RELIGIOUS EDUCATION at Berrybrook
At Berrybrook Primary School, we believe that Religious Education has a significant role for the development of pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. It promotes respect and open-mindedness towards others with different faiths and beliefs and encourages pupils to develop their sense of identity and belonging through self-awareness and reflection.
Parents/carers have the right to withdraw their children from religious education and/or collective worship. If you wish this for your child, please speak with your child’s class teacher(s).
The principle aim of RE is to engage pupils in an enquiry approach where they can develop an understanding and appreciation for the expression of beliefs, cultural practices and influence of principle religions and worldviews in the local, national and wider global community.
To ensure that our RE curriculum is broad and balanced, we follow the Wolverhampton Locally Agreed syllabus (SACRE). The aim of Religious Education in Wolverhampton is that pupils will know about and understand a range of religions and worldviews.
They will express ideas and insights of their own into the significant human questions which religions address, gaining and deploying the skills needed to study religion.
As an inclusive learning community, we learn about Christianity and other world religions and world views including Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Sikhism. We foster respect for them and the diversity of religious experience worldwide.
The syllabus pictures how pupils will develop increasing understanding of wide areas of RE subject knowledge, and how pupils can develop religious literacy, including the skills of:
- investigating religions and worldviews through varied experiences and disciplines.
- reflecting on and expressing their own ideas and the ideas of others with increasing creativity and clarity.
- becoming increasingly able to be reasonable in their responses to religions and worldviews.
At Berrybrook, children have opportunities throughout their school life, to have firsthand experiences of visiting different places of worship. This includes a Church, a Mosque and a Gurdwara.
WHY IS RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IMPORTANT TO OUR CHILDREN?
We learn about a lot of different religions.
Year 2
I love learning about my own religion and teaching my friends about it.
Year 5
festivals
Throughout the year, we ensure that your children have the opportunity to learn about an celebrate different religious festivals. These are some of the festivals we may learn about this year:
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Autumn 1 Divali (Sikh, Hinduism) |
Spring 1 Chinese New Year |
Summer 1 Ramadan (Islam) |
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Autumn 2 Christmas (Christian) |
Spring 2 Holi (Hindu) Easter (Christian) |
Summer 2 Shavuot (Jewish) |
Key religious education Documents
R.E Long Term OVERVIEW
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R.E Vocabulary overview
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