RE - Stillington Primary School

Religious Education (RE)

Intent

To enable all pupils to hold balanced and informed conversations about religion and belief.
To develop all pupils’ knowledge of diversity and world faiths, and their understanding and awareness of the beliefs, values and traditions of other individuals, societies, communities and cultures.
Inspiring all pupils’ creativity through awe and wonder experiences.
To ensure all pupils have the skills and understanding to work as part of a team.
To encourage all pupils to ask questions about the world.
To give our children time to reflect on their own beliefs, values and experiences.
Our children will learn about the multicultural world in which we live.
We will learn to accept, respect and celebrate our differences.
Pupils will embrace their local and wider community in order to help make a change to the world in preparation for later life.
All pupils will be taught and progressed
Aspirations of future careers.
Children will have an understanding of different families.

Implementation

As a school, we have a strong long-term plan that caters for the needs of all pupils within our school, with a balance between theological and philosophical disciplines.
Weekly Religious Education sessions
Visits and visitors to school
We provide all pupils with opportunities to take a step back and appreciate life (awe) and ask questions that we can discuss as a school (wonder).
Subject specific vocabulary.
Archbishop of York, Young Leaders’ Award
Opportunities for children to reflect on and express their views and opinions

Schemes

Impact

Pupils will be confident and resilient learners.
Pupils will be able to articulate about different religions and hold balanced conversations.
Pupils will have a rich vocabulary and vast subject knowledge.
Pupils will be prepared for the next step in their lives and have a knowledge of opportunities after school life.
Pupils to be able to articulate their feelings and understand feelings of others.
Pupils will have an understanding and tolerance of diversity in our community and the world