Religious Education at St Nicholas
Subject Leader: Mrs S Robb
Hello, my name is Mrs Robb. My role as RE Subject Leader is to support our staff with developing compassionate individuals who think and act with respect and with understanding of the views of others, including an understanding of the beliefs and practices of religions and other world views.
Our firm expectation is that Religious Education at St Nicholas provides opportunities for children to gain a greater understanding of the identity and diversity of their local community. Within a respectful and nurturing environment, children are actively encouraged to discuss and respect the differences between people, such as differences of faith, ethnicity, disability, gender or sexuality and differences of family situations.
Our RE curriculum underpins pupils’ spiritual, emotional and moral development, enabling pupils to better understand themselves and others and to cope with the opportunities, challenges and responsibilities of living in a rapidly changing, multicultural world.
I welcome and look forward to you coming on this journey with us.
Introduction
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Religious Education has never been more relevant, engaging or challenging as religion and religious issues are in the news every day. For pupils to be able to understand our constantly changing world they need to be able to interpret religious issues & evaluate their significance. From children’s first day at school RE gives students valuable insights into the diverse beliefs and opinions held by people today. It helps with their own personal development and supports an understanding of the spiritual, moral, social and cultural questions that surface again and again in their lives. In tackling deep and challenging questions it provides pupils with insight that can work to challenge stereotypes, promote cohesion, and tackle extremism. RE does important work encouraging young people to value themselves and the communities within which they live. |
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Key Information
Please see below key information and documents about this subject, which has been developed to ensure it is accessible to everyone so that you get a real feel for what we have to offer our children.
Subject Policy, Vision and Expectations
Our Subject Policy, Vision and Expectations aims to share how we put our own stamp on this subject at St Nicholas, whilst setting out our ambitious vision of what we want our learners to experience and achieve by the time they leave us in Year 4.
In our way, we set out what we intend for our children, how we will achieve this through what we do, and how we check it is having an impact on our children’s achievement, progress and personal development.
Subject Overviews
Our Subject Overview will give you an insight into what our children learn and when. You will also find a more comprehensive overview which sets out the context of this subject in our school and how it relates to our children, and how we design our curriculum progression here at St Nicholas.
Being a Learner at St Nicholas
