Religious Education (RE) Curriculum

At Highfield Primary School, we believe that RE has an important part to play in promoting the spiritual, social, moral, cultural and intellectual development of our children. 

INTENT

 RE is an important part of the school curriculum and is taught relevant to the child’s stage of development and experience. We provide a clearer overview of what religion is, the importance that it plays in many people’s lives and how faith is expressed in daily lives and routines. We want children to develop a positive attitude towards other people, respecting their right to hold beliefs that may be different to their own.

The aim of RE is that children:

• Know and understand a range of religions and world views
• Express ideas and insights about the nature, significance and importance of religions and world views
• Gain and deploy the skills needed to engage seriously with religions and world views

IMPLEMENTATION

The teaching of RE at Highfield ensures that each year group progresses on previous learning and develops more understanding of each of the religions. The scheme of learning matches the intent by allowing the children ample opportunities to cover the main religions in Britain and their community. It allows children to express their views, discover their own beliefs and think about religions. There are opportunities for questioning and for children to explore and ask questions. The learning is inclusive which enables all children to be involved and access learning.  

Curriculum overview

We follow the Trafford agreed syllabus for RE from RE Today. It is broken down into three strands, believing, expressing and living. The programme is followed throughout school from Reception through to Year 6. The teaching enables pupils to:

• Know about and understand a range of religions and world views.
• Express ideas and insights about the nature, significance and impact of religions and
• world views.
• Gain and deploy the skills needed to engage seriously with religions and worldview

 Please click here to see our curriculum overview.

Long Term Plans and Progression

Religious Education long term plans and progression documents can be found  on our Curriculum Overview page using the following link:

Policy:

School policies including those related to this subject can be found using the following link:

We encourage a wide variety of visitors from a multitude of faiths to visit our school to encourage our pupils' knowledge, understanding and tolerance of other faiths and beliefs.

If you feel you could help support our children's learning in any way then please get in touch by emailing Miss Horan at class7@highfield-primary.trafford.sch.uk We would love to be able to use parental links and explore different faiths and religions within our local community.