Teachers use the learning focuses in the ‘Come & See’ scheme as the basis for their planning. A variety of teaching and learning approaches are utilised to ensure the curriculum is engaging. Where appropriate, teachers plan and deliver creative activities, allowing the children to use develop knowledge and skills from other areas of the curriculum.
Two other world religions are taught from Nursery to Year 6, following the ‘Come and See’ scheme. Judaism is taught once each year in the Autumn Term. Islam, Hinduism and Sikhism is taught on a three-year cycle in either the Spring or Summer Term, depending on when Easter is celebrated and the length of the term. Effective use is made of visits to enrich the children’s experiences
Our new Religious Education Directory – To Know You More Clearly
A new Religious Education (RE) Directory for Catholic schools, colleges and academies in England and Wales has been launched.
Titled, 'To Know You More Clearly' and published by the CES, the directory sets out the purpose of RE from Early Years to Year 9 and features a programme of study with a model curriculum, corresponding to the six half-terms of the school year.
Based on the constitutions of the Second Vatican Council and rooted in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the objective of the curriculum is religiously literate and engaged young people, with the knowledge, understanding and skills to reflect spiritually, think ethically and theologically, and recognise the demands of religious commitment in everyday life.
This new curriculum will transform our Religious Education lessons and support us to develop Disciples of Christ.