of worship? (Hinduism) SGLOS |
What do Christians believe Jesus did to ‘save’ people? Easter UC - SALVATION |
Why do some people think God exists? SGLOS |
How does faith help people when life gets hard? SGLOS |