Religious Education

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Purpose & Aims

The core purpose of RE is to engage pupils in exploring and responding to challenging questions raised by religion and worldviews, so that they can develop the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to appreciate and appraise varied responses to these questions, including their own.

The curriculum for RE aims to ensure that all pupils:

• Know about and understand a range of religions and worldviews
• Express ideas and insights about the nature, significance and impact of religions and worldviews

Gain and deploy the skills needed to engage seriously with religions and worldviews

Organisation of the Curriculum

National Curriculum states that: ‘Schools have to teach RE and Local councils are responsible for deciding the RE syllabuses. At Strive we follow the Redbridge and Havering SACRE Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education. The Agreed Syllabus specifies the minimum religions to be studied in depth as follows:

• KS1focus on Christianity and Islam. Children learn about other religions and worldviews in thematic units.
• KS2focus mainly on Christianity, Hinduism and Judaism in Lower KS2.

Christianity, Islam and Sikhism are mainly studied in Upper KS2 and non-religious worldviews are included for study in the thematic unit.

Core of the Core

The core purpose of RE is to engage pupils in exploring and responding to challenging questions raised by religion and worldviews, so that they can develop the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to appreciate and appraise varied responses to these questions, including their own.

Enrichment

Our RE curriculum is enriched by visits to a range of Places of Worship; chosen to foster a sense of awe and wonder. We invite visitors into the school to talk to children about their knowledge/experience regarding a particular faith thus giving the children a deeper understanding of belief and faith.nderline;">The right of withdrawal

 

The right of withdrawal

In the UK, parents still have the right to withdraw their children from RE on the grounds that they wish to provide their own religious education. (School Standards and Framework Act 1998 S71(3). This will be the parents’ responsibility. However, we will talk to parents to ensure that they understand the aims and value of RE before honouring this right. All requests should be made in writing. 

If parents withdraw children from RE lessons or any part of the RE curriculum, the school has a duty to supervise the children, not to provide additional teaching or to incur extra cost.