Religious Education (R.E.)

“Love one another.  As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” 

John 13:34

RE is taught with reference to the Suffolk agreed syllabus 2014, this was updated in 2023 to continue to meet the needs of the curriculum and deepen understanding of world views.  Using the Emanuel 2020 Project as our scheme of work for Christianity and other major world faiths enables our RE curriculum to be relevant, real and broad for our children enabling them to develop understanding of Christianity as the “heritage religion” of the country and the one that most influences our school and community life.

Children are taught to have mutual respect for and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs (Islam, Hinduism and Judaism as examples) and for those without faith.  We aim to provide an opportunity to explore major world religions outside the children’s experience, in order to extend their knowledge and understanding of the diverse world  in which they live.

RE offers unique opportunities to promote children's spiritual, moral, cultural and social development through discussion, debate and dialogue giving time for reflection on their learning. 

Progression is shown through building on children's prior knowledge following an engage, enquire and explore cycle of learning leading to the process of evaluating and expressing ensuring understanding and progress is made.

St. Mary's big ideas for RE.