Intent
At Milton Court, our Religious Education curriculum aims to support the children to explore big questions about life in order to find out what people believe and what difference this makes to how they live. This enables pupils to make sense of religion and world views, reflecting on their own ideas and ways of living. Children develop the essential characteristics of a broad base of substantive, disciplinary and personal knowledge and learn both from and about a range of religions and world views. They will experience sacred texts and artefacts to see how these have influenced and continue to influence people’s way of life. Effective learners in RE will know that their voices are valued. They will feel that they can ask questions and contribute to answers. They will show the skill of empathy, and this will enable them to understand how religion and world views shape people’s lives. Effective learners in RE will, over time, develop skills to articulate their own opinions and beliefs.
Implementation
-Engagement: how can they relate the underpinning concept to their own world
-Investigation: what do they need to learn about the religion in order to answer the big question
-Evaluation: how well can they apply the knowledge to the big question using critical thinking and evaluation skills
-Expression: how do they express what difference this enquiry has made to them, their thinking and their starting point
Impact
Our RE curriculum is planned to demonstrate skills, knowledge and vocabulary progression to ensure age related attainment at the end of each Key Stage. Upon completion of each enquiry teachers will assess children against the progression of skills and knowledge document.
Each enquiry’s clear structure allows pupils to demonstrate:
Termly assessment will take place to track children’s progress against age related expectations for RE.
Parents have the right to withdraw their child from parts or all of the RE curriculum. If you wish to withdraw your child, please contact the headteacher via the school reception or through the office email (office@miltoncourtacademy.org)