Come and See - Religious Education

Catholic Primary Religious Education Programme
'Come and See'

Outcome of Religious Education

http://www.comeandseere.co.uk/

The outcome of excellent religious education is religiously literate and engaged young people who have the knowledge, understanding and skills – appropriate to their age and capacity – to reflectspiritually, and think ethically and theologically, and who are aware of the demands of religiouscommitment in everyday life.’

Religious Education Curriculum Directory for Catholic Schools 2012

The following strategies and aims underpin the effective delivery of ReligiousEducation at Sacred Heart Catholic school.

• Religious education will be taught discretely and developmentally.  It will include the deepening of knowledge, and understanding of key theological ideas and their application to life.

• Ample opportunities will be offered for children to apply and use their knowledge and skills in cross-curricular studies to deepen their understanding of religious truths and think creatively.

• Engagement with their own and others’ beliefs and values will help to develop good attitudes and dispositions so that children are instilled with a love of learning and a desire to go on learning.

• Engagement with difficult questions of meaning and purpose which everyone has to face will enable them to think critically about their own questions of meaning and purpose.

• Offer the children a sense of self-worth through their experience of belonging to a caring community and an awareness of the demands of religious commitment in everyday life.

Other Religions

Why teach about other Faiths or Religions?

‘In Meeting God in Friend and Stranger’ an article produced by the Bishops of England and Wales it outlines that;

                ‘Within our schools we are seeking to educate all pupils of whatever religion to be able to live a way of life that integrates their beliefs with all other aspects of what it means to be human.  As part of this, they must learn to live alongside others who are different and hold alternative views, including religious views.’

In school we refer to Judaism as another faith because of our shared Christian and Jewish heritage.  Jesus was a Jew.  We refer to Islam, Hinduism and Sikhism as other religions.  These are studied because they have a belief in one God.  Judaism is studied for one week every year whilst the other religions are taught for one week annually in rotation.

We want our children to have a rich and varied experience so visitors and visits to other places of worship are welcomed and encouraged.  Each unit is taught discretely and not in any way comparatively with Christianity. 

Hinduism is taught for one week during the year.  Below is an outline of the areas which the children will cover as part of their Come and See work.