Religious Education

As a Church of England School, RE is a core, academic subject along with Mathematics, English & Science. We aim to help children to become religiously literate at an appropriate level for their age group. We teach a locally agreed syllabus as stipulated by Pan-Berkshire. The aims of our syllabus are:

• To enable pupils to know about and understand Christianity as a living faith that influences the lives of people worldwide and as the religion that has most shaped British culture and heritage.
• To enable pupils to know and understand about other major world religions and non-religious worldviews (including secular), their impact on society, culture and the wider world, enabling pupils to express ideas and insights.
• To contribute to the development of pupils’ own spiritual/philosophical convictions, exploring and enriching their own beliefs and values.

Understanding Christianity

The teaching of the Christianity strand of our RE syllabus is focused around the Understanding Christianity resource and aims to support pupils as a contribution to their understanding of the world and their own experience within it. Understanding Christianity offers a clear, coherent approach to teaching and learning about Christianity in RE. It is based around a selection of core Christian concepts and structured across the primary age range to support pupils in deepening their understanding.

To support children with their understanding of the Bible and Christianity we use “”The Big Story of the Bible” which is focused around the following narrative:

• Creation
• Fall
• People of God
• Incarnation
• Gospel
• Salvation
• Kingdom of God