Religious Education Intent
Religious education provokes challenging questions about the ultimate meaning and purpose of life, issues of right and wrong and what it means to be human.
Children are naturally inquisitive and love to question. We want our children to be informed, confident and empathetic and to understand similarities and differences in cultural practices and beliefs, fostering a respectful a tolerant society. It is vital for our pupils to learn to value themselves and understand their own identity, to respect others, and to understand their own and others’ rights and responsibilities. As our communities become more diverse, there is a greater need for a more culturally mindful and accepting world.
Implementation
Religious Education at Glade is enquiry based; the children explore and learn through investigating open-ended questions. They start the unit of work by answering the enquiry question and then answer the same question at the end of the unit, to show how they have made progress. This promotes many levels of interpretation and encourages the learning and questioning to be taken further. Religious Education at Glade provides children with the encouragement to enquire and question their thoughts, feelings and the beliefs of others, whilst respecting and accepting differences.
Impact
In lessons:
Children are assessed by the class teacher in a variety of ways, for example:
- Verbal or written responses during mini-plenaries.
- Sharing their knowledge through talk partner work.
- Responses to pupils' written work.
After lessons:
The subject leader monitors the effective delivery of the Religious Education curriculum by:
- Conducting book looks.
- Looking at medium and short term planning.
- Observing children in lessons;
- Completing pupil perception interviews;
- Analysing teacher assessments.
Parents and carers have the right to withdraw their child from all or part of RE by writing a letter to inform the class teacher.