Religious Education

• • To engage pupils in enquiring into and exploring questions arising from the study of religion and belief, so as to promote their personal, spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.
  • To provide learners with knowledge and understanding of Christianity and other principal religious traditions and beliefs represented in Great Britain.
  • To develop their understanding of the ways in which beliefs influence people in their behaviour, practices and outlook.
  • To enable learners to apply the insights of the principal religious traditions to their own search for identity and significance.
  • To enable learners to become aware of their own beliefs and values and to have a positive attitude to the search for meaning and purpose in life.
  • To encourage learners to develop a positive attitude towards other people who hold religious beliefs different from their own.

   

   

  At St Michael’s we learn about the different religious and non-religious beliefs of others whilst developing our own personal knowledge and understanding to help us live within loving, tolerant and inclusive communities now and beyond pupils school years.

  Our RE teaching and learning reflects the ever-changing world we live in. RE subject leads ensure current thinking in RE is shared with teachers and the SLT to ensure learning in RE is effective and supports children’s wider development.

  Skills taught in RE including how we learn and acquire knowledge, how we ask and address life’s big questions, debating and how children disagree well;  and teaching pupils to be inquisitive and thoughtful learners, can be applied by children across the wider curriculum, in their lives now and will support them into their futures.

   

  We are led by the Christian values of Love, Peace, Joy, Faithfulness, Goodness, Self-Control, Forgiveness, Gentleness, Kindness and Respect in all aspects of RE teaching and learning. We help our children see these values as important attributes whilst learning about different world faiths and world views.

  Following our Christian values, children are provided with the opportunities to develop both compassion and a sense of injustice as they learn about the world around them and society. They are taught to be courageous advocates of change within our ever changing-world.

  Love for our neighbour is developed through educating about world faiths and the views of others within safe learning environments. Personal knowledge is welcomed and developed within broad and effective teaching and learning opportunities.

  Alongside children knowing more and remembering more in RE, spiritual understanding is developed to ensure children know more about themselves, others and about beliefs about God.

2023 2024 st michaels re curriculum knowledge skills and vocabulary progression map.pdf

Linked to our school Christian Vision of ‘Sharing, Caring and Learning Together’ our bible verse for 2024 is

"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart" (Colossians 3:23).

Religious Education at St. Michael’s CEP School encompasses much more than just religious education. We learn about religions of the world, world views and issues, cultural awareness and much more to ensure our pupils are taught to respect and understand the beliefs of others and fully prepare them for life in the multicultural society we live in.

During 2024 we will continue to work together as a school family to show love, care, concern and respect for others in our school, local, national and global community.

As a Church School, Religious Education (RE) holds a special place in the curriculum at St Michael’s as it allows our children to think about the ‘big questions’ in life. Our RE curriculum is based upon the locally agreed syllabus. During their time at St Michaels Primary, our children explore:

• Christianity, using the Church of England’s Understanding Christianity materials

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Judaism

RE Syllabus 2023 (Manchester Anglican Diocese).pdf

RE Days

Once a term, we hold special RE days to widen learning opportunities about faith, worship and children’s knowledge of the world. Demonstrating our living faith and to develop pupils awareness of the wider world, these special days often link to current world affairs. 

RE Days 2023-2024 

• Harvest in our world today 
• Growing spiritually
• Refugee week and social action 

RE Days