Religious Education

Intent

Religious Education (RE) at South Kilvington C of E Academy prepares pupils to thrive in an increasingly diverse society. Through a well-structured curriculum, children develop a secure understanding of Christianity alongside knowledge of other major religions and worldviews. This enables them to appreciate a wide range of beliefs, respect differences, and recognise common values and connections between faiths and ways of life.

Implementation

We implement this through:

• half-termly RE teaching weeks which focus on big questions linked a world faith.
• personalised planning from the ‘Understanding Christianity’ resources and the RE Today planning units.
• sequencing of lessons that allow children to connect previously taught knowledge from the RE curriculum to new learning in order to help make connections and understand new learning. 
• Trio Time to retrieve and reinforce previously taught knowledge in order to consolidate prior learning.
• a clear progression in knowledge and skills taught throughout the school is in place and all staff are aware of how to implement this. Teachers assess and adapt learning for all children so all children including SEND and PP children are supported and challenged.
• recording samples of work and discussions in individual RE books for assessment purposes.
• reinforcing RE learning through English during RE weeks.
• a wide variety of enrichment opportunities for development of personal, moral, and spiritual reflection and development such as PSHE sessions, Reflection Areas, visits to places of worship and pupil leadership roles and responsibilities.

Impact

• The impact of our approach in RE will be monitored through lesson observations, scrutiny of pupil’s work and collecting pupil views.
• Pupils will confidently and knowledgeably discuss and compare religious beliefs and practices.
• Teachers will make informal assessments during lessons and summative assessments at the end of units of work as to whether pupils are meeting the expected standards for their key stage.