Religious Education (RE) Intent Statement
“Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?”
- Henry David Thoreau.
At Holly Spring Primary School, we recognise that Religious Education (RE) is a crucial component of our students' education. Our students will be provided with the opportunity to learn about a variety of religions and cultural practises within each year group. Our students will have the chance to grow spiritually, morally, socially, and culturally, as well as to consider their own beliefs. Our pupils will revisit religions as they advance through the school; giving them the chance to draw on their existing knowledge and then build upon it with progressively more complicated concepts for their ages.
In addition to giving our students an inclusive understanding of various world religions, we want them to be able to use that knowledge to engage in respectful and empathetic conversations with others about other people's religions and beliefs, which will help them to become informed, contributing members of our diverse society.
At Holly Spring, our curriculum drivers, knowledge, aspiration and experience, are fully embedded within our RE curriculum. Within these values we aim to:
Knowledge:
- Understand what it means to belong, believe and behave as a part of the Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh faith.
Aspiration:
- Prepare our pupils to engage with different communities and appreciate diverse cultures in our global community.
Experience:
- Enrich our pupil’s enjoyment and engagement with others through their development of questioning and engagement with artefacts, visitors, trips and workshops.
A parent/carers right to withdraw their child from RE lessons
- Parents/carers can choose to withdraw their child from some or all RE lessons.
- Parents/carers also have the right to withdraw their child from any educational visit that is part of the RE curriculum.
- Parents/carers can only withdraw their child from RE and not other curriculum areas. For example, children can not be withdrawn from a study of religious art in an art lesson.
If parents/carers wish to withdraw their child from receiving the RE curriculum, they should contact the Headteacher to discuss this further. Parents/carers should also inform the school if they no longer wish to have their child withdrawn from RE lessons and visits.
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