‘Learning for Life.’
R.E.
Statement of Intent and Implementation
Over Foundation Stage (FS), in RE, the children will:
In FS Religious Education is taught as part of the specific area ‘Understanding the World’.
Children will listen to and talk about stories.
Be introduced to subject specific words and use all their senses to explore beliefs, practices, and forms of expression.
Use their imagination and curiosity to develop their appreciation of and wonder at the world in which they live.
By the end of Foundation Stage a child who is attaining typically will be able to:
Listen with enjoyment to stories, songs and poems from different communities and traditions and respond with relevant comments, questions or actions.
They can answer ‘who’, ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions about their experiences in response to stories, experiences or events from different traditions and communities.
They talk about how they and others show feelings.
They develop their own narratives in relation to stories they hear from different communities.
Over Key Stage One (KS1), in RE, the children will:
Develop their knowledge and understanding of religions and world views.
Raise questions and begin to express their own views in response to material they learn about.
Hear, retell and suggest meanings to some religious and moral stories.
Recognise some different symbols and actions which express a community’s way of life.
By the end of KS1 a child who is attaining typically will be able to:
Recall facts from Christianity and Islam, including festivals, worship, rituals and ways of life, in order to find out the meanings behind them.
Explore questions about belonging, meaning and truth so that they can express their own ideas and opinions in response using words, music, art or poetry.
Think of ideas to examples of co-operation between people who are different.
Know about right and wrong and begin to express their ideas and opinions in response.
Parents/Carers have the right to withdraw their children from the RE curriculum. Families will always have the opportunity to discuss the RE curriculum and its aims. Where there is a withdrawal, we invite families to make the decision whether the withdrawal is from the whole RE curriculum or specific parts of it. No reasons need be given.
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The Creation Story
We have been learning that many Christians believe God was involved in the making of the world. We read about The Creation and learnt about what parts of our world was created on each day, according to the story. The children then ordered pictures from the story.
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year celebrations were the order of the day in Reception. Tasting Chinese food, making and dancing with a dragon. We had an amazing time.
Diva Lamps
Some of our children had been studying the 5 day festival of Diwali as part of our RE theme. The children learnt how Hindus celebrate this festival and the meaning behind it. The children had the opportunity to make Diva lamps.