Rationale:
Our Religious Education (RE) curriculum provides our pupils with a broad and balanced understanding of the main faiths around the world. Pupils cover 24 dispositions which are interwoven within all religions. Pupils will have a greater awareness of many festivals and celebrations that are celebrated by a range of religions; as a result, pupils will recognise how followers of the religion celebrate, and will have a greater tolerance and mutual respect of their faith. Pupils will also recognise some of the main views held by many religions and those who do not believe or follow a particular faith.
The 24 dispositions are covered three times throughout a child’s education with us. This enables pupils to have a greater grasp of the disposition through a variety of religious faiths and beliefs.
Pupils will have developed a spiritual awareness which will enable them to become happy and healthy within our ever-evolving modern-day society. Pupils will recognise the views, beliefs and opinions of many faiths including those without a faith; as a result pupils will develop their moral understanding of many issues within our daily lives.
Vocabulary is taught explicitly so that pupils have a greater grasp of technical and subject specific vocabulary and they can relay this throughout a unit of work.
RE High Level Plan
| Term | Disposition | Focus | Religious Focus | |
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| Year 1 | Autumn | Cultivating inclusion, identity and belonging Being thankful Being modest and thinking of others Expressing joy | Infant Baptism Harvest Festival Prayer Visit from the shepherds | Christianity Islam |
| Spring | Being fair and just Being accountable and living with integrity Being courageous and confident Being loyal and steadfast | King Solomon Saying sorry Jonah & Zaccheus David and Goliath Peter’s denial Easter | Christianity | |
| Summer | Remembering roots Being hopeful and visionary Being curious and valuing knowledge Being open, honest and truthful | Eid ul Fitr Hajj Abraham Holy books Christian concept of God Story of Rahab | Islam Christianity |
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| Year 2 | Autumn | Living by rules Being temperate, exercising self-discipline and cultivating contentment Being regardful of suffering Sharing and being generous | 10 Commandments Ramadan Jairus’ daughter Visit of the wise men | Christianity Islam |
| Spring | Creating unity and harmony Participating and willing to lead Caring for others, animals and the environment Being merciful | Being created in God’s image Good Samaritan Hajj The Prodigal Son The unmerciful servant | Christianity Islam |
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| Summer | Being silent and attentive to, and cultivating a sense for, the sacred and transcendence Being reflective and self-critical Being imaginative and explorative Appreciating beauty | Visiting a place of worship Zaccheus The parables of the tax collector and the man with a speck in his eye Ganesh The 99 beautiful names of God Psalms | Various Christianity Hinduism |
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| Year 3 | Autumn | Sharing and being generous Caring for others, animals and the environment Creating unity and harmony Participating and willing to lead | The rich fool Zakah Harvest festival Genesis ch.1 Hajj Sunday worship | Christianity Islam |
| Spring | Being fair and just Being accountable and living with integrity Remembering roots Being loyal and steadfast | The story of the black stone The challenge of Iblis Genesis ch.1 Passover Disciples Last supper and Holy Communion | Islam Christianity Judaism |
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| Summer | Being open, honest and truthful Being silent and attentive to, and cultivating a sense for, the sacred and transcendence Being courageous and confident Being hopeful and visionary | The story of Naboth’s vineyard 10 commandments The story of Elijah Baisakhi The story of Gideon Martin Luther King | Christianity Sikhism |
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| Year 4 | Autumn | Expressing joy Being thankful Being reflective and self-critical Being curious and valuing knowledge | Divali Harvest festival Story of Prince Siddharta Four noble truths King Solomon Religious leaders | Hinduism Christianity Buddhism Various |
| Spring | Being modest Cultivating inclusion, identity and belonging Being merciful Being regardful of suffering | The wise and foolish builders The Amrit Ceremony Muslim prayer Story of Joseph Easter | Christianity Sikhism Islam |
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| Summer | Living by rules Being temperate, exercising self-discipline and cultivating contentment Being imaginative and explorative Appreciating beauty | 10 Commandments John Newton Gandhi Creation stories | Christianity Hinduism Various |
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| Year 5 | Autumn | Caring for others, animals and the environment Sharing and being generous Being loyal and steadfast Being hopeful and visionary | The five precepts Mary and Martha Sikh Langar Good Samaritan Advent Story of Hudaybiyya | Buddhism Christianity Sikhism Islam |
| Spring | Being open, honest and truthful Being silent and attentive to, and cultivating a sense for, the sacred and transcendence Participating and willing to lead Being modest and thinking of others | The Bible Jesus’ teaching about honesty Christian meditation The Qur’an Elizabeth Fry / Oscar Romero / Mother Theresa / Gandhi / Malcom X / Baha’u’llah Lord’s Supper | Christianity Islam various |
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| Summer | Being temperate, exercising self-discipline and cultivating contentment Being accountable and living with integrity Being thankful Being imaginative and explorative | Buddhist meditation The sanctity of the cow Hannah’s prayer Christian worship Hindu worship Jesus in art | Buddhism Hinduism Christianity |
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| Year 6 | Autumn | Living by rules Fair and just Creating unity and harmony Cultivating inclusion, identity and belonging | Commandments Persecution of different groups Jesus and the Samaritan Bahai ideas about unity Sikh naming ceremony Names of Jesus | Christianity Various Bahai Sikhism |
| Spring | Remembering roots Being courageous and confident Being regardful of suffering Being merciful and forgiving | Noah Basaikhi Angulimala and the Buddha Easter Festivals | Christianity Sikhism Buddhism Various |
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| Summer | Expressing joy Appreciating beauty Being curious and valuing knowledge Being reflective | Eid ul Adha Muslim worship Lord’s prayer The prophet Musa The Buddha and the golden swan Spiritual life | Islam Christianity Buddhism Various |
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