Religious Education
Religious Education curriculum vision
Religious Education is a core subject alongside English, Maths and Science at St Egwin’s. We are rightly proud that the RE curriculum has been built around our distinct Christian vision, helping all pupils to flourish. The St Egwin’s RE curriculum is underpinned by our values of love, respect, endeavour and follows the Church of England’s Statement of Entitlement and the Worcestershire Agreed Syllabus for 2020 – 2025.
Our vision is to teach a curriculum that prepares pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of life in modern Britain. Through doing this in every lesson our values are what drives our prupose, refgardless of the faith, or absence of, for all pupils. In RE our curriculum is devotes to our vision: Our community fosters dignity by valuing every individual and their God-given uniqueness. We endeavour to act justly, showing love and respect. We thrive through growing resilience and living together gratefully with joy.
As a proud Church of England school, we take pride in RE being an underpinning subject for the cultures and the values of our school. We celebrate Christianity as a living and diverse faith, that focuses on the teaching of Jesus and the Church. Christianity is the majority religion studied in each year group but as an inclusive community, our curriculum includes learning about a range of religions and worldviews fostering respect for others.
We build on and celebrate key themes that are raised and discussed through Collective Worship and are proud that RE gives a vehicle for pupils to share their ideas in a respectful and empathetic environment.
Our vision is that pupils can gain the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to handle questions raised by religion and belief, reflecting on their own ideas and ways of living. The curriculum content introduces new knowledge but allows pupils to build on knowledge acquired in previous modules to help them develop their understanding and appreciation of all that RE facilitates.
RE at St Egwin’s aims that all pupils:
· Know about and understand Christianity as a diverse global living faith through the exploration of core beliefs using an approach that critically engages with biblical text
· make sense and understand the impact of a range of religious and non-religious beliefs
· make connections between religious and non-religious beliefs, concepts, practices, and ideas studied
· develop a respect for others and their differences irrespective of own worldview.
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Year 6 |
Year 7 |
Year 8 |
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1. An introduction to RE |
1. Should Christians be greener than everyone else? |
1. Should happiness be the purpose of life? |
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2. Creation: Complementary or conflicting? |
2. Why do Christians believe Jesus was God on earth? (incarnation) |
2.How can people express the spiritual through the arts? |
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3. Why do Hindus try to be good? |
3. What’s radical about Jesus? |
3.How are Sikh teachings on equality and service put into action today? |
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4. What do people believe Jesus did to save people? (salvation) |
4. The Buddha: How and why do his experiences and teachings have meaning for people today? |
4. Does the world need prophets today? |
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5. Can following ‘The Golden Rule’ reduce racism? |
5. What is good and what is challenging about being a Muslim in Britain today? |
5. Why are people good and bad? (The fall) |
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6. What matters most to Christians and Humanists? |
6. Good, Bad, right and wrong. How do people decide? |
6. What is good and what is challenging about being a Jewish teenager in Britain today? |
Year 6 modules of study
Year 7 modules of study
Year 8 modules of study
C of E Statement of Entitlement
Spirituality in the curriculum
Spirituality by its definition will be found in many ways and forms. Below are just some typical examples of where it may be found in our curriculum:
In Religious Education (RE):
o People, places, things, books, actions and ideas held by religious believers to be holy.
o Ultimate questions of meaning and purpose.
o Ideas of the divine / questions of God.
o Forms of worship.
o Use of music, art and drama to express beliefs.
o Varieties of beliefs, celebrations and rituals.
o Ideas of commitment and belonging to groups and institutions.
o The idea of mystery and questions with no clear answers.
Y8 RE Transition trip to PHHS
- What principles guide us in knowing right from wrong?
- How do we establish our own sense of morality?
- Is it okay to do good for self-rewards or to boost our self-esteem?
- The moral dilemma discussed at length was ‘Can it ever be right to do something that deliberately ends someone’s life? The pupils were given the real life scenario of ‘conjoined twins’ and asked to decide what they would do in that situation.
