Religious Education

Intent, Implementation and Impact – Religious Education 

Intent 

At the heart of our curriculum lie our school values (respect, responsibility, honesty and pride) and these are reflected in the daily life of school. Topics are informed by the National Curriculum and are sensitive to children’s interests, as well as the context of the local area. Our aim is that, through the teaching of Religious Education, our pupils:  

• acquire and develop knowledge and understanding of Christianity and the other principal religions represented in Great Britain 

• appreciate the way that worldviews shape life and behaviour 

• dsevelop the ability to make reasoned and informed judgements about religious and moral issues 

• enhance their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.  

Implementation 

At Goat Lees Primary School, we plan our curriculum using the RE Today and Kent SACRE Scheme of Work (endorsed by the Diocese of Canterbury and Rochester).  The School Curriculum incorporates the National Curriculum and Kent Agreed Syllabus 2022-2027 but extends beyond this to include the wider opportunities provided at Goat Lees Primary School.  

At Goat Lees Primary School, the following religions have been selected for study:  

• Christianity 

• Islam 

• Judaism 

• Hinduism   

• Humanism 

 

• Units of work are designed to build upon children’s previous knowledge and skills.  

• A progression in skills map has been developed for each year group to ensure the children build on and develop their skills each year.

• To support children in their ability to know more and remember more, there are regular opportunities to review the learning that has taken place using retrieval activities.

• Existing knowledge is checked at the start of each new topic. This ensure that teaching is informed by the children's starting points and takes account of pupil voice. 

• An enquiry question is used at the start of a unit of work and then each subsequent lessons to structure pupils thinking.   

• Children are given opportunities, where possible, to study artefacts (including sacred texts) related to answering their enquiry question.  

• We plan for educational visits and visitors, to enrich and enhance the pupil’s learning 

• Tier three subject specific vocabulary is taught within the lesson along with the key facts and questions of the work being taught. 

• The layout in Reflection Journals may look like: a cover page for the unit of work with the key line of enquiry displayed, retrieval activities, reflection task. 

We value the religious background of all members of the school community, and we hope that this will encourage individuals to share their own experiences with others freely. 

Impact 

By the time pupils leave Goat Lees school, they should have developed: 

•  Links between their own lives and those of others in their community and in the wider world 

• An understanding of other people’s cultures and ways of life 

• A good knowledge and understanding of religions and beliefs 

• A good knowledge of religious vocabulary and religious symbolism in a variety of forms 

• The skills and understanding to reflect on questions of meaning, offering their own thoughtful and informed insights into religious and secular worldviews 

• A passion for and commitment to Religious Education, and a desire to explore the ultimate questions of beliefs and values to a range of contemporary issues. 

 If you would like to see how our Early Years Curriculum links to the RE curriculum in years 1-6, please click here.

If you would like to see our breadth of study for RE, please click here.