RE
Religious Education
At Alton Park Junior School, we believe that a high-quality Religious Education will help pupils’ gain a coherent knowledge and understanding, where they can articulate clearly and confidently their personal beliefs, ideas, values and experiences. RE is taught using the Essex agreed syllabus for RE. It adapts an enquiry-based approach to teaching and learning. Religious Education is a key player in developing knowledge and understanding which encourages evaluation and critical thinking. Progression is evident through building upon the pupil’s prior knowledge, allowing them to follow the steps of engaging and investigating the different religions. This leads to the process of evaluating and expressing to ensure understanding and progress is made. This inspires and builds each child’s ‘religious literacy’, helping them to understand the nature and diversity of religion and belief in the world in which they live and the relationships between different groups of society.
Aims of the Religious Education Curriculum
The Essex agreed syllabus aims to ensure pupils:
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know about and understand a range of religious and non-religious worldviews by learning to see these through theological, philosophical and human/social science lenses.
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express ideas and insights about the nature, significance and impact of religious and non-religious worldviews through a multidisciplinary approach.
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gain and deploy skills rooted in theology, philosophy and the human/social sciences engaging critically with religious and non-religious worldviews.
Our Intent
By the end of year 6, we want all pupils at Alton Park Junior School to:
Aspiration - be respectful of each other and value, embrace and celebrate everyone’s unique differences.
Learning - have had the opportunities to learn and understand the spiritual and moral values of a religion and understand how and why people may act and behave in a certain way.
Tenacity - explore questions through different lenses and tackle stereotypes and promote cohesion.
Opportunity - respect others and gain a broader understanding of views and beliefs so that they have a strong sense of wellbeing, ethical standards and personal happiness.
Nurture - ​develop positive relationships with others and respect and tolerance for similarities and differences.